A Bronx man could not be assumed to have abandoned his apartment based on statements made by an employee of the Veterans Administration to his landlord, a housing court judge has ruled.
The man, Reginald Coleman, has been the tenant of record for a rent-stabilized apartment in the eastern Bronx since 2010. He receives a Section 8 rent subsidy. In May, Coleman went to Virginia to stay with family because his grandmother was in poor health. Around the same time, Section 8 stopped making his rent payments.
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