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A landlord notorious for trying to drive out rent-stabilized tenants so he can collect higher rents pleaded guilty to multiple felonies Tuesday under a deal that requires he spend time behind bars.
Steve Croman, who owns 140 apartment buildings in Manhattan, admitted to multiple counts of mortgage and tax fraud in a criminal case brought by State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.
Schneiderman charged that Croman illegally obtained $45 million worth of loans by inflating his rental income, claiming to lenders that he was receiving market rate rent from rent-stabilized un