Fat cats are taking on even fatter rats in Tribeca’s posh Cast Iron House

December 25, 2021 3:37pm

Fat cats living in an exclusive Tribeca building are battling even fatter rats.

The Cast Iron House, an 1881 doorman building with 11 duplex lofts and two penthouses, has been infested by large rodents found “crawling on couches, in kitchens, down stairs and perhaps most unsettling, in a child’s playroom,” according to a lawsuit filed by fed-up residents, including Giorgio De Luca, co-founder of the gourmet grocery chain Dean & DeLuca.

“These are New York City rats,” said lawyer H.P. Sean Dweck, who reps the residents. “These are big boy rats.”

A dozen residents have spent their own money to fix holes in drywall and cabinets created but the unwanted guests, which have turned up dead in common areas, according to the litigation.

No one should be forced to live with rats, regardless of building type or the nature of the occupancy,” the well-heeled residents said in their Manhattan Supreme Court filing, noting they’ve “spent tens of millions of dollars” for their units — to the collective tune of $63.5 million.

Images of large rats scurrying over counter tops, down a staircase, and through couch cushions — along with a few of the dead ones — were included in court records.

It’s “a rat condition that no one would want in their building or apartment for a single night,” the residents contend.

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