NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 8: The New Yorker Hotel is illuminated as seen from the EdgeNYC observation deck at Hudson Yards as the sun rises on November 8, 2024, in New York City. (Photo by Gary Hershorn ...

The man who once claimed to own the New Yorker Hotel has something else in his pocket these days: a conviction. Mickey Barreto pleaded guilty to a fraud charge last week, the Associated Press reported ...

The Manhattan man who bizarrely tried to claim ownership of the iconic New Yorker hotel finally admitted he never owned the iconic Art Deco landmark as he was slapped with a six-month prison sentence ...

Mickey Barreto resided in the hotel after a 2018 stay, citing housing laws to gain possession of a room A New York City man pleaded guilty to fraud after attempting to claim ownership of the New ...

FILE - The New Yorker Hotel, center, is seen in New York, Nov. 8, 2013. A man who succeeded in using a New York City housing law to live rent-free in the iconic hotel has been charged with fraud after ...