Max Parrott
August 5, 2026
Tenants of the mammoth East River-facing American Copper Building apartment complex filed a class action lawsuit on Tuesday, alleging that its owner systematically overcharged renters in rent-stabilized units.
The lawsuit against the owners of the 761-unit conjoined residential towers located 626 1st Ave. in the Murray Hill neighborhood of Manhattan could impact 3,500 tenants, and demands the return of over an estimated $20 million in rent overcharges, according to the Housing Rights Initiative, which helped investigate the alleged violations.
“What’s especially disturbing is that this landlord received tens of millions of taxpayer dollars in public benefits while allegedly violating the very laws designed to protect tenants,” Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal said in a statement.
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