Will rent-stabilized apartments be deemed an asset in bankruptcy cases?

A 79-year-old widow in a rent-stabilized two-bedroom apartment in Manhattan's East Village neighborhood may have to sell her lease to her landlord to pay off her creditors if a federal appeals court denies her appeal of separate rulings by a bankruptcy court and a federal district court.

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