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A Queens landlord ’s quest to evict a cigarette- puffing single mom аnd her disabled daughter have gone up in smoke. For three уears, rent-controlled tenant Lуnn Blue had a case hanging over her, alleging she was a nuisance who needed to leave the Ridgewood apartment where she grew up. Blue not onlу smoked, but also had people constantlу coming аnd going аnd left trash, according to the case filed bу landlord Milena Jovic . A Queens jurу sided with Jovic in 2015 аnd Blue said the verdict put her оn a verge of a breakdown. Thе trial judge threw out the verdict, аnd the landlord appealed. But last week, three appellate judges ruled the trial judge was right to tоss the jurу decision. It was “like a mountain was lifted оff me,” Blue, 49, tоld the Dailу News оn Fridaу. “It felt like validation, уou know. Somebodу heard me.” Jovic had accused Blue of smoking marijuana аnd cigarettes. Blue insisted she onlу used tоbacco — never pot — аnd exhaled out the window with a fan blowing. S...

Bunker Hill residents Pat Bollinger , 77, left, asks questions of Bethalto’s coming CedarHurst Assisted Living and Memory Care Executive Director Stacey Noble Loveland , center, while her husband, Ron Bollinger , 80, listens. CedarHurst of Bethalto held a meet and greet to introduce Noble Loveland , its services and community to the village. Jill Moon|The Telegraph People can visit CedarHurst of Bethalto’s Executive Director Stacey Noble Loveland at the assisted living and memory care’s on- site marketing trailer at 903 N. Moreland Road to see renderings that were displayed at a meet and greet last week. Jill Moon|The Telegraph CedarHurst of Bethalto’s Executive Director Stacey Noble Loveland , formerly executive director at Wood River’s Foxes Grove, made the rounds not only to information-seeking visitors, but also elected officials, including Wood River Mayor Cheryl Maguire at a CedarHurst meet and greet last week held at First Baptist Church of Bethalto. Noble Loveland began ...

Copyright 2017 Fresh Air . To see more, visit Fresh Air . DAVID BIANCULLI, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I'm David Bianculli, in for Terry Gross. Today's next guest, Julie Klausner, created, writes and co-stars with Billy Eichner in the Hulu comedy series "Difficult People," which launched its third season earlier this month. She and Billy Eichner play best friends living in New York. They're both aspiring comics who are failing at becoming famous. One of the show's executive producers is Amy Poehler. Julie Klausner was a co-executive producer and writer for Billy Eichner's other TV series "Billy On The Street." She also did some writing for Joan Rivers. And she is obsessed enough with pop culture that she used to be a recapper, writing episode recaps for "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" and "New York." Terry spoke with Julie Klausner last year. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED BROADCAST) TERRY GROSS, BYLINE: Julie Klausner, welc...

One resident narrowly escaped a mass murderer, another prefers parrots over people for company and a third is a a retired conman who just wants to be left alone to enjoy some of the best inner-city views in Sydney. Welcome to Northcott towers, Sydney's most notorious housing commission complex tucked away in what has become one of Australia's trendiest and most exclusive suburbs. About 1,200 residents pay as little as $80 a week for one- or two-bedroom units in the 14-story buildings in Surry Hills, just a stone's throw from the CBD where average rents for a two- bedroom home run to more than $900 a week. Known as the 'suicide towers,' the complex is Australia’s largest single block of public housing units and has a notorious reputation involving with drug abuse, mental health and unemployment. Invited by members of the tight-knit community of residents, Daily Mail Australia spent a day in the towers to 'meet the family' and explore the colourful neig...