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A man who is at the center of the Queens housing debacle is claiming he is the victim of a fraudulent business deal and will leave the property if he is paid for 'upgrades' he made to the residence.
Brian 'Jay' Rodriguez told the New York Post he is after an $18,000 to hand the house back to its rightful owner - Adele Andaloro - after his attempt to start a 'side hustle' went up in flames.
The housing saga that has garnered tabloid attention across the five boroughs began when Andaloro was dramatically handcuffed and led off the $1million property she inherited from her parents.
A handful of alleged squatters in the four-bedroom home then claimed they were legitimate residents of the property who had been paying rent to someone named 'Jay.'
Jay turned out to be Brian Rodriguez, who drives a Range Rover and just became the owner of a tiny Pomeranian named Larry.
Brian 'Jay' Rodriguez offered to leave the home along with his tenants, if Andaloro reimbursed him for work allegedly done on the house - an amount he says totals well over $18,000
The story began making headlines when, several days back, Andaloro entered her home, flanked by reporters, in an effort to regain control of her property
Rodriguez told the Post that he was scammed into 'renting' the home with a fake lease drawn up by a fraudulent realtor with whom he went into business in an attempt to cash in on what he thought was a city-run program that pays landlords $1,000 a month to take in illegal migrants.
But no such program exists.
Rodriguez, despite being scammed, wants Andaloro to pay him the $18,000 he put in on repairs for the plumbing, electric work, paint job, and cleaning of the house that he says he paid for.
'I told her that I can’t just walk out; my money is there. I told her that she should let me figure it out or pay me my money. She was furious,' he told the outlet.
He maintains that if Andaloro pays him, he will immediately surrender the house, and even without the money, he will 'just give it back because it is the right thing to do,' but it might take him four-to-eight weeks to get all of his renters off the property.
'I feel horrible for being conned. That money is
