“We hope that by the time New York returns to normal the public will have a quality rent-paying tenant in place,” Minton said. “It’s reprehensible that this restaurant operator, who stopped paying rent long ago, would try to use a public health crisis to justify his absurd position,” MTA spokesman Tim Minton said in a statement. The MTA has repeatedly accused Germanotta of being a bad businessman. “I have been extremely vocal about the situation in the Concourse and it is clear that my actions have drawn a retaliatory and harassing response from the MTA, instead of the effective remedial action that we were seeking,” he told The Post. He called timing of the MTA’s eviction filing - which also came hours before Manhattan Civil Court ceased “non essential functions” due to virus epidemic - “reprehensible.” ![]() Germanotta has been refusing to pay - citing the persistent presence of homeless vagrants in the food concourse, which he claims has cut 30 percent off the top of his two-year-old business. 27 to pay $260,000 in rent and fees, or else face eviction. Metro-North, which is run by the MTA, had given Germanotta two weeks from Feb. On Monday, the $18 billion-per-year transit agency filed papers requesting a final judgment of eviction to boot out Germanotta’s business ArtBird and Whiskey Bar - the same day bars and restaurants were forced to go takeout and delivery-only amid the COVID-19 outbreak. The MTA on Monday moved to evict the Grand Central eatery owned by Lady Gaga’s dad, Joe Germanotta - coronavirus be damned. That escalated quickly: Video shows wild brawl unfold on crowded Grand Central escalator Suspicious package at Grand Central subway station sparks probe (Photo courtesy of the Museum of the City of New York) It wasn't until 1999 that the semi-hidden space opened its doors to the public as a bar, and Campbell's touches were carefully restored. Man shoved onto NYC subway tracks during fight ![]() Looking for the best new restaurants in New York? Here are our top picks for fall
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