The White Horse Tavern in the West Village
NEW YORK CITY—It's said that the White Horse Tavern at 567 Hudson St. in the West Village was where poet Dylan Thomas had his last drink of whiskey before collapsing on the sidewalk. He died a few days later from pneumonia and other complications at St. Vincent's Hospital.
Now, landlord Steve Croman who has served time behind bars for fraudulent refinancing of loans and tax fraud has recently acquired the historic site. In 2018, the infamous landlord paid an $8 million settlement over charges that he harassed, coerced and used fraud to force rent-regulated tenants out of their apartments to convert them into market-rate units.
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Betsy Kim
Betsy Kim was the bureau chief, East Coast, and New York City reporter for Real Estate Forum and GlobeSt.com. As a lawyer and journalist, Betsy has worked as the director of editorial and content for LexisNexis Lawyers.com, a TV/multi-media journalist for NBC and CBS affiliated TV stations in the Midwest, and an associate producer at Court TV.
