This page records media attention to Amy Neustein’s efforts on behalf of Jewish women victimized by first-born brothers
• October 1, 2010 “Sister wins bitter sibling battle over Brooklyn home” by Philip Messing. New York Post (Amy Neustein victorious in lawsuit against slumlord brother; she calls it “a victory for Orthodox Jewish women who refuse to be enslaved and subjugated by patriarchal traditions”).
• October 1, 2010 “Surrogate’s Court Ends Siblings’ 8-Year Battle Over Home” by Samuel Newhouse. Brooklyn Daily Eagle (same story as above).
• October 2010 (Cheshvan 5771) “Amy Neustein: Victory in Court Could Lead to a Personal Victory, Too” by Susan Rosenbluth. The Jewish Voice and Opinion (pp. 3, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14-15) (describing Amy Neustein’s court victory and related matters).
• November 11, 2010 “Daughter Topples Orthodox Law Disinheriting Her” by Amy Neustein. WOMENSENEWS (featured story) (Amy Neustein’s own column describing her successful battle against her brother’s attempt to block her from all access to the house her parents deeded to her).
• March 13, 2012 “Sister to a ‘Worst Landlord’” by Amy Neustein. City Limits. (For the biographical note posted with the column, click here.)
• March 14, 2012 “Take My Brother — Please: Sister of City’s Worst Slumlord Wants Him Thrown in Jail” by Michael Ewing. New York Observer. (Story covering the City Limits column from March 13, 2012; see previous entry. Neustein’s column was reprinted on March 20, 2012 in the Legislative Gazette; to view that, click here.)
• April 10, 2014 “Dilapidated home gets new owner, faces DOB violation” by Ashley Helms. The Riverdale Press (Neustein expresses concern about the state of a Riverdale house once owned by her brother: “Neglect is an understatement”).
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