His family filed a claim against
the city alleging negligence and a civil rights violations, and Mr. Stringer's office exercised its power to settle the claim before going to court.
Upon learning that Hall had never occupied her former apartment and had instead sold the building, Abraham sued Hall and Varon,
alleging a conspiracy to violate the
city's rent - control ordinance, conspiracy to defraud, interference with a prospective economic advantage, and
negligence.