Oregon Couple Accused of Squatting in Million-Dollar Central Park Apartment

An Oregon couple has allegedly taken over a two-bedroom, rent-controlled co-op worth nearly $1 million on Manhattan's Upper West Side after the longtime tenant died. Sheila Upjohn, 72, has been living in the apartment since 98-year-old resident Mary Etta Tanuma died in April 2022. The landlord has filed a lawsuit seeking her ouster, claiming that Upjohn has no right to the home. The landlord has demanded the Upjohns pay $3,500 for every month they've lived there and wants a judge to force the couple out of the apartment and to pay for "unlawfully" occupying the place.