MOUNT VERNON: SPITZER SUES LANDLORD

The state attorney general, Eliot L. Spitzer, said yesterday that he had
sued a Westchester landlord, demanding that he evict a tenant convicted of
drug offenses. In a civil lawsuit in state court, Mr. Spitzer asked that
the landlord, Anthony Manganiello, evict his tenant, Sonia Bryan, who was
convicted in 1997 of criminal possession of marijuana. In undercover
operations since then, the police have confiscated large quantities of
marijuana from Ms. Bryan's Mount Vernon apartment, Mr. Spitzer said. The
lawsuit also demands that Mr. Manganiello evict other such tenants.