An investment banker and husband of a powerful Manhattan
real-estate broker — who was distraught over an ongoing battle with his co-op
board involving the family’s three dogs — jumped out the window of his
seventh-floor Upper East Side apartment yesterday.
Paramedics rushed Adam Silberman, 47, who miraculously
survived the plunge, to Weill Cornell Medical Center with “multiple trauma”
injuries after a 10:18 a.m. call for help, according to law-enforcement
sources.
Silberman was in intensive care with several broken bones,
and doctors put a balloon in his aorta to head off any potential clotting,
according to his wife, Monique Ender Silberman, a broker at Town Residential.
The jump would have surely killed Silberman instantly if he
hadn’t hit a second-floor awning, which broke his fall, law-enforcement sources
said.
Silberman’s father-in-law, Paul Lord Ender, said the banker
had been depressed about a long-running battle with the co-op board at his
swanky Fifth Avenue building at 68th Street.
Neighbors of the power couple have been complaining about
the pair’s dogs barking and their rambunctious play in the lobby, according to
Ender and a Silberman pal. One dog had already been sent away.
Cops found “crack paraphernalia” inside the couple’s
apartment, but it was not clear whether Silberman used drugs, law-enforcement
sources said.
Family pal Michael Moss insisted Silberman doesn’t abuse
alcohol or drugs. He said the jumper’s troubles are tied to his job and beloved
pooches.
“The stress was too much for him,” Moss said.
Ender said Silberman was beside himself with worry about his
three French poodles: Prince Polo, Princess Jasmine and Prince Bonbon.
“He was depressed about the situation,” Ender told The Post.
“It’s horrible what happened. I’ve been praying and crying the whole day.”
Moss said his daughter took one of the pooches off the
couple’s hands last week.
In addition to their pet woes, the Silbermans also have had
some money troubles.
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