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Sunday, January 5, 2014

IS THIS A JOKE??? NY POST Report on slain slumlord draws harsh criticism


Some Brooklyn politicians and Hasidic leaders demanded an apology Sunday from The Post after the paper wrote about the shady business dealings of a murdered Williamsburg slumlord.

The Post particularly drew harsh criticism over its front-page Sunday headline — “Who didn’t want him dead?” — after the kidnapping and murder of Menachem “Max” Stark.

“The New York Post celebrates the death of Mr. Stark, and for us, not just Orthodox Jews, but for all New Yorkers, we are disgusted, outraged and appalled that The New York Post would celebrate on their front page the murder of an innocent New Yorker,” City Councilman David Greenfield (D-Borough Park) said during a press conference at Brooklyn Borough Hall.

Stark’s burning remains were found in a Nassau County dumpster Friday, and cops are struggling to find his killers because the victim had so many enemies, law-enforcement sources told The Post.

A spokesman for The Post said the paper’s reporting simply pointed out that basic fact.

“The Post does not say Mr. Stark deserved to die, but our reporting showed that he had many enemies, which may have led to the commission of this terrible crime,” the spokesman said.

“Our thoughts and prayers are with the family at this time of loss.”

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