Hotel Carter auction is canceled after owners win legal halt

5 articles · Updated · The New York Times · May 10

The May 6 sale of the long-shuttered 24-storey Times Square hotel was stopped after two owner brothers persuaded a judge to intervene.
Empty since 2015, the former 600-room property remains tied up in litigation, frustrating hopes it could be redeveloped, including as affordable housing for artists and theatre workers.
The building, once labelled among America’s dirtiest hotels, has become a blighted blockfront with plywood, torn tarp and scaffolding that local business leaders recently tried to brighten.

With its auction now blocked, will Times Square's infamous 'dirtiest hotel' ever escape its cycle of decay and litigation?

Can New York City legally seize the derelict Hotel Carter to resolve the public safety crisis it has created in Times Square?