Nobody Fucks With The Jesus

High-profile actors turn out in support of rent-controlled 34-foot ceilings at a rally down at City Hall:

A group of actors including Robert De Niro, John Turturro, and Susan Sarandon is asking Mayor Bloomberg to help save the Carnegie Hall studios that are home to artists who taught generations of greats.

“There’s enough room in the building for them to do what they want to do and still keep the people who live there and work there,” the Emmy award-winning Mr. Turturro told the Associated Press as he prepared to lead a rally in front of City Hall on Friday. “They’re going to help finish off these people.”

The 33 remaining residential and commercial tenants of two towers that rise above the midtown Manhattan hall — including half a dozen elderly, rent-control artists and musicians — are fighting eviction. Hall administrators say the space is needed for a renovation to create room for education programs.