Honcho held, told stalk accuser bldg. is ‘Hitler camp’
THE PROPERTY manager at a Queens condo building that’s adorned with symbols of hate is charged with harassing a former resident.
Neal Milano, 70, was busted Sunday afternoon, accused of repeatedly following, yelling obscenities at, grabbing and pulling a 43-year-old woman, cops said.
Milano runs a 47-unit condo building on 39th Place at 48th Ave. in Sunnyside, where the lobby is decked with photos of Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini and Josef Stalin. The displays show swastikas, as well as Confederate icons, and the building directory appallingly lists Nazi war criminals Rudolf Hess and Josef Mengele as two of the tenants.
Milano’s arrest Sunday is not related to the lobby display, a police spokesman said.
The victim, who requested anonymity, told the Daily News that Milano terrorized her for about 10 months, starting last September, when she moved in.
He repeatedly harangued her with demands she pay $100 fines for “house rules” violations like throwing out the trash incorrectly or having guests visit.
“I said, ‘What are you talking about, what is this, I moved into the White House?’ ” the woman recounted Sunday night. His frightening response, she said, was, “Don’t even think this is the White House. This is Hitler’s concentration camp that you are in.”
In February, after a friend visiting from Washington stayed the night, Milano got physical, she said.
“He grabbed me in the lobby and showed me his sign,” the woman said of his outrageous fee structure. “He grabbed me from my neck to drag me there and shoved my head in the wall to show me.”
Sometimes he bragged about having an expensive painting in his apartment, as well as 16 guns, she said.
The victim also said she started videotaping her encounters with him as she felt more threatened. Last month, the city’s Human Rights Commission launched an investigation into whether harassment was taking place at the building because of the display, according to the panel and City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Queens).
Van Bramer said police took Milano into custody at the airport Sunday, after he returned from a trip to Thailand and Italy.
“He flew back to the United States and was met by the NYPD,” Van Bramer said. “There were a few harassment complaints on the books, but this particular stalking complaint was the most serious and is what he’s being charged with.”
The woman made a complaint to police on July 13.
Milano faces stalking and harassment charges.
Cops removed guns from his apartment, though authorities believe he possessed them legally, a source said.
Milano was awaiting arraignment Sunday night. His hat pulled low over his face, he responded defiantly to reporters’ questions as cops led him out of the 108th Precinct stationhouse.
“It’s a lovely night,” he said, and when asked about the woman’s accusations, he responded, “That’s exactly what they are, accusations.”