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Love Will Conquer Greed

admin 11/08/2016     Briefly Noted, People

WestView readers have been following the story of Tom Doyle, who lived for 55 years at 69 Horatio Street with his husband, Bill Cornwell. Bill died, at age 88, in 2014 and, unfortunately, left a will that wasn’t properly witnessed. In swooped rarely heard-from nieces and nephews, eager to grab a share of the $7 million townhouse.

In March and again in September, WestView reported that Tom had gone to court to challenge the greedy crew. On October 24th, having seen the WestView articles, the New York Times ran with the story and filled a full page with some wonderful photos. Support for Tom flowed in from all over the world. On October 25th, the London-based Daily Mail ran a story quoting long passages from WestView. The Times drew out one of the callous nieces, who told the Times that her uncle didn’t really “love” Tom Doyle; she asserted that the two were just pals. That statement is nothing more than blatant, greedy homophobia.

The Times article revealed that the townhouse was in contract, with a provision that allowed Tom Doyle to be kicked out in five years—at age 90!

On October 28th, Tom’s lawyer, Arthur Schwartz (your author), filed an Order to Show Cause, seeking a Temporary Restraining Order blocking the sale. Soon, Surrogate Judge Nora Anderson will be heard from. Hopefully, justice will be done.

UP AGAINST BLATANT, GREEDY HOMOPHOBIA: Tom Doyle (above), an illustrator, continues the fight to keep his home after the death of his husband, Bill Cornwell. Photo courtesy of Arthur Schwartz. The New York Times Reads WestView! Here at WestView News, we are truly excited because, on October 16, 2016, The New York Times ran a sizable piece and photograph featuring Lolo’s 21st birthday celebration in Washington Square Park. The article referenced WestView itself, as well as our regular contributors, Joy Pape and Brian Pape. Times writer Sarah Maslin Nir wrote, “The party was the idea of Joy Pape…a nurse practitioner who lives near the park and became transfixed by Lolo...Ms. Pape and her husband, Brian…an architect, advertised the party in a local newspaper, the WestView News, and persuaded a birdseed company to provide the cake.” In the accompanying photograph, Lolo, complete with a red and blue birthday hat, happily pecks away at his birdseed birthday cake alongside Joy Pape (left), Brian Pape (right), and Lolo’s owner, Hellen Castiglione (middle). WestView News staff members Maggie and Liza (and Mia), and dozens of other visitors, joined the festivities. Photo by Maggie Berkvist.

UP AGAINST BLATANT, GREEDY HOMOPHOBIA: Tom Doyle (above), an illustrator, continues the fight to keep his home after the death of his husband, Bill Cornwell. Photo courtesy of Arthur Schwartz.

—Arthur Z. Schwartz

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