Good luck finding an apartment in New York if your last name is Madoff, said the New York Post. Sources say jailed Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff’s son, Andrew, has become a pariah in the Manhattan real estate market. Madoff and fiancée Catherine Hooper have been desperately trying to land an apartment in the $20,000 per month range, but landlords have been turning Madoff down left and right. “My owners would never, ever rent to him,” said one real estate broker.
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