Here’s One For The Books

A New York City college is trying to evict a former student who it says is illegally squatting in her dorm room. Hunter College has filed the suit against 32-year-old Lisa Palmer, saying the woman owes more than $94,000 in unpaid residence hall fees since she dropped out in 2016. Palmer hasn’t been enrolled at Hunter College in about two years, but she says she plans to stay where she is and eventually finish her degree. Girl please. Anyway, she insists Hunter refused to let her register for fall 2016 classes after she disputed her housing and tuition bill. “I plan on fighting the lawsuit and while I fight it, I’m going to stay.” Palmer has been issued multiple summons to vacate but just ignores them.  “I felt that it was a miscommunication initially, but after I met with the dean I felt that they were starting to treat me unfairly. It was like, “Get out,” she said. Palmer was issued a 30-day eviction notice in September 2017. She refused to leave, prompting the school to file its lawsuit. The lawsuit says Palmer was denied summer housing in 2016. She remained in her dorm, despite the school sending several notices that she would be charged $150 a day if she stayed. Meanwhile, Palmer claims the school forced her out of classes a semester before graduating when she couldn’t pay her bills. She disputes the charges and continues to live in the dorm room while working two jobs.

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