More Trouble for Ciprianis

The Cipriani family is back in court, only this time they are battling their landlord at the Toy Building and not the Manhattan D.A.'s office. A week after pleading guilty to tax evasion, the family filed suit against the landlords at 200 Fifth Avenue for wrongfully terminating the lease for Cipriani 23rd Street, the venue they manage there. Several private events are now at risk of being homeless. According to The New York Post, the landlords claim that the family has only itself to blame, since a Manhattan judge warned the catering hall not to book events past September. The judge is overseeing an ongoing dispute over whether Cipriani illegally uses the building's lobby and not just the ballroom it leases.