Heirs to NYC real estate dynasty escalate battle over $1.7B empire spanning 400 properties

The long-running feud among heirs to Sol Goldman’s massive New York property fortune is heating up again, with new legal filings that could reshape control of a family empire spanning some of Manhattan’s most prized addresses.Amy Goldman Fowler and her poker-playing nephew, Steven Gurney-Goldman, have submitted petitions to New York’s Surrogate’s Court seeking to remove two of their relatives — Jane Goldman and Diane Goldman Kemper — as executors of the estate of their mother and grandmother, Lillian Goldman.The petition also asks the court to strip Jane, who is Amy’s sister and Steven’s aunt, of her role as trustee of the Lillian Goldman Marital Trust.News of the court filing was reported by Bloomberg News.The family’s firm, Solil Management, controls more than 400 properties throughout New York City, ranging from retail and office buildings near Madison Avenue to cooperative apartments uptown.The family’s holdings include ground leases beneath prestigious properties such as the Peninsula New York and the Mark Hotel.In their filings, Amy and Steven accuse Jane of blocking the distribution of more than $100 million in cash assets and manipulating Diane — who they say is no longer mentally fit to serve — as a means of consolidating power over the estate.“Sadly, Diane suffers from substantial health issues that have diminished her mental capacity to the point that she can no longer serve as co-executor of the Estate,” Steven wrote in a court filing cited by Bloomberg News.He added that Diane is “currently unaware” of her role and that Jane has taken advantage of the situation “to the detriment of other beneficiaries.”Their attorney, Jason Cyrulnik, strongly denied the claims, framing them as a rehash of arguments that had already failed in court.“Steven and Amy’s latest filing in Surrogate’s Court attempts to revive claims that were a part of that baseless scheme and that the New York Supreme Court dismissed last year… We lo...