Exclusive | Morbidly obese NYC man takes co-op to court over new rules threatening his prime parking spot

A disabled East Village resident with morbid obesity is suing his co-op over new rules he says threaten a parking spot his family has used for decades — as the board moves to sell the lot for residential development.Steven Andruseaski, 61, is suing Village View Housing Corporation over a new parking agreement he says would give the co-op the ability to boot him from his space in Parking Lot 7, next to his apartment in the seven-building Mitchell-Lama complex just south of Tompkins Square Park.Weighing about 375 pounds, Andruseaski said he uses a cane and can only walk about 200 feet.He depends on his car — and the nearby parking spot — to get to doctors’ appointments and buy groceries on Long Island.“It’s hard for me to be mobile because I can’t walk too far and I can’t stand still at all,” Andruseaski told The Post.

“If I stand still — my knees, my back, my hips — they just start hurting right away.”A doctor’s note filed with the Manhattan Supreme Court suit says Andruseaski has been diagnosed with “morbid (severe) obesity” and osteoarthritis in both knees.Andruseaski said his family has used the parking spot for more than 40 years and that he currently pays $200 a month for it.The suit comes after Village View gave residents until Aug.31 to sign a new agreement expanding the circumstances under which they could lose their parking privileges — or face having their cars towed.Andruseaski claims the agreement violates state human-rights law and is asking a judge to permanently bar Village View from removing his car or denying him access to the parking space. His parking fight comes amid a broader battle over Village View’s plan to sell the 110-space Lot 7 for residential development — a connection Andruseaski makes in his lawsuit.His complaint alleges the co-op plans to sell the lot to a developer and eventually eliminate its parking spaces.Hundreds of shareholders at the 1,236-unit complex have demanded more transparency abou...