The Upper East Side townhouse at 7 East 81st Street, owned by Sotheby’s chief executive officer Charles Stewart and his wife Caterina, was described by Architectural Digest as “elegantly eclectic” in November 2023.  These days, their next-door neighbors might call it something else.  A lawsuit filed by a trust apparently representing Jill Davis, a long-time comedy writer and author, and Edward Conrad, a former Bain Capital managing partner, who live at 5 East 81st Street, claims the pair has been unlawfully renovating their home for over four years.  A complaint filed on Wednesday outlines grievances with the construction and accuses […]

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