A New York state judge is overseeing the forced sale of two apartments at the Dakota, the prestigious co-op on West 72nd Street and Central Park West, the Wall Street Journal reported today. The apartments, including one with a view of the park just above the treetops, are owned by Alphonse Fletcher Jr., a hedge-fund manager whose main investment fund filed for bankruptcy protection in 2012. At a hearing tomorrow in Manhattan, state Supreme Court Justice Anil C. Singh asked a lawyer for the Dakota to provide the names of three brokers, one of whom would be picked to conduct the sale, intended to raise money to satisfy creditors.
