'SNL' star Michael Che paying rent for NYCHA residents to honor late grandmother who died of coronavirus

Michael Che
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NEW YORK (1010 WINS) – “Saturday Night Live” star Michael Che said Wednesday he is honoring his late grandmother, who passed away from complications of the coronavirus, by paying the rent for all residents at the New York City Housing Authority building where she onced lived.

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Che made the announcement in an Instagram post in which he wrote: “its crazy to me that residents of public housing are still expected to pay their rent when so many new yorkers can’t even work.”