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Tyra Banks's new neighbors at Riverhouse in Battery Park City are already annoyed with her and she hasn't even moved in yet. Turns out, converting four apartments into a multimillion-dollar duplex is a noisy project, and tenants of her new residence are livid—and suing—over the 9am call time for construction and the constant drilling. Perhaps when she moves in she can make up for it by giving away free smizing lessons. [NY Post]