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Care-home grannies blast billionaire whose firm put their rents through roof

An angry crew of grandmas has a message for billionaire Bruce Wasserstein Give us a break!

Atria West, a long-term upper West Side care facility owned by Lazard Ltd., Wasserstein’s investment fund, has socked its 144 elderly residents with rent hikes of 12% to 25%.

In response, a sneaker-clad foursome of seniors - representing numerous residents they say are too scared to come forward - recently tried to confront the ultrawealthy investment banker at his Rockefeller Center office.

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