Eli Gindi, an /*Oak Room*/ owner, tells The /*New York Times*/ that rent negotiations with the hotel broke down in March.
Papers filed with the state Department of Labor list the Oak Room as closing on July 31. But a hotel spokesman tells the Times it's in discussions with potential new owners.
The Plaza's owners have sued the Oak Room's owners for $33.3 million for what a spokesman called "numerous violations of the lease."
Gindi says the dispute centers on "Day and Night," a lucrative Oak Room event that drew hundreds of people and but upset the hotel's year-round tenants.
