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However, the case was not settled until 2008, when it was settled by New York City and the Legal Aid Society. The McCain case was settled in 2008 in the Boston v. The lawsuit in which McCain was the lead plaintiff, which was a class-action suit filed in 1983, was initially called McCain v.
Koch, referring to mayor Editor Koch, but the name of the lawsuit changed as new mayors of New York City took office.
She had been evicted from her apartment in 1982 after refusing to pay rent because her landlord refused to make repairs. She worked as a nurse"s aide for some time, and earned an associate"s degree in human services from the Borough of Manhattan Community College in 2005.
In the years before her death she worked in the health services office of the Borough of Manhattan Community College. She died of cancer in 2011.
McCain"s obituary was included in The Socialite who Killed a Nazi with Her Bare Hands: And 144 Other Fascinating People who Died this Year, a collection of The New York Times obituaries, published in 2012.