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Banker jumps out of his seventh-floor window following fight with co-op board over dogs — and lives

By KIRSTAN CONLEY, AMBER SUTHERLAND and JEANE MACINTOSH/NY Post

An investment banker and husband of a powerful Manhattan real-estate broker — who was distraught over an ongoing battle with his co-op board involving the family’s three dogs — jumped out the window of his seventh-floor Upper East Side apartment yesterday.

Paramedics rushed Adam Silberman, 47, who miraculously survived the plunge, to Weill Cornell Medical Center with “multiple trauma” injuries after a 10:18 a.m. call for help, according to law-enforcement sources.

Silberman was in intensive care with several broken bones, and doctors put a balloon in his aorta to head off any potential clotting, according to his wife, Monique Ender Silberman, a broker at Town Residential. 

The jump would have surely killed Silberman instantly if he hadn’t hit a second-floor awning, which broke his fall, law-enforcement sources said.

Silberman’s father-in-law, Paul Lord Ender, said the banker had been depressed about a long-running battle with the co-op board at his swanky Fifth Avenue building at 68th Street.

Neighbors of the power couple have been complaining about the pair’s dogs barking and their rambunctious play in the lobby, according to Ender and a Silberman pal. One dog had already been sent away.

Cops found “crack paraphernalia” inside the couple’s apartment, but it was not clear whether Silberman used drugs, law-enforcement sources said.

Family pal Michael Moss insisted Silberman doesn’t abuse alcohol or drugs. He said the jumper’s troubles are tied to his job and beloved pooches.

“The stress was too much for him,” Moss said.

Ender said Silberman was beside himself with worry about his three French poodles: Prince Polo, Princess Jasmine and Prince Bonbon.

“He was depressed about the situation,” Ender told The Post. “It’s horrible what happened. I’ve been praying and crying the whole day.”

Moss said his daughter took one of the pooches off the couple’s hands last week.

In addition to their pet woes, the Silbermans also have had some money troubles.

They were hit with more than $650,000 in state and federal tax liens during the past five years, according to public records.

Well I bet he had a ruff landing!

Now I know this is going to come off as insensitive but is there any better indication that pet worship has really gotten out of control than a guy jumping off a building because he couldn’t have dogs at his apartment.

No one should be killing themselves over not getting to live with something that licks its own ass and can’t communicate. For once in my life I’m starting to understand why conservatives are so concerned about gay marriage starting a slippery slope to people marrying animals – because people like Adam Silberman would probably marry their dogs.

Granted, $650,000 worth of debt and crack addiction are more than understandable reasons for jumping out of a building. The amount of crack he likely bought by going that far in the hole probably made him think he could fly.

I really wish he would’ve landed on his dog when he fell.