So, our councilman, Dan Garodnick, was publicly asked a couple of pointed questions on the TA Facebook page, amid a soft-ball one. The soft ball one he answered, but as to these others: "Why did you not scream from the rooftops cautioning fellow neighbors and constituents not to sign the agreement? Did you really believe that the 'fine print' was an altruistic attempt on the part of CW to show that they were somehow forced to add a statement about raising rents but would not?".... Well, in true politician/lawyer fashion, he requested that the rest of the conversation be held in private, between the questioner and himself. His response elicited a sincere thank you from the questioner, "grateful" for "all your hard work."
And so it goes.
UPDATE: Monday, June 3.
Our councilman was asked the question below in the aforementioned TA thread, Sunday morning. So far, no response.
Dan: Don't you think the Roberts attorneys - who were supposed to be representing tenants and their interests - should be called to account? The final "deal" the tenants' attorneys agreed to was, obviously, highly flawed and has now backfired on many in the Roberts class, while the attorneys enriched themselves. I know this may be a tad uncomfortable for you, given that you aligned yourself with the attorneys in this class action, but it is high time to discuss inconvenient truths: The Roberts attorneys blew it...!
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I have said the following for the last four years;
Garodnick is feckless. He will tell you what he thinks you want to hear at that moment in time. But, if you press him for details he never has an answer for you.
The fact that the TA had faith in this feckless elected official, speaks volumes about the TA.
Both are as useless as teats on a Bull.
What a phony.
I've said it before, but the TA is all we have and it tries to do what it can with limited resources and, perhaps, an ever-decreasing membership. (I'm assuming membership was greater ten years ago, for instance.) So, the TA is not useless. Neither is Garodnick useless. But, as I also stated before, we need a councilman (or woman) who is a pitbull. Not a smooth-talking nice guy.
I think it's too easy to blame Garodnick. I don't honestly think he knew or could do anything about this effed up situation.
Wanted to run his campaign on this, but it was a lost cause. move on from G people, it's futile.
Success has many fathers,but failure is an orphan
>>I don't honestly think he knew or could do anything about this effed up situation.<<
He knew about the mid-lease clause and even commented on it, but the primary objective was to get Roberts settled so that a sale of the property to tenants could become a reality.
He knew about the mid-lease clause and even commented on it, but the primary objective was to get Roberts settled so that a sale of the property to tenants could become a reality.
...and he wants a sale to Brookfield so his former law firm reaps a sweet profit for all their work on the deal which never has received tenants approval...and he recieves a nice payoff errr, campaign contribution from the law firm, Brookfield and most likely members of the TA board.
Lopez, Smith, Espada, Monserratte, Garodnick...geese of a feather flock together.
He knew about the mid-lease clause and even commented on it, but the primary objective was to get Roberts settled so that a sale of the property to tenants could become a reality. >>
Sadly, that is unlikely to ever become a reality.
to 2:18 >>"I think it's too easy to blame Garodnick"<<
It's too easy because he DOES has a terrible record.
He gives his stock answers and never follows up.
Where did he comment on the mid lease rent hike?
Wow.
How did he address it?
>>Where did he comment on the mid lease rent hike?<
He addressed it a couple of times, once here:
http://www.garodnick.com/press-release/roberts-settlement-plain-language
Here's another place:
http://www.garodnick.com/press-release/statement-council-member-dan-garodnick-roberts-settlement
But here is Dan's take on the final settlement, with him underlining that there were no objectors.
http://www.garodnick.com/press-release/message-council-member-garodnick-final-roberts-settlement
But he was instrumental in relocating the Greenmarket! Oh. Well, he really did crack down on the motorized bikes in Stuy Town. Um. But he did stop the commercializaton of the Oval!
Oh I give up!
Garodnick is a do nothing!
Lets remember this the next time his name is on the ballot.
Right because facebook is known for being the best place to hold a heated discussion.
I don't know how you blame him for wanting to engage with someone in a medium that might actually be productive. Why don't you stop wasting your time blasting Garodnick, whos done nothing but try to do right by this communtiy, and instead focus on the real bad guys: CW.
From Garodnick's own press release: "It is our hope that the final settlement, to which there were no objectors, will present a new opportunity for CW Capital to now embrace the plan put forth by the Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village Tenants Association to ensure the long term affordability and stability in our neighborhood." So what it's really all about in HIS mind is getting the deal done that HE brokered. Whose game are we a pawn in now? CW's? Garodnick's? Garodnick's buddies? Tomorrow maybe someone else's.
"It is our hope that the final settlement, to which there were no objectors, ...."
Only there were objectors, but they were talked out of objecting. Who talked them out of objecting?
That's what I'd like to find out. And, yes, as I noted in an older post, Garodnick made sure to mention there were no objectors to the settlement, even though, originally, there were objectors.
Garodnick needs to put up or shut up. I doubt I will ever vote for him after his spineless capitulating to every anti-tenant force despite his rhetoric.
I don't understand why this settlement includes the affected tenants losing their rights of succession. How was that even part of the suit?
Never mind protesting PCV/ST Management, ALL the tenants of these communities should flood the offices of Garodnick, Kavanagh & Maloney and demand their immediate resignations! They are supposed to represent and protect the taxpayers, but they knowingly fed us to the wolves.
Don't even get me started on Schimtt......
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