Ever since the Oval Cafe sprung up, I thought that it was owned/operated by management, with only the staff being hired out to an entity like American Leisure. Well, here's some new info that, if true, raises the concerns over the Oval Cafe considerably. On the TA Facebook page, a person posted that they were asked to leave the outside table area because their coffee was from Dunkin Donuts and not the cafe. The cafe person who approached them (who was classified as "so rude") responded that, quoting the poster, "he paid a lot of money in rent for that space." Huh??? Does this mean that we actually have a 100% commercial business INSIDE Stuy Town that is renting out from CWCapital??? Doesn't this change dramatically the circumstances of the existence of Oval Cafe?
Paging Dan Garodnick.....
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This place sure gone crazy.
That's the truth, brother...or sister!
We should all go and sit outside the Cafe with our Dunkin Donuts coffee and refuse to move. How about it? A sit-in? I'm up for it.
Some may recall that, at the time of the sale in 2006, the NY Post had a magazine type article or insert regarding what different people (R/E pros, architects etc.) would recommendfor an ST makeover. There were some pretty wild ideas there but the overriding theme ofall of them was to commercialize the interior spaces of ST. That has been underway for sometime with the paid storage and with Oval Concierge. You may recall that the Concierge was located on First Ave in the legal commercial strip. TS got them to move it to its current location and got rid of them. OC is either owned oroperated by Abigail Michaels, business that does this stuff around the city. It is purely commercial, just like the cafe, the farmers market and the rink.
I'm all for the sit-in outside the Cafe!! Count me in!!
Hey, we are PAYING to live here. They are not giving us free accommodation! If this glorified collection agency wants to play hardball, then we play hardball back. As for Goradnick, he can go eff himself to hell because he is a weasel who has never had the balls to stand up to these jackass bastards. Anything to smack back at these assholes, I am in favor of. As they say on Oval Moms: thoughts....."
ARE YOU KIDDING ME? LEAVE THE PATIO BECAUSE SOMEONE HAS A DD CUP? GET LOST! WE HAVE HAD NO LAUNDRY, NO ELEVATORS, NO INTERCOMS, NO STORAGE SINCE SANDY 7 MONTHS AGO AND YOU ARE GOING TO KICK US OFF THE PATIO? F--- YOURSELF STUY TOWN.
BTW WHO HAS THE MASTER KEY TO OUR APARTMENTS THIS WEEK? ROTO ROOTER? MCDONALDS? THE DMV?
"THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN" - SEAN SULLIVAN
I WISH SEAN SULLIVAN NEVER HAPPENED! I WISH ANDREW MACARTHUR AND CWCAPITAL NEVER HAPPENED.
DROP DEAD!!!!!! I'LL DRINK A DD COFFEE WHEREVER, WHENEVER.
Having an outside vendor operate the enterprise doesn't change the fact that they're claiming accessory use. What kills them is the fact that they make no effort to bar outsiders from patronizing the business.
Thoughts? This place is run by pirates. Don't rent here! Tell your friends not to rent here. Tell them on Facebook, on Twitter, in public where people can read it!
Sean Sullivan is a property manager? When does he start?
Sit in? How about a s*** in! Oops! The students beat us to it. Check the stairwells for a fresh deuce!
THANK YOU FOR RIPPING UP ALL THE PLANTS BUSHES AND TREES THIS WEEK. ONE CAN ONLY GUESS WHAT'S IN STORE FOR US. STADIUM SEATING FIR THE ROCK CONCERTS? A COCKTIAL LOUNGE ON EACH END OF THE OVAL? LADY MAYA'S GORGEOUS LADIES OF WRESTLING? CONEY ISLAND WHITEFISH POND? LEAF BLOWING COMPETIONS? NASCAR? WHAT OTHER TYPES OF TORTURE CAN YOU INFLICT UPON US? I HATE THIS PLACE! I HATE ANDREW MACARTHUR. I HATE CWCAPITAL. I HATE CAMPUS JOKE. GO AWAY AND LEAVE US ALL ALONE ALREADY. NO MORE. HOW CAN YOU PEOPKE SKEEP AT NIGHT? I CAN'T. ALL I HAVE IS NIGHTMARES AND THEN I WAKE UP IN ONE. WHHHHHHHRRRRRRRRR WHHHHHHHHHHRRRRR OH TOME TO BLOW MORE LEAVES. BECAUSE THEY ARE SO PLENTIFUL IN JUNE. HACK HACK HACK THE SMELL OF SMOKE IN MY WINDOW FROM YOUR DEGENERATE EMPLOYEES SMOKING UNDER MY WINDOW AT 7 AM. DISGUSTING. HIW ABOUT I SMOKE UNDER YOUR WINDOW ANDREW MACARTHUR. PUFF PUFF PUFF. HOW ABOUT I LEAF BLOW POLLEN AROUND YOUR WINDOW AND PARADE SOME STUDENTS BY TOO AND TELL THEM WE CAN FIT 90 STUDENTS IN A ONE BEDROOM AT YOUR HOUSE. AND ETRECT A WINTER WASTELAND RINK OUTSIDE YOUR BEDROOM WINDOW. HOW ABOUT THAT???? ARE YOU HUNGRY? HOW ABOUT A $40 HAM SANDWICH. ILL GET ONE FOR YOU AT OVAL CRAP WHERE RUDE MEN YELL AT MOTHERS WITJ BABIES FOR HAVING A COFFEE CUP FROM A TEAL COFFEE PLACE AND NOT THE BURNT BEANS YOU CALL COFFEE. ID RATGER DRINK HUMAN ASHES THAN THE SWILL YOU SERVE ANDREW MACARTHUR. SEAN SULLIVAN IS NOT BETTER. TOWN HALL. TOWN JOKE. HE COULDN'T MANAGE A LIGHT SWITCH LET ALONE 80 ACRES OF PROPERTY IN MANHATTAN. I HOPE WHEN HE JUMPS THE GOLDEN PARCHUYYE DIESNT OPEN AND HE FALLS YO THEXEARTH ON THOSE BIG HORSE TEETH OR BETTER YET HELL LAND ON HIS SLIPPERY BACK. THE SOONER THIS PLAVE IS SOKD THE BEYTER. YOU PEOPLE ARE THE WORST. EVER. AZND YOU CAN TAKE YOUR TEWARD PROGRAMD AND REGER A FRIEND ANF YOUR RENT HIKES AND JAM THEM WHERE THE SUN DOEZNT SHINE YOU ATE ALL MISERABLE FAILURES. REMEMBER THAT. FAILURES. FAILURES. FAILURES.
"You may recall that the Concierge was located on First Ave in the legal commercial strip. TS got them to move it to its current location and got rid of them."
To set the record straight: The business that was on First Avenue was the Villager (and I'm surprised that no one had ever started such a necessary business here before). In TS's eyes, the Villager didn't present an upscale-enough image (I got that from Bill, the owner). TS forced out the business but not before an interim period in which Bill consulted for Oval Concierge (Abigail Michaels) and some of his people went with him for a while. Then Bill was phased out, and eventually his people disappeared from Oval Concierge
1:17AM....BEST COMMENT EVER!
How about a couple of jugs of Dunkin Donuts travelers, free coffee & refills for boycotting the Oval Cafe.
BTW, did they ever start the PBJ'S
MY RENT IS GOING UP 300+ DOLLARS THANKS TO THESEVCROOKS SO SORRY I DO NOT HAVE ANY MONEY LEFT FOR YOUR WILTED GREENS AND WARM CRAWFISH ATBTHE GREENMARKET NOR WILL I HAVE ANY MONEY FOR A $40 HAM SANWICH AT OVAL CAFE NOT TO EORRY BECAUSE IF THE FOOD ISN'T GOOD ENOUGH FOR LADY MAYA IT ISN'T GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME. I'LL HAVE MY OWN PICNIC ON THE LAWN THAT IS IF I CAN FIND A SPOT WITHOUT SIDE BOOB DOG FECES AND USED CONDOMS. FUNNY HOW THEY CAN RIP UP AN ACRE WIRTH OF PLANTS BUT CAN'T MANAGE TO GETVTHE THONG OUT OF THE TREE. MAYBE THEY CAN LEAF BLOW IT OUT . PRETEND IT'S 4 AM YOU'LL MANAGE.ILL BE SURE TO HANG A BIG RED SIGN ON THE MODEL APARTMENT NEXT DOOR TO ME THAT SAYS UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD ANYVSANE PERSON RENT HERE AND SCATTER PLASTIC RATS AND BUGS OUTSIDE THE DOOR AS A WARNING. DO NOT RENT IN THIS OVERPRICED UNDERSERVICED HELL HOLE UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES. IFE NEVER BEEN SOBABUSED IN ALL MY LIFE CAMPOR ROCK ARE WORSE THAN TISHMAN SPEYER AND THAT'S PRETTY LOW. AND STOP STUFFING MY RENT BILLSVWITH PROPAGANDA YOU MONSTERS DO YOU THINK I WOULD TELL ANYONE TO RENT HERE AFTER MY RENT INCREASE.? NO WAY I TELL ANYONE WHONLISTENS NEVER TO RENTBHERE DIG A HOLE IN THE EARTH AND SLEEP THERE BEFOREVYOUBEVER THINK OF MOVNG TO STUY TOWN AND IM SURE THE ITHER 1300 PEOPLE AFFECTED BY THE RENT JACKING ARE ALSO TELLING PEOPLE NOT TO RENT HERE. THAT'S RIGHT BAD NEWS SPREADS FAST YOU CROOKS THAT'S WGAT HAPPENSVWHEN YOU FORECFULLY EVICT 1,300 FAMILIES WHO NOW HAVE TO FIND NEW APARTMENTS, NEW WCHOOL FOR THERE KIDS IN 30 DAYS. HOW DO YPMINSTERS LIKE ANDREW MACARTUR AND SEAN SULLIVAN SLEEP AT NIGHT???EVIL BLOOD SUCKERS THEY ARE. OH IM A PROPRTY MANAGER WHAT'S ON MY TO DO LIST TODAY LET'S SEE RAISE RENTS, RIP UP ALL THEVTREES AND BUSHES AND FLOWERS, OPEN WALMART ON THE OVAL, LEAF BLOW EVERYTHING. TWICE. AND FINDVA NEW BATCH OF STUDENTS TO FILL UP THE DORMS. JOB WELL DONE. IM WORTH MY SALT. VAMPIRES YOU ARECALL VAMPIRES ADD WALKING MY LAUNDRY FROM AVE C TO FIRST AVEVANDCSPENDINGVFOUR HOURS DOING LAUNDRY BEVAUSE MY BUILDING HAS NO LAUNDRY SINCECSANDY MEANWHILE ENTIRE BEACH COMMUNITIES IN NEW H
JERSEY HAVE BEEN REBUILT WTF IS THAT ALL ABOUT MAYBE YOU SHOULD BUY YOUR PARTS AND GET YOUR PERMITS IN NEW JERSEY! THEY KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING SEAN SULLIVAM DIES NOT HE KNOWS NOTHING HE DOES NOTHING HE IS NITHING. VAMPIRES AND MONSTERS DO NOT RENT HERE!!!!!!
I love you 1:17 AM, block caps and typos and all! Has your keyboard cooled off yet? ;-) You said it for all of us. Thank you!
These fucking evil bloodsuckers truly damage people's lives. Apart from forcing people to leave at such short notice and uproot their kids, etc., their actions are taking a toll on the physical and emotional health of tenants. I wonder if MacArthur and Sullivan have wives and children? I wonder how they would feel if they were subjected to evil bastards such as themselves. God forgive me, but I hope these evil bastards get a good taste of their own medicine somewhere down the road. I hate to wish evil on people, but it's hard not to when we are being hurt so badly by evil people.
I love you too 1:17AM. Don't hold back. You speak for a lot of us. Thank you.
THESE MONSTERS AND VAMPIRES DO NOT DESERVE LOWER CASE. MY RAGE CAN ONLY BE EXPRESSED IN CAPS BECAUSE THATSS ALL THAT FLOWS THROUGH MY VEINS WHEN I SEE WHAT THESE EVIL EVIL EVIL PEOPLE ARE DOING TO US IN STUY TOWN. I HOPE NOBODY RENTS HERE. I HOPE THE FOOLS WHO THOUGHT THE HOUSING BUBBLE WOULD NEVER BURST NEVER GET THEIR MONEY BACK THEY ARE ALL PREDATORS ANDD FOLLISH ONES THEY TOOK A BIG GAMBLE AND LOST TO THEM I SAY TO F------ BAD. IT IS NOT OUR FAULT. WE LIVE HERE. THATS ALL. TAKE IT OUT ON TISHMAN SPEYER, SUE THEM AND LEAVE OUR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY ALONE. WE HAVE PAID ENOUGH OVER THE PAST 7 YEARS DONT YOU THINK? FIRST WITH MET LIFE GUSSYING UP THE JOINT WITH RENOVATIONS THEN THE EVVIL REIGN OF TISHMAN SPEYER WHO COULDNT GET US OUT FAST ENOUGH DEAD OR ALIVE AND NOW WE HAVE CWCAPITAL AND THEIR FAKE CAMPUS JOKE REAL ESATE COMPANY "MANAGING" THE PROPERTY. OH YEAH, THEY ARE MANAGING IT ALRIGHT MANAGING TO RUN IT RIGHT INTO THE GROOUND. OH SOMEONE IS KNOCKING AT MY DOOR. I KNOW ITS NOT A BURGALER BECAUSE THEY WOULD USE THE KEY CAMPUS JOKE GAVE OUT TO ROB US!!! MAYBE IT IS ANOTHER INSPECTION. FUNNY HOW THEY CAN INSPECT THE RENT STABILIZED PEOPLE TO EVICT US FOR FRAUDULANT REASONS BUT GOOOOOD FORBID THEY INSPECT THE DORM APARTMENTS FOR 80% RUG COVEREAGE. NO. THAT'LL NEVER HAPPEN. OH NOW I SOUND LIKE SEAN SULLIVAN. WORSE THAN TISHMAN SPEYER HE AND HIS BROOD ARE I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY SLEEP AT NIGHT. THEY SHOULD ALL BE FORCES TO LIVE UNDER NEATH A DORM APARTMENT AND HAVE TO CALL THEIR OWN HOTLINE TO GET MISINFORMATION, MISSED APPOINTMENT, WRONG APPOINTMENTS OR SERVICE REQUETS THAT NEVER HAPPEN AT ALL. HOW MANY CALLS DID THEY GET ABOUT THE SIX COUNT EM SIX STREET LIGHTS OUT IN PETER COOPER VILLAGE OH THAT DIDNT HAPPEN OH ILL TAKEYOUR WORD FOR IT. OH REALLY WILL YOU SEAN SULLICAN? TAKE MY WORD ON THIS: I WILL TELL ANYONE AND EVEYONE WHO I MEET NEVER EVER EVER RENT IN STUY TOWN BECAUSE PARASITES LIKE YOU HAVE RUINED IT FORR FAMILIES . I WILL ALSO TELL THEM HOW YOU DESTROY THE GARNDENS RIP UP TREES AND LACK THE ABILITY TO FIND A FEW WASHERS AND DRIERS IN THE TRI STATE AREA TO BRING THE LAUNDRY ROOMS BACK UP IN RUNNING. PERMITS. PERMISTS MY A-- YOU WANT TO AGGREVATE THE WHOLE LOT OF US OUT LIKE AN ABUSIVE SPOUSE WHO BATTERS AND BEATS AND BELITTLES UNTIL WE DONT EVEN KNOW WHAT LIFE FEELS LIKE ANYMORE. LIVING IN STUY TOWN IS LIVING BEING AN ABUSED PERSON ECEPT WE PAY TO BE ABUSED , PAY MARKET RATE MONEY TO BE ABUSED BY YOU SICK SICK SICK PEOPLE. HOW YOU SLEEP AT NIGHT AND TUCK YOUR KIDS INTO BED USING YOUR EVIL HANDS THAT EVICT FAMILES WITH LESS THAN 60 DAYS NOTICE IS BEYONG ME. MONSTERS/ ALL OF YOU MONSTERS.
I think CAPS needs a STPCV blog or his/her own.
As much as I agree with CAPS he/she must calm down and take his/her medicine. We don't want to lose you CAPS
We need CAPS with us in front of the leasing office.
Calm down, CAPS. Don't let your blood pressure go out of control! These filthbags are not worth it.
Hay CAPS, join us down at the Leasing Office one day soon. We need your voice and your ENERGY. Maybe don't drink that last cup of coffee, though.
CAPS: Jerry's Fat Ass -- is that you? We've missed you!
Jerry's Fat Ass? OMG!
Just a note that some recent comments, including by CAPS, have gone a bit too far and can't be approved.
Do what I do, buy one lousy can of soda from the oval cafe. Then sit for hours at one of their tables doing work on the computer using their wi-fi. Once you get past moral objections to the cafe's existence, it's quite a useful place to get shit done.
Yes, please get the hysterical person shouting in all caps to the leasing office. How about the other 1,299 families show up? Maybe the TA themselves? Just saying...
When is next rally or handing out flyers event at leasing office? We all are being affected by CW's actions, even if our rent isn't ring raised. I feel worst for young families w kids in local schools. What a mess. Need to ramp up media attention. Wonder if HelpmeHoward would take CW on?
Yes, please do relaxation breathing exercises so you don't stroke out CAPS! We get yr message. Please imagine going to a serene place in yr mind so u can forget about the ST injustices for a little bit. :)
I think CAPS just barely went far enough.
CENSORSHIP??? JUST WE NEED AROUND DON'T WE HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE OBFUSCATING THE TRUTH? A PACK OF SORORITY GURLS CAME BY TGE MIDEL APARTMENT TODAY KOOKING TO SET UP A NEW ALPHA BETA BIMBO AND I SAID FONT RENT HETEVTHEY WILL INCREASE YOUR RENT BY HUNDERDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS AND YOU CAN DO NOTHING ABOUT IT. THE KEASING AGENT TOLD ME TO GO BACK ONSIFE MY PLAPARTMENT AND I SSUD I WILL DO NO SUCH THING I LIVE HETE I PAY RENT I SM NOT A SECOND CLASS CITIZEN IN MY OWN COMMINUTY AND TOLD THE SORORITY SEE THIS IS HIWCTHEY TREAT YOU ONCE YOU MOVE IN LIKE GARBAGE. HIW DARE THESE YOUNG OEIPLE TALK TO ME LIKE THIS I AM AN HONEST HARD WORKING WOMAN AND I MIND MY OWN BUSIENSS AND WATCH OUT FOR MY NEIGHBORS AND NOW I MIGHT BE RVICTED IFVI CAN'T FLFIND ACQAY TO PAY FOR MY TENT HIKE. THE VAMPIRES NEED TO FEED SO I GUESS AT 63 YEARS OKD I EILL REJOIN THE WIRK FORCE MATBE I CAN GET A JOB NOT ANSWEREING OHONES AT THE STUY TOWN LEASING OFGIVE OOOS TGAT JOB HAS BEEN TAKEN ALREADY. MAYBE I CAN GET A HOB LEAF BLOWING THECROOFS IR SRLLING 40 DOLLAR HAM SANWICHES AT OVAL CRAP WGERE THE COFFEE TASTES LIKE DIRT SND THE ICE CREAM IS IN EDIDIBKE. MY NEW JOB THANKS TO THE VAMPIRES LIJW ANDREW MACARTHUR ABD SEAN SULLICAN WHO CONTINE TO TREAT UP LIKE GARBAGECAND SQUUEZE EVERY LAST PENNY FROM OUR POCKETBOOKS THOSE LEACHES. I WILL TELL EVERTYKNE NOT TOVRENT HERE BECAUSE IT EILL BECTHE WORST MISTAKE YOU'VE EVER MADE IN YOUR LIFE AND YOU WILL REFLGRET IT LIKE I DO WHAT AN I SUPPSSED TO DOBIF I CAN FIND SN ADFITIONAL 300 DOLLARS A MONTH I CAN MOVE I CAN'T AFFIRD TO MOVE I SUPPOSE I'LL SLEEP IN A PETER COOPER VILLAGE VESTIBULE WITH TGE OTGER HONELESS PEIPLE. LEAVE US ALONE CWCAPITAL AND TEVERSECTHESE CRUEL AND ABUSIVE RENT HIKES WE DONTCDESERVE THIS TREATMENT. MONSTERS
I have to be careful about what I let through. I remember how Lux of the Lux Living site was visited by the police (!) because of a joke someone made in one of the blog comments, so caution is required. I also have a hard time letting through comments about people's children.
Liz Joy: The Tenants Association has organized protests at the leasing office for the past three weekends and will be out there again this weekend. Get on the TA email list for updates and go to http://www.stpcvta.org/kb/contact/?question=I+will+take+a+shift.+I+have+put+my+preferred+times+below.+I+can+be+contacted+via+the+information+I've+provided+below.&subject=Contact+Me+Regarding+Volunteering+to+Picket+the+Leasing+office.&category_id=25 to sign up for a shift.
CAPS, please use spell check and try to punctuate. You will be easier to read if you do those things. Your message is right on target.
"How about the other 1,299 families show up? Maybe the TA themselves? Just saying..."
I've been out there for 5 hours over 2 weekends, and I'm not affected by Roberts. T&V has pix of TA board members out there handing out flyers the TA printed along with volunteers the TA organized. I don't remember seeing you, though. Just saying...
But yeah--where are all those tenants?
@7:55 Ill try to respond but STR doesn't want to put my comments through. I have been out there but I had to laugh when I saw John Marsh posting on Facebook from a NJ location trying to rally people. Lead by example.
CAPS, don't use spell check or punctuation. Don't change a thing. Don't stifle the flow! Great, on-target posts.
You can go out there any/every single day of the week, too. I have! SO have a handful of others. ABBIE at Zeichner's has ALL of the flyers and materials you might need to educate (and dissuade) potential renters. DO IT!! Don't wait for the TA to organize everything. Have a bit of ambition. Meet a friend who will keep you company doing it. But DO IT! SO MANY people who actually signed up with the TA never even showed up, so the regulars had to cover their absence and do it by themselves. WHY? Because they care & wanted to DO SOMETHING! Put your money where your mouth is and just do it, even for only 30 minutes. Every little bit helps.
Jerry, Jerry... how we missed you!
WELCOME BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>I have been out there but I had to laugh when I saw John Marsh posting on Facebook from a NJ location trying to rally people. Lead by example.<<
I have to speak up for Marsh here. For certain he puts in a significant chunk of his free time on TA and tenant matters. And does this without payment. He just may have a life outside of this, which I, and hopefully others, would grant him to live without criticism.
IM NOT JERRY WHO IS JERRY I AM A REGULAT PERSON WHIO MAY BE FORCED OUT OF MY HOME IF I CAN'T EARN ANITHER 300 A MONTH AND WHWRE WILL MY MONEY GO? I DON'T KNOW. I KNOW WHERE IT IS NOT GOING: BUILDING MAINTENANCE CLEANING THE PILES OF GARBAGE OUT IF TGE RECTCLIBG ROOM, PLANTING GRASS SEED WHERE THE GARDEN OUTSIDE MY WINDIW ONE WXISTED, HIRING FIT SND CAPAVLE PUBLIC SAFETRY. ALL OF THIS MONEY IS SURELY GOING INTO THE FAT CAT POCJETS OF ANDREW MACARTHUR AND SEAN SULLIVAN WHO SOEND THEIR DAYS SITTING AROUNF BRAINSTORMING NEW WAYS TO ABUSE US. I CAN'T TAKE ANY MORE ABUSE. I AM ON YHE EDGE IF A BREAKDIWN DO NOT RENT HERE UNDER NO CURCUMSTANCES NOW THEY WANT TO CHARGE US 80 DOLLARS IF WE USE ANOTHER KEYCARD??????? ARE YOU SERIOUS ANDREW MACARTHUR SND SEAN SULLIVAN?????? HOW ABOUT WE ALL RETURN OUR OLD KEYS AT ONCE AND GET OUR 8$ KEY DEPOSIR BACK. HIWD YOU LIKE THAT. ONLY PROBLEM IS THE MANAGEMT OFFICE US NO LOBGER ON SITE WHAT TGE HELL IS THAT ALL ABOUT. SEAN SULLIVAN SLEEPS UNDER A RICK ANYWAT SO AN OFFICE IS ANITHER NEEDLESS BUSINESS EXPENSE IT'S NOT LIKE ANYONE EVER DID ANY WORK OF ANY USE IN THETE ANYWAY.
Ok CAPS. We get it already.
Go for a nice stress reducing walk on this beautiful day.
Deep breath.
John Marsh leads by more than example: If every tenant expended 1/1000th of the time or energy that he did (for free) we'd never have to beg (yes... BEG!) for bodies or minds to assist on ANY of the TA's projects. When's the last time YOU volunteered for something? Each & every one of us has busy lives. But, this is our home, certainly everyone can find a few minutes (that's all it takes) to donate to this community. Before you dare to call out John Marsh for being in NJ (taking a moment to have a life), also remember that while in NJ, he cares enough to still continue to monitor & post on the TA's FB page. THAT'S devotion. Shame on you for judging harshly!
I totally agree with you 12:36 PM. Considering that most the affected tenants in this latest assault by CW/Campus Rock doesn't affect the majority of tenants, i.e., the longtime tenants who mostly make up the membership of the TA, it's nice of him and the other members of the TA who are volunteering to even bother with this. Why aren't the people who are getting the massive mid-lease rent increases out there picketing? I am a longtime rs tenant and, much as they would like to, they are not getting me out any time soon. I feel for the people who are being driven out by these greedy mutts, but I am not personally affected by it. Why should I go and picket at the Leasing Office? I have put in a little time there, but when I saw the total lack of turn out of the affected parties, I thought "Fuck 'Em. Let them fight their own battles."
SO don't make it just about the mid-lease rent increases! Or even the TA! Make it about EVERYTHING else: the QOL issues, the raping of the Oval, rampant bedbuggery, brown water, no laundry since October 29th (for 17 buildings), etc.. Make it about ANYTHING! By picketing & (most importantly) flyering & educating CW's new, potential renters, you hit them in the ONLY place that matters to them: their wallets. Fewer new tenants means less $$. It's simple math. THAT alone should yield ANYONE who lives here some kind of satisfaction!
"but I am not personally affected by it.:
Yes you will be "personally affected by it." Your comment is enclosed in denial with full blinders on. Many of the tenants that will have to leave due to these foul mid lease increases are families and professional couples. What will replace them will be the standard college and just post college transients, funded by their parents, that TS and now, CWC, love so well. The Bro/OMG herds will increase even more so get ready for more trash, feces, bedbugs, no carpet compliance, noise and the constant roommate shuffle and moving that brings in tenants who frankly, don’t give a shit about the QOL here, as long as they can party in the EV, the Bowery, the LES, and Gramercy. Woo!
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