http://www.nyhabitat.com/new-york-apartment/roommate-share/16500
http://www.blocksy.com/nyc/rental/9747479-7-peter-cooper-rd-12g#/0
http://www.spareroom.com/rooms-for-rent/manhattan/stuyvesant_town/100028598
http://www.nyhabitat.com/new-york-apartment/roommate-share/9283
And is this what's considered a "living room" in a renovated ST/PCV apartment with a wall partition!!!...
it is not a room if it does not have a window
ReplyDeleteThe apartment diagram has it identified as a living room. See my new post.
ReplyDeleteThe angle of the photo makes it look like there is more space between the empty table and the sofa but in actuality that is a very narrow passage from the doorway to the bedrooms or vice versa a very narrow pathway from the bedrooms to the exit. That cannot possibly pass a fire safety inspection of a living room or of an unblocked exit. Is that an FDNY joke?
ReplyDelete....and it is a passage of only four squares of floor tile! That is a blocked exit.
ReplyDeleteI'd be willing to bet that the lack of rugs is one of the top QOL complaints around here. I recall a TA survey that confirmed that.
ReplyDeleteThe problem is that the rug requirement has always been a management policy, not a law. So, like the 'no dogs' rule, it can be reversed, or simply not enforced, and legally there's not much anyone can do about it. Sure, it makes life hell for the neighbors, but since when did TS or CW ever give a damn about QOL? Their SOLE interest is in pulling in as much cash as possible, not providing tenants with a pleasant and comfortable place to live.
Collectively, we can look to the TA to press management for vigorous enforcement, as was always the case previously, but at the end of the day, management can simply ignore them, and there's little recourse to be had. Really, our only weapon is the pen, keep spreading the word, and inform would-be renters that after you sign on the dotted line and fork over the cash, all those promises the smiling reps made in the leasing office will vanish into thin air.
As the old saying goes - if you get in bed with the devil, be prepared to get fucked.
then there is 25000 of us in bed with the devil? wow.
ReplyDeleteanyone know the fee and arrangement to break a lease here? can't take it anymore. signed for a one year renewal starting 10/15 and found way better downtown. what fees and all am i looking at. thank you.
NYFD has bseen to our buildings numerous times. to check the lighting, to check the fire codes, to check the new spiffy floorpans. all good according to them. so who is lying and who is covering up?
ReplyDeleteThe only time NYFD comes to my building is when there is a gas leak or a fire. Never seen any inspectors.
ReplyDeleteFDNY approving various wall partitions depicted in blueprint floorplans submitted for FDNY approval several years ago doesn't mean those same FDNY approved wall partitions and floorplans were properly installed or attested to by a dishonest landlord or subsequently modified illegally by tenants identified on a lease and thousands of additional non-tenant "occupants" identified or not identified on a lease.
ReplyDeleteStill, our dishonest landlord seized upon a way to exploit wall partition inspections into a complex-wide harassment campaign against long term RS tenants by converting wall partition inspections into an opportunistic hunt for any type of potential violation they hoped to find searching through our closets, recording serial numbers on refrigerators and air conditioners, etc. - looking for anything that might remotely be considered useful evidence supporting evictions or at least retroactive, punitive, MCI rent increases. We all know how well Garodnick and the TA protected us against those unwarranted landlord intrusions. Then again, Brookfield doesn't want long term RS tenants or at least wants them paying higher rents.
Then again, Brookfield doesn't want long term RS tenants or at least wants them paying higher rents.
ReplyDeleteExactly right on all points in your comment. The latter too. Collins, Marsh, Steinberg did a number on tenants on MCI charges to help their partner Brookfield (and Speyer mezzanine debt holder who Speyer awarded at REBNY gala after they got our rent roll up by 100 Million dollars).
How does the TA manage to keep going when their annual membership fee is only $35 dollars and they have only a handful of members?
ReplyDeleteIt is not a TA in the real sense of what a TA is supposed to do, represent the Tenants. It is a few people pushing Garodnick's Paul Weiss / Meredith Kane Rebny agenda and helping that PR company by pushing their other clients crap onto this community. The TA represents Garodnick to the residents.
ReplyDeleteBTW I live at 300 and the kid who screams at the water drops is way too loud. Where are his parents?