CompassRock Still Running this Place?

 

"...the best possible service to our residents..."

http://www.compassrock.com/apartment-search#/stores?city=New%20York&neighborhood=null&page=1&state=NY

 "We have the capabilities to manage multiple types of assets, including: ... Student Living..."

So How Long Do We Wait?

Before we can make an assessment about our new landlord, Blackstone and Ivanhoe? The "deal" was accepted in late October and our new landlord officially took over a week ago. One would think that in November and December (almost to end) the wheels must have been turning as to how to manage this property and what changes are going to be necessary. The tenant survey is done, the results are in. For sure, I'm an impatient fellow here, but I'd like to see something start changing for the better soon. Right now, there seems to be no change at all, but just a continual sinking.

A Step in the Right Direction?

Let's see how far this goes. Personally, I think the DoB should be investigated and its continual rubber stamping of anything real estate and construction wants. https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20151223/upper-east-side/hold-agencies-handling-after-hours-construction-permits-accountable-pols

Dreaming of a White Christmas

For sure, in 60-70 degree weather! Happy Holidays everyone! And to the leaf-blowers that were out Christmas Eve morning!!!

Blackstone and Ivanhoe Cambridge Now Own Stuyvesant Town & Peter Cooper Village

http://therealdeal.com/blog/2015/12/18/blackstone-ivanhoe-cambridge-close-on-5-3b-stuy-town-deal/

It's theirs. My gut feeling: Not much will change. Hopefully it won't get worse. The partitioning of apartments will continue, the packing of students into apartments will continue, the dog refuse stains will continue, the presence of breeds not allowed will continue (along with weight limits being ignored), the circus amenities will continue, the noise of morning and weekend construction and seasonal leaf-blowing will continue.... As before, there will be temporary attempts made to address the problem on some of these issues, but after a week or two, it will be back to the same old, same old.

Gunpoint Robbery at Stuy Town T-Mobile Store

From Town & Village:

Police are on the lookout for two men who held up a Stuyvesant Town T-Mobile store at gunpoint on Sunday.

At December 13 at 3:30 p.m., the suspects walked into the store located at 322 First Avenue and East 19th Street. While one of them waved a gun around, the men ordered two employees and one male customer into a back room. The suspects then forced an employee to turn over 40 Apple and Samsung phones off a shelf as well as approximately $1500 in cash from a safe. Video surveillance shows the employee doing this as the customer is made to lie down on the floor nearby with his head down.

The first suspect is described as black, between 30 to 40 years-old, around 5 ft. 11 ins., approximately 270 lbs. and has facial hair. He was last seen wearing a dark grey hooded sweatshirt and blue jeans.

The other suspect is black, approximately 25 years-old, around 5 ft. 9 ins. and approximately 170lbs. He was last seen wearing a light grey hooded sweatshirt and dark pants. 

Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call Crime stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).  The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime stoppers website at http://www.nypdcrimestoppers.com or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.

Tenants Association, following Dan Garodnick's Lead, Still Not On Board "New Yorkers for a Human-Scale City". Garodnick Absent from Supporting the Small Business Jobs Survival Act.

It's been weeks already and our Tenants Association has still not supported as a sponsor "New Yorkers for a Human-Scale City" and our councilman, Dan Garodnick, is not supporting the Small Business Jobs Survival Act.

The uselessness of both our Tenants Association (which seems joined at the hip to our councilman) and Dan Garodnick is becoming more and more apparent as the months go by.

This blog is watching and waiting and will not forget.

And let's remember:

http://online.wsj.com/articles/new-york-city-councilman-daniel-garodnick-faces-tough-tests-in-real-estate-battles-1410569682

"In January, about a week after City Councilman Daniel Garodnick lost the race for council speaker, he was the belle of the real-estate industry's annual ball. Mr. Garodnick sat on the stage with other dignitaries at the New York Hilton, two seats down from Alicia Glen, a powerful deputy mayor who oversees housing and economic development. No one at the Real Estate Board of New York's banquet attracted a bigger cluster of executives and lobbyists waiting for a word than the 42-year old councilman for Manhattan's East Side."

"The city's real-estate world continues to open its wallet to Mr. Garodnick. In the most recent election cycle, he received more than $200,000 of contributions from the industry, out of about $1 million, according to a Wall Street Journal calculation."

So, yeah, it would be tough for Dan to side with small businesses. Understood.

Stuy Sperm

Nothing quite says dorm like a mass mailing to Stuyvesant Town tenants seeking healthy males "currently attending a four year university, or already holding a bachelors degree" for donations to a sperm bank. Mass mailings like these, inserted into mail boxes by the post office with no address on them, are costly, so this Manhattan sperm bank must be sure that its mailing will reach a sizable, potentially receptive readership.