Our landlord, BLACKSTONE, can't handle Stuy Town and Peter Cooper Village. There is a lack of enforcement of certain "rules," and no amount of notice to this alleviates the problems. We are continually being told half-truths and fabrications. And we have no viable Tenants organization, despite our TA asking for dues all the time. So far, the politicians have proven to be basically useless. A typical New York story.
Monday, July 30, 2018
Oh, What A Beautiful Morning!
35 comments:
Anonymous
said...
This disgusting use of the loops for move out trash needs to be a priority in any fight against management.
I think these mattresses on the loops are just in case residents and their guests get tired. It's a bitch walking about the complex. Just ask any of those drivers and workers inside club cars. They know what they are doing.
Just heard that all forms of smoking have been banned in NYCHA housing. Hayduk and company won’t do it because they would lose half the students and others who contaminate other apartments with their tobacco habits.
STR, these pictures do not do justice to how absolutely disgusting this place looked this morning. The 14th street loop looked like a hurricane of crap came through and the oval garbage cans were overflowing with trash that undoubtedly was there all night attracting rodents.
One plus was that I saw two young ladies standing by the garbage by 3 Oval (probably waiting for their Uber), and one was saying to the other that her father has already spoken to NYU and that she is moving out of this "slum" next weekend. I felt like engaging them in a conversation, but I just walked away with a smile.
This is just on my way to Gracefully and then back again. I did take a photo of unpicked dog crap near my building, but I wanted some relief to readers. I've seen the garbage cans overflowing, the AirBnb people, etc. Unfortunately, I don't do Smell-o-vision!
Again: ALL OF THE DEPLORABLE, UNSAFE, ILLEGAL, ABUSIVE, PLAGUE-INVITING CONDITIONS IMPOSED BY BLACKSTONE AND THEIR MINIONS, AND THE ESCALATING OBNOXIOUS, SOMETIMES UNSAFE, SOMETIMES HEALTHFUL, AND OFTEN ILLEGAL BEHAVIORS OF "TENANTS" IS
DELIBERATE!
DELIBERATE!
MUCH OF IT IS PLANNED. IF IT IS NOT PLANNED, IT IS CAPITALIZED UPON BY BLACKSTONE (READ NAOMI KLEIN'S BOOK "SHOCK DOCTRINE, PLEASE.)
Do you think there is any chance of coincidence that (A) The utter morons planning the "upgraded" apartments have installed "wine coolers" and (B) People of all ages, time living here, skin tone, socio-economic categories are now DRINKING ALCOHOL IN PUBLIC BOTH ON THE OVAL and IN OTHER PUBLIC LOCATIONS??? Oh, yes, and (C) "Deck chairs" and TABLES are on the Oval for asses who think themselves both cool and superior by drinking wine and beer and placing/leaving their bottles on the tables.
I am certain readers of this blog can come up with plenty of other examples of these "coincidences."
Blackstone owns the Manhattan DA Office. They will never be held accountable for anything they do to StuyTown tenants or any Blackstone tenants. Blackstone hired Andrew MacArthur and David Sorise to run one of their other properties after those two pulled off the illegal construction of the new management office with the help of Garodnick and the Tenant Association. ConEd is responsible for the toxic crap released into the air during the illegal construction. The ConEd head is now head of the REBNY taking over from Speyer who like Garodnick added an extra term to his job to finish the messing up of Stuyvesant Town Peter Cooper Village tenants quality of life to replace older tenants with newer and constant changing occupants. There are more occupants in Stuyvesant Town Peter Cooper Village then tenants living here.
As with Keith Powers: FORGET ABOUT ANY RELIEF FOR THE RESIDENTS BOMBARDED BY THE OVAL NOISE/AUDIO ASSAULT AT LEAST FOUR (4) NIGHTS WEEKLY THIS SUMMER.
P.S.: Yes, Management, in the person of Richard Hayduk, acknowledges the outsiders invited into our "private" space, those who invade Stuyvesant Town and the Oval for their "events." He categorically refuses to require ID's at these "events." I believe that I am simply reiterating what STR has already stated.
"Have a lovely evening," in the words of our beloved Management or Duly Elected Government Officials.
Stuyvesant Town Oval Concerts Agonize Many Tenants The TA received angry complaints about the thunderous noise level from the concert in the Oval held Thursday, July 24. Most recently, as in the past, when the Tenants Association brought this issue to the attention of management, management countered that the concerts are a wanted amenity and enjoyed by many.
That is inconsistent with the complaints we received and which were posted online on several sites. Tenants have also complained about the decibel level of sound checks in the afternoon.
In their own Facebook post after the concert, in response to tenants with legitimate complaints, management dismissively said: "This is a once-a-year concert series we put on for our residents. The atmosphere yesterday was amazing, as everyone was smiling, laughing and enjoying their evening in their backyard."
The atmosphere in the hundreds of apartments facing the Oval, and even in many that don’t, was also amazing—but no one was laughing or smiling. It was unpleasant. Night workers who sleep during the day or evening couldn’t. Babies and small children couldn’t fall asleep. Our neighbors far from the Oval couldn’t hear their televisions, couldn’t eat dinner in peace.
The number of tenants seriously inconvenienced was far greater than those at the concert—which was not that well attended.
We need to convince management that the Oval is not The Great Lawn in Central Park. We need you to participate by registering a complaint by any of the following means:
● Call Resident Services at 212-420-5000. Use option #3 for Maintenance Requests. ● Provide feedback via management’s website: http://www.pcvstliving.com/contact choose, I am a resident, then choose the category, Recreation. ● Comment on management’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/PCVST . ● Tweet a comment: hashtag #PCVSTLiving and #Stuytown.
In case we cannot persuade management to stop sponsoring concerts, call 311 to register a complaint, and remember to note your reference number for follow-up. If many people call, an NYC Department of Environmental Protection inspector will be sent to investigate the noise level.
If scores of tenants complain effectively, management will not be able to wave us off as they did the people who complained publicly on management’s Facebook page.
Council Member Dan Garodnick advises us that he too heard from residents who were upset and that he shared their concerns. In response, he sent a letter to management, along with State Senator Brad Hoylman and Assemblyman Brian Kavanagh. The text of that letter appears below.
>>July 25, 2014 Andrew MacArthur Managing Director CWCapital Asset Management CW Financial Services LLC 810 Seventh Ave. 40th Floor New York, NY 10019
Dear Mr. MacArthur:
We write to you to express our concern over the sound levels from this summer’s concerts in Stuyvesant Oval. Our offices received more complaints than usual, and wanted to make you aware that people complained from as far away as 272 First Avenue and 524 East 20th Street, despite their efforts to tune it out.
While none of us was physically present for the concerts, we felt that the complaints were significant enough for us to bring it to your attention. Further, it is also apparent that there is no way for a concerned resident to make a complaint by calling "resident services." On this, and on other issues, we would welcome a more user-friendly mechanism for residents to raise a concern with management.
We are of course aware that concerts for this year have just ended, and do not know yet whether you intend to bring them back. We ask that you or members of your staff sit with us and the Tenants Association in the coming year to discuss the timing and amplification of these performances so that we might mitigate these concerns.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Sincerely,
Daniel R. Garodnick Council Member Brian Kavanagh State Assembly Member Brad Hoylman State Senator cc: John Marsh, President, Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village Tenants Association<<
I was SO IRATE about the so-called "concert". Noise at its most "base" level. The utter disrespect that management shows towards the residents is appalling. The "sound checks"...or should I say noise checks began early afternoon and the cacophony continued well into the night. All residents want is peace and quiet in the privacy of their own apartments. This isn't Central Park, this isn't summer camp. Surely there must be something our politicians can do to ban these outrageous assaults on our senses. I am not sure calling 311 accomplishes anything. Next time the management pulls this sh*t, I suggest a tenant picket line with signs, calling local TV channels who would be more than happy to send a reporter to do a story on the local evening news ( think Channels 5, 9 and 11 ). The only thing that these vile clods understand is BAD publicity. They make me sick! "Sound check, sound check..."
August 1, 2014 at 8:05 AM Delete Anonymous Anonymous said...
These concerts do NOT belong in a residential community.
Whatever agency issues the permits for them needs to be told not to. That's who Garodnick, Hoylman and Kavannah should be contacting. As well as EVERYONE and ANYONE else under the sun who can help prevent them from taking place here again. They are nothing short of an assault on the tenants who are FORCED to listen to them inside their apartments. And don't give me that bull that they only take place a couple of times a year. They should be taking place ZERO times a year. I don't pay a TON of money for my apartment to be HARASSED like that in my own home. You wanna hear a concert? Go to an actual concert venue.
Unfortunately, I predict that the letter to CWCapital will have zero effect. They could care less. And if they could care less than that, they would.
August 1, 2014 at 8:30 AM Delete Blogger Stuy Town Reporter said...
I think by now the only reason CW does any concerts is that it falls into their promotion of the property, a lure for those who may think such an amenity is hip. But CW knows what a pain in ass these are and that the vast majority of tenants do not attend them and a sizable portion loathe them.
Even I forget, and I wrote these damn things, too. From September 7,2012. Yes, 2012.
>>The Madness of Oval "Events"
Many people who live in Stuyvesant Town work during the week. Not as many as used to, because we now have a very significant student and senior population, but the Monday through Friday workers still exist as tenants, and one would think in sizable numbers. If Stuyvesant Town offers anything particularly special to these residents, it's a chance to relax and unwind in the relative peace and quiet of the Oval on Saturday and Sunday. Many times, I see residents of ALL ages taking advantage of good weather and the Oval, sitting around reading, having conversations, playing with their kids, tending their newborn, contemplating nature or their own thoughts, or picnicking or sunbathing on the Oval Lawn.
And yet the Powers That Be consistently feel that something MUST BE HAPPENING in the Oval or else it's all a failure. They have even used "something is always happening" as a PR mantra, oblivious to the fact that for many residents this "happening" intrudes upon residents' own weekend in Stuy Town. Furthermore, residents are smart enough (well, most of them) to make their lives as "happening" as they desire, without the Powers That Be dictating what that activity will be and forcing its effects upon the entire Oval area.
Most of these events, from a crowd gathering point of view, are embarrassing failures, made more painful by the amount of money spent on them. It's a good day for the Powers That Be if a couple of hundred people show up of the thousands upon thousands that live here. Sometimes, barely a hundred or so residents and their guests turn up. Not a good ratio.<<
1) Events are a selling point in advertising and the future sale of this property. Despite the reality that the overwhelming number of residents here do not attend these events and that many residents who live around the Oval loathe them because of the disruptive noise that flows into their apartments, the Powers That Be will stubbornly keep on churning out these events because they fear that in not making Stuy Town a place where "something is always happening" interest in Stuy Town will lessen, as will the value of Stuy Town as an asset.
2) It keeps employed the people who craft and work on these events, so it's a paycheck that these people desperately do not want to lose, and we, the residents, suffer because of it.
Tomorrow, Saturday, if it's a nice day and you decide to spend the morning at the Oval, you will have to compete with another "event"--this one the outdoor screening of the U.S. Open beginning at 11am. Which probably means a set-up an hour or two before then, with the Oval Fountain, the central axis of those who want to relax, being turned off in the morning. Worse, afterward there will be something called "New Fox Tuesdays Private Outdoor Screening." No, it's not coverage from Fox News, but rather a promotion for Fox's Tuesday TV line-up, a promotion in tandem with Verizon's Fios. That's right, a commercial push and pimping out Stuy Town right on the Oval to further fuck-up your Saturday if you routinely like taking advantage of the Oval.
Quite simply, having events continually "happening" on the Oval is a telling display of the disregard and paternalism that the Powers That Be have toward the Stuyvesant Town community. I've no beef against the occasional event, but it's now gotten to the level of clear madness, with the Powers That Be not cognizant of the fact that they are now ensconced in the mad house, from which they plan out their events and issue their dictates.
We have wonderful playgrounds in this community and a wonderful "park" and a beautiful fountain. This is what others, living in the city outside of PCVST, envy. We have everything that can make living here particularly appealing.
So, for heaven's sake, PLEASE LEAVE US ALONE with this cavalcade of events!<<
The "events" are an obscene attack on the tenants and the Oval. As for FIOS, they will probably be hounding us with a Keith Power-like intensity now that Spectrum may be going away. I have a visceral hatred for Verizon and Powers!
These events have to be the stupidest excuse for amenities I have ever seen. Due to the fact that we really have no amenities here (doorman, pool, etc) they promote this crap as amenities . What is worse is that some long term residents fall for the promotion and like these events. Added to the vicious cheerleader ring, they create an audience. Though minimal, it is still an audience. If I get one more e-mail about that new gym I will🤮. For the rents they charge here, they should offer free membership to those paying market rate. The Adirondack chairs raised oohs and aahs among a few of my long term resident friends. People in this community or whatever it is need to see Hayduk for what he is. A promotional robot.
Doggie Sty Town USA. I have never seen more dogs concentrated in a small area in my life. And so many have two dogs. The barking at night and excrement reek.
Hayduk is a fully functioning, intelligent corporate executive with an IQ level capable of discerning right from wrong.He is fully aware of his actions, of the consequences of his actions and the results he is delivering in his job description he accepted with full knowledge and expertise on what it takes to deliver the corporations objectives for the property and the tenants as laid out in the marketing plan years ago when Martin Sorrell's ad agency WPP Grey was hired to attract new tenants while pushing out long term older tenants. The WPP Grey Sorrell ( who happens to be best friends with Blackstone Schwarzman ) marketing plan relies on replacing quality of life measurables desired by short term occupants like events, parties, mail concierge service, and diminishing or all together eliminating all quality of life desired by longer term tenants who raise generations of families like peace, quiet, safe home and property where neighbors all know each other.
Hayduk is not a puppet or low level Blackstone executive. He is acting with full knowledge, awareness and deliberately to deliver on his corporations objectives. A job he has been doing his entire career with full awareness of the human consequences to the lives effected by Blackstone corporate intentions and actions.
Remember "the stroller Mafia"? Some things never change, but we forget. A lot of the posts from way back, I could write now and no one would think there was anything old.
>>Hayduk is not a puppet or low level Blackstone executive. He is acting with full knowledge, awareness and deliberately to deliver on his corporations objectives. A job he has been doing his entire career with full awareness of the human consequences to the lives effected by Blackstone corporate intentions and actions.<<
The State of NY is challenging Spectrum's franchise agreement. There will likely be litigation over the matter. If the State does succeed in removing them, there will be another company that would take over operation of the infrastructure.
And that’s why Hayduk and all of senior management are evil people. They were told what their job entails, and they come here every day with a smile ready to collect that paycheck and make the lives of many people here miserable.
They could have said no to this job once told what it entailed, and they didn’t. It takes a person with no conscience to do what Rick does every day, with a smile no-less.
>>And that’s why Hayduk and all of senior management are evil people. They were told what their job entails, and they come here every day with a smile ready to collect that paycheck and make the lives of many people here miserable.<<
But...we have to face the fact that there are residents who love what Hayduk is doing and are very favorably disposed toward him.
This morning there is abrasive noise coming from one of the upgrades that's not even in my building. This kind of noise will never end. "But, STR, we have to upgrade every apartment we can."
That is so true. He presents himself as accessible. I have long term resident friends who find it great that he answers their emails immediately. They are not considering that they have excessive complaints and he is Not addressing the root of the problem.
Rick will answer your emails. Then he'll pass you on to someone or two who will not help you. It's a fucking joke here. Rick, ya listening... what do ya do to help tenants?
Remain anonymous as they 'they' may get hold of you. If you've had or having problem with accounting please post here. We will ban 2gether on these wrong doings.
35 comments:
This disgusting use of the loops for move out trash needs to be a priority in any fight against management.
This disgusting use of the loops for move out trash needs to be a priority in any fight against management.
This disgusting use of the loops for move out trash needs to be a priority in any fight against management.
At least we have the "amenities"...lol
Looking forward to the "concerts"...NOT!
Pig Stuy Town it has become.
I think these mattresses on the loops are just in case residents and their guests get tired. It's a bitch walking about the complex. Just ask any of those drivers and workers inside club cars. They know what they are doing.
Just heard that all forms of smoking have been banned in NYCHA housing. Hayduk and company won’t do it because they would lose half the students and others who contaminate other apartments with their tobacco habits.
STR, these pictures do not do justice to how absolutely disgusting this place looked this morning. The 14th street loop looked like a hurricane of crap came through and the oval garbage cans were overflowing with trash that undoubtedly was there all night attracting rodents.
One plus was that I saw two young ladies standing by the garbage by 3 Oval (probably waiting for their Uber), and one was saying to the other that her father has already spoken to NYU and that she is moving out of this "slum" next weekend. I felt like engaging them in a conversation, but I just walked away with a smile.
This is just on my way to Gracefully and then back again. I did take a photo of unpicked dog crap near my building, but I wanted some relief to readers. I've seen the garbage cans overflowing, the AirBnb people, etc. Unfortunately, I don't do Smell-o-vision!
"Just heard that all forms of smoking have been banned in NYCHA housing. "
BTW, ALL NYU, New School and Parson buildings are smoke free including the dorms.
And also leaf blowers and their loud noise were around, too!
And I will mention this continually. These mattresses uncovered this way are AGAINST CITY LAW. Management doesn't care, though.
Again: ALL OF THE DEPLORABLE, UNSAFE, ILLEGAL, ABUSIVE, PLAGUE-INVITING CONDITIONS IMPOSED BY BLACKSTONE AND THEIR MINIONS, AND THE ESCALATING OBNOXIOUS, SOMETIMES UNSAFE, SOMETIMES HEALTHFUL, AND OFTEN ILLEGAL BEHAVIORS OF "TENANTS" IS
DELIBERATE!
DELIBERATE!
MUCH OF IT IS PLANNED. IF IT IS NOT PLANNED, IT IS CAPITALIZED UPON BY BLACKSTONE (READ NAOMI KLEIN'S BOOK "SHOCK DOCTRINE, PLEASE.)
Do you think there is any chance of coincidence that (A) The utter morons planning the "upgraded" apartments have installed "wine coolers" and (B) People of all ages, time living here, skin tone, socio-economic categories are now DRINKING ALCOHOL IN PUBLIC BOTH ON THE OVAL and IN OTHER PUBLIC LOCATIONS??? Oh, yes, and (C) "Deck chairs" and TABLES are on the Oval for asses who think themselves both cool and superior by drinking wine and beer and placing/leaving their bottles on the tables.
I am certain readers of this blog can come up with plenty of other examples of these "coincidences."
Blackstone owns the Manhattan DA Office. They will never be held accountable for anything they do to StuyTown tenants or any Blackstone tenants. Blackstone hired Andrew MacArthur and David Sorise to run one of their other properties after those two pulled off the illegal construction of the new management office with the help of Garodnick and the Tenant Association. ConEd is responsible for the toxic crap released into the air during the illegal construction. The ConEd head is now head of the REBNY taking over from Speyer who like Garodnick added an extra term to his job to finish the messing up of Stuyvesant Town Peter Cooper Village tenants quality of life to replace older tenants with newer and constant changing occupants. There are more occupants in Stuyvesant Town Peter Cooper Village then tenants living here.
STAND UP AND FIGHT
Long telephone conversation with Harvey Epstein.
As with Keith Powers: FORGET ABOUT ANY RELIEF FOR THE RESIDENTS BOMBARDED BY THE OVAL NOISE/AUDIO ASSAULT AT LEAST FOUR (4) NIGHTS WEEKLY THIS SUMMER.
P.S.: Yes, Management, in the person of Richard Hayduk, acknowledges the outsiders invited into our "private" space, those who invade Stuyvesant Town and the Oval for their "events." He categorically refuses to require ID's at these "events." I believe that I am simply reiterating what STR has already stated.
"Have a lovely evening," in the words of our beloved Management or Duly Elected Government Officials.
A blast from the past, July 31, 2014:
>>Concert Noise - What to Do About It
From the TA website:
Stuyvesant Town Oval Concerts Agonize Many Tenants
The TA received angry complaints about the thunderous noise level from the concert in the Oval held Thursday, July 24. Most recently, as in the past, when the Tenants Association brought this issue to the attention of management, management countered that the concerts are a wanted amenity and enjoyed by many.
That is inconsistent with the complaints we received and which were posted online on several sites. Tenants have also complained about the decibel level of sound checks in the afternoon.
In their own Facebook post after the concert, in response to tenants with legitimate complaints, management dismissively said: "This is a once-a-year concert series we put on for our residents. The atmosphere yesterday was amazing, as everyone was smiling, laughing and enjoying their evening in their backyard."
The atmosphere in the hundreds of apartments facing the Oval, and even in many that don’t, was also amazing—but no one was laughing or smiling. It was unpleasant. Night workers who sleep during the day or evening couldn’t. Babies and small children couldn’t fall asleep. Our neighbors far from the Oval couldn’t hear their televisions, couldn’t eat dinner in peace.
The number of tenants seriously inconvenienced was far greater than those at the concert—which was not that well attended.
We need to convince management that the Oval is not The Great Lawn in Central Park. We need you to participate by registering a complaint by any of the following means:
● Call Resident Services at 212-420-5000. Use option #3 for Maintenance Requests.
● Provide feedback via management’s website: http://www.pcvstliving.com/contact choose, I am a resident, then choose the category, Recreation.
● Comment on management’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/PCVST .
● Tweet a comment: hashtag #PCVSTLiving and #Stuytown.
In case we cannot persuade management to stop sponsoring concerts, call 311 to register a complaint, and remember to note your reference number for follow-up. If many people call, an NYC Department of Environmental Protection inspector will be sent to investigate the noise level.
If scores of tenants complain effectively, management will not be able to wave us off as they did the people who complained publicly on management’s Facebook page.
Council Member Dan Garodnick advises us that he too heard from residents who were upset and that he shared their concerns. In response, he sent a letter to management, along with State Senator Brad Hoylman and Assemblyman Brian Kavanagh. The text of that letter appears below.
Via Electronic and U.S. Mail<<
Continued:
>>July 25, 2014
Andrew MacArthur
Managing Director
CWCapital Asset Management
CW Financial Services LLC
810 Seventh Ave. 40th Floor
New York, NY 10019
Dear Mr. MacArthur:
We write to you to express our concern over the sound levels from this summer’s concerts in Stuyvesant Oval. Our offices received more complaints than usual, and wanted to make you aware that people complained from as far away as 272 First Avenue and 524 East 20th Street, despite their efforts to tune it out.
While none of us was physically present for the concerts, we felt that the complaints were significant enough for us to bring it to your attention. Further, it is also apparent that there is no way for a concerned resident to make a complaint by calling "resident services." On this, and on other issues, we would welcome a more user-friendly mechanism for residents to raise a concern with management.
We are of course aware that concerts for this year have just ended, and do not know yet whether you intend to bring them back. We ask that you or members of your staff sit with us and the Tenants Association in the coming year to discuss the timing and amplification of these performances so that we might mitigate these concerns.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Sincerely,
Daniel R. Garodnick
Council Member
Brian Kavanagh
State Assembly Member
Brad Hoylman
State Senator
cc: John Marsh, President, Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village Tenants Association<<
Some comments at the time:
>>Anonymous Hippo said...
I was SO IRATE about the so-called "concert". Noise at its most "base" level. The utter disrespect that management shows towards the residents is appalling. The "sound checks"...or should I say noise checks began early afternoon and the cacophony continued well into the night. All residents want is peace and quiet in the privacy of their own apartments. This isn't Central Park, this isn't summer camp. Surely there must be something our politicians can do to ban these outrageous assaults on our senses. I am not sure calling 311 accomplishes anything. Next time the management pulls this sh*t, I suggest a tenant picket line with signs, calling local TV channels who would be more than happy to send a reporter to do a story on the local evening news ( think Channels 5, 9 and 11 ). The only thing that these vile clods understand is BAD publicity. They make me sick! "Sound check, sound check..."
August 1, 2014 at 8:05 AM Delete
Anonymous Anonymous said...
These concerts do NOT belong in a residential community.
Whatever agency issues the permits for them needs to be told not to. That's who Garodnick, Hoylman and Kavannah should be contacting. As well as EVERYONE and ANYONE else under the sun who can help prevent them from taking place here again. They are nothing short of an assault on the tenants who are FORCED to listen to them inside their apartments. And don't give me that bull that they only take place a couple of times a year. They should be taking place ZERO times a year. I don't pay a TON of money for my apartment to be HARASSED like that in my own home. You wanna hear a concert? Go to an actual concert venue.
Unfortunately, I predict that the letter to CWCapital will have zero effect. They could care less. And if they could care less than that, they would.
August 1, 2014 at 8:30 AM Delete
Blogger Stuy Town Reporter said...
I think by now the only reason CW does any concerts is that it falls into their promotion of the property, a lure for those who may think such an amenity is hip. But CW knows what a pain in ass these are and that the vast majority of tenants do not attend them and a sizable portion loathe them.
August 1, 2014 at 9:00 AM Delete<<
Even I forget, and I wrote these damn things, too. From September 7,2012. Yes, 2012.
>>The Madness of Oval "Events"
Many people who live in Stuyvesant Town work during the week. Not as many as used to, because we now have a very significant student and senior population, but the Monday through Friday workers still exist as tenants, and one would think in sizable numbers. If Stuyvesant Town offers anything particularly special to these residents, it's a chance to relax and unwind in the relative peace and quiet of the Oval on Saturday and Sunday. Many times, I see residents of ALL ages taking advantage of good weather and the Oval, sitting around reading, having conversations, playing with their kids, tending their newborn, contemplating nature or their own thoughts, or picnicking or sunbathing on the Oval Lawn.
And yet the Powers That Be consistently feel that something MUST BE HAPPENING in the Oval or else it's all a failure. They have even used "something is always happening" as a PR mantra, oblivious to the fact that for many residents this "happening" intrudes upon residents' own weekend in Stuy Town. Furthermore, residents are smart enough (well, most of them) to make their lives as "happening" as they desire, without the Powers That Be dictating what that activity will be and forcing its effects upon the entire Oval area.
Most of these events, from a crowd gathering point of view, are embarrassing failures, made more painful by the amount of money spent on them. It's a good day for the Powers That Be if a couple of hundred people show up of the thousands upon thousands that live here. Sometimes, barely a hundred or so residents and their guests turn up. Not a good ratio.<<
Continued:
>>Why do it?
For two main reasons, I think:
1) Events are a selling point in advertising and the future sale of this property. Despite the reality that the overwhelming number of residents here do not attend these events and that many residents who live around the Oval loathe them because of the disruptive noise that flows into their apartments, the Powers That Be will stubbornly keep on churning out these events because they fear that in not making Stuy Town a place where "something is always happening" interest in Stuy Town will lessen, as will the value of Stuy Town as an asset.
2) It keeps employed the people who craft and work on these events, so it's a paycheck that these people desperately do not want to lose, and we, the residents, suffer because of it.
Tomorrow, Saturday, if it's a nice day and you decide to spend the morning at the Oval, you will have to compete with another "event"--this one the outdoor screening of the U.S. Open beginning at 11am. Which probably means a set-up an hour or two before then, with the Oval Fountain, the central axis of those who want to relax, being turned off in the morning. Worse, afterward there will be something called "New Fox Tuesdays Private Outdoor Screening." No, it's not coverage from Fox News, but rather a promotion for Fox's Tuesday TV line-up, a promotion in tandem with Verizon's Fios. That's right, a commercial push and pimping out Stuy Town right on the Oval to further fuck-up your Saturday if you routinely like taking advantage of the Oval.
Quite simply, having events continually "happening" on the Oval is a telling display of the disregard and paternalism that the Powers That Be have toward the Stuyvesant Town community. I've no beef against the occasional event, but it's now gotten to the level of clear madness, with the Powers That Be not cognizant of the fact that they are now ensconced in the mad house, from which they plan out their events and issue their dictates.
We have wonderful playgrounds in this community and a wonderful "park" and a beautiful fountain. This is what others, living in the city outside of PCVST, envy. We have everything that can make living here particularly appealing.
So, for heaven's sake, PLEASE LEAVE US ALONE with this cavalcade of events!<<
The "events" are an obscene attack on the tenants and the Oval. As for FIOS, they will probably be hounding us with a Keith Power-like intensity now that Spectrum may be going away. I have a visceral hatred for Verizon and Powers!
These events have to be the stupidest excuse for amenities I have ever seen. Due to the fact that we really have no amenities here (doorman, pool, etc) they promote this crap as amenities . What is worse is that some long term residents fall for the promotion and like these events. Added to the vicious cheerleader ring, they create an audience. Though minimal, it is still an audience. If I get one more e-mail about that new gym I will🤮. For the rents they charge here, they should offer free membership to those paying market rate. The Adirondack chairs raised oohs and aahs among a few of my long term resident friends. People in this community or whatever it is need to see Hayduk for what he is. A promotional robot.
Doggie Sty Town USA. I have never seen more dogs concentrated in a small area in my life. And so many have two dogs. The barking at night and excrement reek.
Hayduk is a fully functioning, intelligent corporate executive with an IQ level capable of discerning right from wrong.He is fully aware of his actions, of the consequences of his actions and the results he is delivering in his job description he accepted with full knowledge and expertise on what it takes to deliver the corporations objectives for the property and the tenants as laid out in the marketing plan years ago when Martin Sorrell's ad agency WPP Grey was hired to attract new tenants while pushing out long term older tenants. The WPP Grey Sorrell ( who happens to be best friends with Blackstone Schwarzman ) marketing plan relies on replacing quality of life measurables desired by short term occupants like events, parties, mail concierge service, and diminishing or all together eliminating all quality of life desired by longer term tenants who raise generations of families like peace, quiet, safe home and property where neighbors all know each other.
Hayduk is not a puppet or low level Blackstone executive. He is acting with full knowledge, awareness and deliberately to deliver on his corporations objectives. A job he has been doing his entire career with full awareness of the human consequences to the lives effected by Blackstone corporate intentions and actions.
2012 Prescient then and now STR.
Remember "the stroller Mafia"? Some things never change, but we forget. A lot of the posts from way back, I could write now and no one would think there was anything old.
>>Hayduk is not a puppet or low level Blackstone executive. He is acting with full knowledge, awareness and deliberately to deliver on his corporations objectives. A job he has been doing his entire career with full awareness of the human consequences to the lives effected by Blackstone corporate intentions and actions.<<
Yeah, he knows what he is doing.
Disagree in part. Hayduk has to follow Blackstone’s agenda and he does a good job of it. If he didn’t he would be replaced.
Re: Spectrum,
The State of NY is challenging Spectrum's franchise agreement. There will likely be litigation over the matter. If the State does succeed in removing them, there will be another company that would take over operation of the infrastructure.
In other words, it won't only be Fios.
And that’s why Hayduk and all of senior management are evil people. They were told what their job entails, and they come here every day with a smile ready to collect that paycheck and make the lives of many people here miserable.
They could have said no to this job once told what it entailed, and they didn’t. It takes a person with no conscience to do what Rick does every day, with a smile no-less.
>>And that’s why Hayduk and all of senior management are evil people. They were told what their job entails, and they come here every day with a smile ready to collect that paycheck and make the lives of many people here miserable.<<
But...we have to face the fact that there are residents who love what Hayduk is doing and are very favorably disposed toward him.
This morning there is abrasive noise coming from one of the upgrades that's not even in my building. This kind of noise will never end. "But, STR, we have to upgrade every apartment we can."
That is so true. He presents himself as accessible. I have long term resident friends who find it great that he answers their emails immediately. They are not considering that they have excessive complaints and he is Not addressing the root of the problem.
Churn, churn, churn
Rick will answer your emails. Then he'll pass you on to someone or two who will not help you. It's a fucking joke here. Rick, ya listening... what do ya do to help tenants?
Remain anonymous as they 'they' may get hold of you. If you've had or having problem with accounting please post here. We will ban 2gether on these wrong doings.
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