Tuesday, November 20, 2018
Home Sweet Home - 2
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. This is what "greets" me when I exit my building. The mattresses have been there for a least two days. Before that, there were other uncovered mattresses in that place. Also if you just need to go to the bathroom, there are dirty toilets that you can use on the other loop from 14th Street. They are also "sitting" there. Nice going, Blackstone. Thank you for your consideration.
This dumping of garbage in the loops is one of the most disgusting aspects of living here. This was instituted by Blackstone, do we cannot blame previous owners for this. This is why I am reluctant to have company here. It is embarrassing.
ReplyDeleteThey should rename this place "Rick's Junk Yard." It looks like a scene from Sanford & Son.
ReplyDeletePigStuyTown.
ReplyDeleteI could send you numerous pics of dog shit I see on my walks throughout the complex but that would be too easy.
My guess is that the dumpster is being used by a vendor, and that the mattresses are just being dumped into it by people moving out. Nobody in their right mind would use a trash dumpster for such a bulky and relatively light item as a mattress because they take up too much room. It probably costs in excess of $700 bucks to rent that dumpster and dispose of the contents. You would just use a box truck for mattresses.
ReplyDeleteThis is as bad as when the brain-damaged Rob Speyer had huge dumpsters parked outside buildings and they were emptied every morning at 3 am. We have gone from one stinking slumlord to another over the last few years. Let's just call this place what it actually is: a SLUM. A fetid slum, run by total idiots.
ReplyDelete>>My guess is that the dumpster is being used by a vendor, and that the mattresses are just being dumped into it by people moving out.<<
ReplyDeleteBut seen all the time by PS, the porters, the monitors, and everyone else. None of these infractions of the "rules" are being reported. No one cares, at least in power here.
They set up dumping spots with signs all over the loop. That is the problem. When you actually set up dumping sites, people will obviously dump. Not sure what they are thinking.
Delete>>My guess is that the dumpster is being used by a vendor, and that the mattresses are just being dumped into it by people moving out.<<
ReplyDeleteI remember that well. Almost outside my window. Many times, I was woken up by this loud abrasive noise, and I am sure I'm not the only one. And, yes, I complained. Nothing was done. Until, finally (two years?) the dumpsters were moved to that garage at the perimeter, on the east.
Used rubbers on the floor of the elevator in my building.
ReplyDeleteReal classy.
The Dormification of PigStuyTown continues.
Or is this another of Rick's Oval "Atrocities"?
I asked Susan Steinberg about this and she replied, "Just Call Rick".
Thanks for reminding me about those 2 horrific years of those dumpsters in the Ave C loop. I lived about 300 feet away, and remember the sounds at 3 AM of those things slamming against the pavement when they were dropped off. A "gift" from Rob Speyer (die in hell Robbie).
ReplyDeleteThe other night after midnight on my walk I actually saw a car drive into the 1st Avenue loop, pull over, the driver and passenger got out, and dumped bagsful of garbage at the dumping spot, quickly got back into auto and speed off.
ReplyDeleteNice!
" Not sure what they are thinking."
ReplyDeleteThey are not thinking. They don't know how to think because they have nothing to think with. They are stupid.
Walked through East Midtown Plaza a few times over the past few days. They have an absolute no smoking and no dog ban in their recently redone plaza.
ReplyDeleteEach time I saw a guard escorting a smoker or dog walker off of their property. While I understand we are talking about a much smaller area, they are still doing it. We don’t even see our guards stopping people at the gate on 22nd, so there’s no way we will ever see anything.
The difference is that their coop board demands the rules be followed, out management company has no interest in enforcing rules.
hGH TIME YA'LL REALIZED THEY DONT WANT TO ADDRESS THE NOISE PROBLEMS FOR YOU, ME ANY MARKET RATE EITHER. THEY DONT WANT ANYONE STAYING. THEY WANT TO CLOSE THE LOOPHOLE AND MOVE OUT MOVE OUT DOES THAT.
ReplyDeleteSTUY-CHA!
ReplyDeleteOur "management" doesn't give a shit about what people do here. Running it as a slum is easy; taking an interest in how it's run takes interest and caring.
ReplyDeleteHAPPY THANKSGIVING, STR!
ReplyDeleteYou are a true gem!
That Thanksgiving e-mail sent by Hayduk was over the top with crap.
ReplyDeleteEast Midtown Plaza: 2:00 PM Wednesday is mistaken. Dogs are only banned in some larger grassy areas of the plaza--they ARE permitted elsewhere in it. Rats are also frequently seen there. Said Plaza, moreover, cost $10 million dollars to be "redone"--money that could have been better spent on other problems. Said renovation was very poorly planned by a group of complete amateurs with close ties to the corrupt Board of Directors, which has only one agenda--privatization (to benefit solely themselves and a minority of cooperators).
ReplyDeleteMitchell-Lama rules also prohibit ALL dogs--except genuine service animals--INSIDE EMP. However, many fake "emotional-support" dogs are being illegally harbored there, with the Board's full blessing. In fact, Board Members and the former Board President are among these illegal dog owners. Latter individual also occupies the largest apartment in the entire complex, in violation of applicable regulations concerning required family composition, but current Board turns a blind eye to their "friend."
Payoffs and kickbacks are common for everything, according to several acquaintances who live there. EMP is NOT a paradise, and middle class is under pressure everywhere in NYC.
I don't believe our manager is fully engaged in running this place. I think he probably has more interesting business deals elsewhere and this is a sideline. If he lives on the property and sees what a shithole it is, then it obviously doesn't faze him. Nothing he ever tells us about rules and enforcing rules rings true because nothing gets better, only worse.
ReplyDeleteHe should put up or shut up.
He runs the place exactly the way his bosses want him to. He is actually quite invested in the PR that Blackstone promotes. The place is a dump because of the high rents which encourage a student, Air bnb, city subsidized and transient demo. The low life demo here has run down the place and Blackstone does not care. Any manager here would treat the property the same way that Hayduk does. If the owners didn’t like the way he was running the property, he would not be here over three years.
Delete>>HAPPY THANKSGIVING, STR!<<
ReplyDeleteSame to you and yours and everyone here!
"HAPPY THANKSGIVING, STR!
ReplyDeleteYou are a true gem!"
So true - and the only voice we really have. You are very much appreciated, STR. Have a WONDERFUL THANKSGIVING!!!
"That Thanksgiving e-mail sent by Hayduk was over the top with crap."
ReplyDeleteI didn't get it. Guess he's not talking to me. I only get the advertising crap from Stuyliving.
You are fortunate. It was all about testimonials from workers at the Sty who were being thankful for the tenants. Pure nonsense.
DeleteI didn't get that mail, too.
ReplyDeleteYou may have just overlooked it. It was Thanksgiving greetings with testimonials from grateful Company workers.
Delete>>So true - and the only voice we really have. You are very much appreciated, STR. Have a WONDERFUL THANKSGIVING!!!<<
ReplyDeleteThank you! Thanksgiving wishes to everyone.....
Happy Thanksgiving STR and posters. This blog keeps it real.
DeleteIf you didn’t get the email, here’s Rick’s Thanksgiving message. He and his staff may be grateful and happy to have their jobs, but many of us - whom they supposedly serve and who, by the way, provide the money to pay their salaries - are NOT happy with the job that is being done here.
ReplyDeleteA MESSAGE FROM RICK
Happy Thanksgiving
From Your StuyTown Family
I thought I’d use this year’s Thanksgiving note to let you know how grateful the 500+ team members of StuyTown Property Services and beam Living are to serve the residents of Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village. Below is a small sampling of what we regularly hear:
“I am so proud to work at Stuy Town; the residents make it a great place to work.”
“How lucky are we? We get to walk through a park every day.”
“The residents are so nice; I receive thanks for even the smallest of things.”
“You’re not going to believe how many residents stopped to thank me when I was clearing the snow.”
“A young man just thanked me for sorting the recyclables; I never thought they noticed.”
“How many buildings would put 9,700 solar panels on the rooftops to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; only Stuy Town.”
“A resident just told me they love the decorations; said it feels like a real community. I feel part of this community.”
This Thanksgiving we’re thanking you for enriching our lives; those who can say they love what they do, love who they do it with and love who they do it for, lead happier and healthier lives.
We’re pretty happy, and so much of that is attributed to you.
From our family… to you, our extended family, we wish you a Happy Thanksgiving.
Rick Hayduk
Rick's wife has moved. He'll be leaving soon also.
ReplyDeleteAnyway Blackstone and Ivanhoe Cambridge can make a buck off of this once hard-working middle class community that has been decimated by its own tenant association condoconversion partnering with developers, they will. The pillaging continues.
ReplyDeleteBlackstone falsely claims to be in touch with the Stuyvesant Town community when it announced green initiatives for the property and some condo-conversion Brookfield partnership tenants even got in on the Blackstone PR. This would be a joke if it were not an outright lie. Blackstone is installing solar panels because Blackstone owns the solar panel company.
Blackstone and Ivanhoe Cambridge are using tenants rent money paid to Blackstone to buy solar panels from company owned by Blackstone.
Vivint Solar is owned by Blackstone Steve Schwarzman which is nothing more then a front end empty shell that invests money for the investors in Stuyvesant Town development, including the tenant association. How much money does the tenant association have tied up with Blackstone either in condo-conversion efforts or solar efforts or any other efforts the tenant association is hiding in their books?
https://www.pv-tech.org/news/47813?lang=fr
http://www.eqmagpro.com/blackstone-and-ivanhoe-cambridge-announce-largest-private-multi-family-residential-rooftop-solar-project-in-the-u-s-at-new-york-citys-stuyvesant-town-peter-cooper-village/
In October 2011, home automation company Vivint, Inc. started and incorporated a new, solar division of the company, Vivint Solar.[20] In November 2012, the Blackstone Group acquired a controlling interest in Vivint, Vivint Solar, and 2GIG[21] Technologies for in excess of $2 billion.[22] After the Blackstone acquisition, the solar division evolved and became Vivint Solar, LLC., a separate, but related company.[23]
Oh also Airbnb is here to stay. Vivint solar - home security is partnered with
ReplyDeleteAirbnb. The 12,000 apartments here are being used as a money maker for rich tech companies pillaging StuyTown thanks to the Mayor bending over for tech companies.
NO HEAT! 8:36AM, Friday, 11/23
ReplyDelete23 degrees outside and those stupid thermometers that StuyTown handed out show 57 degrees in bedroom and 59 degrees in living room.
WHAT'S UP WITH THAT???
Vile slumlords!
>>Rick's wife has moved. He'll be leaving soon also.<<
ReplyDeleteWe shall see. Remember, there is still school, and I don't think the year ends for them now.
No difference if they change managers. I don’t know why people think that a different manager would make changes. Same evil company owns the place, same low life demo., same agenda.
DeleteThese people at Resident Services are something else. Does no one check? Above the info about "Dog Etiquette 101" there is a photo of a PS guard petting a dog that is in...the Oval Fountain area.
ReplyDeleteOf course, maybe even that "rule" (no dogs in the Oval Fountain area) is now voided.
">>Rick's wife has moved. He'll be leaving soon also.<<"
ReplyDeleteHow do you know Rick's wife has moved? Do the Hayduks keep you apprised of their personal business?
STR, the people who do the PR are something else! The gaff with the photo of the guard with the dog in an area off-limits to dogs is priceless. I can't believe these people actually draw a salary because they are so stupid! This really is a crazy house management. Totally inept and ridiculous.
ReplyDeleteBlackstone backs Vivint and they formed and own Onyx who is installing the solar panels in StuyTown Student Housing. What tax breaks do they get for installing renewable energy in student housing in New York City or from New York State? StuyTown is classified in New York State as Student Housing. It is not a middle class complex. Are tenants getting any breaks for subsidizing the installation of renewable energy in this Student Housing complex being as we are paying for it?
ReplyDeleteIt is past time to see the tenant association books, investments, expenses, and what they spent all that money on when they worked so hard and tirelessly to make the Blackstone deal happen. Blackstone is reaping a fortune. Is the tenant association-Blackstone partnership too?
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/onyx-commences-development-of-stuytown-solar-project-in-new-york-city-300551958.html
https://www.onyxrenewables.com/
Whether Rick moves or not, same evil company, same low life demo, same agenda, same Airbnb, same dog issues, same student crap.
ReplyDeleteRick is a great PR manager, not a great residential property manager. His job is totally PR related, and it shows. The bad things going on here are totally overshadowed by great PR.
ReplyDeleteWhatever happened with the suicides? Rapes/sexual assaults? Electrical fire? That’s right, nobody knows because it’s quieted down.
"NO HEAT! 8:36AM, Friday, 11/23
ReplyDelete23 degrees outside and those stupid thermometers that StuyTown handed out show 57 degrees in bedroom and 59 degrees in living room.
WHAT'S UP WITH THAT???
Vile slumlords!"
They are, indeed, vile slumlords. I hope you filed a 311 complaint. Something has to be done about this heat (or lack thereof) situation and I don't think the TA is going to be successful because they haven't succeeded at anything in decades. Maybe contact the media about it. The heat is so inconsistent here. Most of the time the temp in my apartment is just about at the minimum allowable by law; occasionally (very occasionally) it is over it. Never is it above the minimum! Fortunately, I don't spend much time in my apartment during the night as I am a night shift worker, but when I'm there during the day I notice the chill. I feel badly for the elderly folk who live here because they tend to feel the cold more intensely and I think they are afraid to complain because they know the landlord is just waiting to send the Death Team into their apartments. Maybe the reduced heating is part of the strategy to expedite the demise of the elderly. There's a reckoning coming to the scum running this place into the ground and jeopardizing tenants' lives with their slumlord tactics.
Ricks family has moved on. His contract is over soon.
ReplyDeleteAre you trying to say that his possible moving on is a solution to all our problems here? It is of no relevance who is the manager here. They will all treat the property as Blackstone wants, like a dump.
DeleteWhere is the proof that Hayduk’s contract is up soon? Not that it makes a whole lot of difference. We might even get worse, given the reputation and performance of Blackstone.
DeleteRick's wife has moved. He'll be leaving soon also.
ReplyDelete@ November 23, 2018 at 6:13 AM - How do you know that Rick’s wife has moved?
I love this blog, but I hate when people start rumors with no concrete evidence. Until an email goes out saying Rick is being replaced, please stop with the rumors. It kills the credibility of posters on here, and the fight STR has put many years into.
ReplyDeleteLet’s keep talking about the actual travesties taking place, not pushing rumors for a reaction.
10:34 I do believe there is a link between the TA and this ownership. They have ceased to work on the tenants behalf and when you tell tenants to e-mail management or contact management for issues there is definitely something fishy. They get defensive on their website when they are confronted with their apathy and inaction. As for this being classified as student housing, that is obvious. Over 50 percent now.
ReplyDeleteThe reason the TA seems to have ceased working on tenants’ behalf is because they get no where with Rick Hayduk when they go to him with issues that tenants are concerned about. I know for a fact that they keep trying. However, Hayduk simply will NOT do what needs to be done here to make tenants’ lives better. Why? Because it takes manpower and costs money and Blackstone will NOT provide either the necessary people or dollars. There’s no conspiracy between the TA and Blackstone. Just a greedy, unwilling owner and a TA that has no real power to deal with an owner like that.
ReplyDeletePerhaps, but you don’t advocate e-mailing management or keep advocating useless thermometers if you want to maintain any credibility.
DeleteI seem to remember that the TA pushed this Blackstone deal wholeheartedly
DeleteIf the TA was doing something/anything, they would make their actions public, and the tenants could rally around them. They have been nothing but secretive following their support of the Blackstone deal.
DeleteWant to prove to us that Rick has been an unwilling partner? Open the damn books!
“I know for a fact they keep trying.”
DeleteHaha haha.... Prove it! Enough of the talk, show us actual evidence of Ricks unwillingness to work with the TA. It should be easy to prove, if true, as the TA has been silent for about 6 years now.
If any employee moves away, it won't change things. The person is trying to tell us that Rick is finished soon. You dont' want to know this? We do.
ReplyDeleteThe TA already famously admitted in Town & Village that they are working with the landlord property managers and not for the tenants. The sooner we all read that letter of gratitude for the landlord property manager by the TA the quicker we can move forward with a new and real TA and then sue the old TA to open the accounting books to see how they spent all that money with the landlord property management.
ReplyDelete12:18, if Rick ignores the TA, then they need to organize tenants especially with heat issues. One of the roles of an effective TA is to organize.
ReplyDelete@12:18 PM: I think you are absolutely right.
ReplyDeleteIs that you Susan?? Nobody else believes the TA has been fighting for tenants and Rick has been ignoring, other than the TA itself.
DeleteOpen your damn books and prove your fight.
Yes 1:11, I want to know if Rick is leaving. With that being said, I don’t take it seriously when the only talk of him leaving is via an anonymous person on this blog.
ReplyDeleteI want to see an email from SPS, or someone with actual photos of a moving truck outside his building with things being moved from his apartment. Otherwise these rumors are just pure rubbish, like most things Rick tries to feed us.
I don't give a rat's ass whether or not Rick leaves or stays.
ReplyDeleteAll I want is some fu*kin' heat.
NO HEAT! no heat! no heat! no heat!
I COMPLAINED TO SUSAN STEINBERG, TA PRESIDENT, ABOUT THIS AND HER RESPONSE:
Drum roll please....you guessed it...
"Just Call Rick"
It would be funny if it weren't so sad.
TA = vile bunch of self-serving thieves.
Open up the books already.
There certainly are alot of dumb people on this page. The TA is not going to out Hayduk publically. If the TA alienates Hayduk what good would that do? You don’t out someone when you’re trying to maintain a relationship with him in the hope that you might be able to make some progress with him, even if it’s small progress, or get him to see things your way. Just like the person who says they know for a fact that the TA keeps trying with Hayduk is not going to divulge his/her source(s) for that info. C’mon people. I know you’re frustrated - we’re all frustrated - but get real about the TA. Or join the TA Board yourself and see how far you get with Hayduk. The truth is that we and the TA have little to no power.
ReplyDeleteIf the TA gets nowhere with management , then they must take a more aggressive stand or just dissolve. I see no attempts to organize, protest or get lawyers or city agencies involved. You just don’t tell tenants to e-mail the manager. If they are powerless, than they should give up and disband instead of taking people’s money.
Delete9:41, that type of response is what destroys the TA’s credibility. They are on no sense aiding tenants and should dissolve.
ReplyDeleteWhat do you expect the TA to do? Slap Rick upside his head? Underneath is affable persona very cold and steely. And, no, I'm not a member of the TA. Haven't paid my dues in years.
ReplyDelete12:52
ReplyDeleteStrong TA’s out their management. Hell, this TA has outed previous property managers when they had a spine. They have done nothing for at least 5 years, and that’s a fact.
Open your books to the tenants (since you are obviously a TA member), and we can put this all to rest.
We have plenty of power. Is it your body which is suffering? Are other bodies causing the suffering? Assemble the puzzle pieces.
ReplyDeleteAre the incredibly conflicted TA Board and Brookfield still business partners?
ReplyDeletehttps://town-village.com/2015/10/29/blackstone-addresses-tenants-concerns/
ReplyDeleteBlackstone Addresses Tenants’ Concerns
Following the news about a change in ownership just a few days earlier, over 500 Stuy Town residents showed up at a meeting on Saturday where a representative for the new landlord, Blackstone, answered questions.
Mayor Bill de Blasio popped by for a bit and spoke, as did U.S. Senator Charles Schumer, but the real star of the show wound up being Nadeem Meghji, senior managing director for Blackstone. Meghji started off by telling tenants at Baruch College’s auditorium that their various concerns, brought up in the days following the sale, were being taken “very seriously.
Meghji, who was in charge of the Stuy Town deal, frequently elicited applause when responding to tenants’ questions although he admitted he didn’t yet have enough information to answer them all.
He told tenants, in response to questions about student apartments, that Blackstone had been hearing about this issue more than any other.
He added that Blackstone would be seeking further tenant feedback...
We know that we are going to need to earn your trust,” he said ... We intend to own the property for decades,” said Meghji. “We only wanted to be part of this if the solution was going to be embraced by tenants. For us to be successful, you have to be happy.”
"FOR US TO BE SUCCESSFUL, YOU HAVE TO BE HAPPY"
BULLSHIT FROM A LYING WALL STREET PREDATOR
BLACKSTONE SUCKS !!!
https://town-village.com/2015/10/29/blackstone-addresses-tenants-concerns/
ReplyDeleteBlackstone Addresses Tenants’ Concerns
PHOTO:
"Assembly Member Brian Kavanagh, Blackstone senior managing director Nadeem Meghji, Department of Housing Preservation and Development Commissioner Vicki Been, Congress Member Carolyn Maloney, U.S. Senator Charles Schumer, Council Member Dan Garodnick and ST-PCV Tenants Association President Susan Steinberg listen as Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks."
THESE LYING, CORRUPT, ELECTED OFFICIALS HAD MORE THAN SIX YEARS - SIX FU#KING YEARS - TO PREVENT ANOTHER REBNY/WALL STREET PREDATOR FROM DESTROYING OUR HISTORIC, WORLD RENOWNED, MIDDLE CLASS COMMUNITY AND OUR HOMES. INSTEAD, ALL OF THEM WERE TAKING DIRTY, FILTHY $$$,$$$ FROM REBNY/WALL STREET PREDATORS BANKROLLING THEM AND ORDERING THEM TO HAND OVER OUR PCVST COMMUNITY AND OUR HOMES TO THE WORLD'S MOST NOTORIOUS WALL STREET PREDATOR BLACKSTONE ON A GLOBAL RAMPAGE DEVOURING DISTRESSED MIDDLE CLASS HOUSING. WORSE, THEY ARE INSULTING US TRYING TO CONVINCE US BLACKSTONE DESTROYING OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR HOMES IS A TREMENDOUS MIDDLE CLASS VICTORY.
“This was absolutely a whirlwind,” said Steinberg. She added that she regretted that market rate level tenants weren’t provided with affordability, but said an alternative to the current deal would have in all likelihood been ownership by an entity that would “buy and flip,” leading to “worries for all. Now there are 5,000 units for the middle class... [BULLSHIT. DESTRUCTION OF ENTIRE HISTORIC PCVST MIDDLE CLASS COMMUNITY IS TAKING PLACE ON YOUR WATCH] ... We believe our years of effort brought about these results." [TRUE. HISTORY BLAMES YOU, SUSAN, FOR BLACKSTONE OWNING AND DESTROYING PCVST.]"
Council Member Dan Garodnick agreed, saying that while Blackstone was making commitments like making the property enticing to families “as opposed to student dormitory housing,” another possible outcome could have been a foreign investor swooping in and using “any tool to get rent regulations down to zero. It would have been Tishman Speyer part two but perhaps even worse. Everyone in this room needs to understand how real of a possibility this was.” [BLACKSTONE "IS" TISHMAN SPEYER PART TWO! IT'S THE SAME BUSINESS PLAN. BLACKSTONE IS SUCCESSFULLY EXECUTING SPEYER'S FAILED BUSINESS PLAN RAKING IN MULTIPLE BILLION DOLLAR WINDFALLS PUSHING THE MIDDLE CLASS OUT OF THEIR PCVST HOMES. WE ARE PLAYED FOR FOOLS BY OUR NYC COUNCILMAN ELECTED TO DEFEND US AGAINST THE LIKES OF MOELIS, BROOKFIELD AND BLACKSTONE. THIS CORRUPT, PHONY SELF PROCLAIMED "TENANT CHAMPION" SLEAZEBAG HAD MORE THAN SIX YEARS TO PREVENT THE HORRIBLE OUTCOME TAKING PLACE HERE.]
After SIX YEARS spent betraying their 25,000 PCVST neighbors/constituents by conspiring to hand our entire community and our homes over to major REBNY predator and $25 Million Speyer investor Brookfield, our lying, conniving NYC Councilman Dan Garodnick joined together at the hip with our hijacked, incredibly conflicted TA Board President Susan Steinberg. The only thing the sleaze pair could manage to say to us, their 25,000 betrayed neighbors/constituents was - "IT COULD BE WORSE." [OF COURSE DAN AND SUSAN WERE WRONG AND THE TRUE OUTLOOK FOR WHAT'S LEFT OF THE PCVST MIDDLE CLASS COMMUNITY COULD NOT BE WORSE. NO MATTER HOW MUCH THEY PRETEND OTHERWISE, BLACKSTONE DESTROYING PCVST IS DAN'S AND SUSAN'S WELL-DESERVED LEGACY]
Thank you for reminding us via actual articles that our politicians and TA sold us out on the Blackstone deal. I don’t need BS rumors, I need facts, and the facts are that many politicians and Steinberg should be in jail for what has happened here.
ReplyDeleteI’m truly sick and tired of TA sympathizers (most likely board members) coming on here saying their trying but their hands are tied. Stop feeding us the BS, like you did with the sale of this property. Until the entire board steps down or opens its books, I will continue to firmly believe that they are working alongside Hayduk and not against him.
A true TA would not be making Ricks life as easy as this group of incompetent corrupt “tenant advocates.” I honestly trust what Ricks saying more than what the TA says.
The sharks were absolutely circling this property when it was up for sale the last time and I think we could easily have ended up with someone even worse than Blackstone. That being said, what has really ruined this place has been its dormification. I have had several different groups of students living around me over the last few years and have not had one good experience with any of them. Uncarpeted floors, noisy parties, rule breaking of all sorts, etc. THAT is one of the major reasons this place has deteriorated so and everyone, including Managment, knows it. Most students are simply too immature to be living on their own in residential apartments and should be living in real dorms where there are human monitors to watch over them and address the inevitable behavioral issues that arise. Unfortunately, students are easy cash cows for Blackstone and will continue to live here and plague decent, adult tenants who want nothing more than to live in peace and quiet. The idea to rent to students, which happened on the Special Servicer’s watch, was really the death knell for this property.
ReplyDeleteThe TA has never ousted any Property Manager. Never. Ever. Where did that notion come from ? The TA has done nothing more than suck up to corrupt politicians and bask in publicity every time it has another orgy of self promotion and photo ops with the corrupt politians it panders to.
ReplyDeleteI remember well that initial meeting which I attended and the TA, Garodnick, and local politicians welcomed Blackstone and crowed about the deal . At the same time, the Blackstone rep told us they would deal with the student rental issue which was the chief complaint of residents. What a joke. They sold us out. Students are now dominating the rentals here. They should all be ashamed. No wonder Garodnick disappeared his last year in office. And as for the TA, they should disband.
ReplyDeleteSusan Steinberg, Daniel Garodnick...destroyers of Stuyvesant Town, small in stature, morally bankrupt.
ReplyDeleteOPEN THE BOOKS OF THE TENANTS ASSOCIATION!
Thieves, low-class grifters, who should be ( and may very well be ) in jail.
1:45 Exactly correct. Blackstone destroying PCVST is Garodnick’s, Steinberg and the TA’s and other local pols’ legacy.
ReplyDeleteIt continues to be all about the money - now they do photo shoots with Santa! Next will be $50 Santa sleigh rides around the oval.
ReplyDeleteI actually don’t care about the photo shoots, they aren’t a bother to thousands of people, like the ice rink and oval events are. Make money however the hell you want, but don’t impede my right to peace and quiet in my apartment.
gotta love them overcharges. Tricky!
ReplyDeleteAre the photo shoots with Santa charged?
ReplyDeleteI'm reading about the nightmare near Union Square (Tech Hub) that's going to really start when the L train shuts down. This area of NYC will become horrible for the next few years. And don't think Blackstone doesn't like this. To them, it is one more reason to get people interested in not taking public transportation and signing up to a rental of an apartment here. I'm sure they are overjoyed at the prospect of making more money.
ReplyDeleteNew Yorkers? Sad to say, I don't see a revolution coming, but just bitching. The politicians are not working for you and neither are Big Real Estate and the Big Companies.
Blackstone will keep making money with the students, Airbnb, city subsidies and transients.The transportation situation makes no difference. Decent families and professionals will not rent these overpriced apartments no matter what the transportation issue is here.
Deletepretty sure its a nanny and middle school kids living above us and you know i know they have no rugs. Life is terrible now as they are loud and with shoes and run around. I called to complain and no help. I'm going to contact lawyer next.
ReplyDelete8:23
ReplyDeleteI didn’t say they ousted a property manager, I said they outed them (held them accountable). We are talking 10+ years ago, before Garodnick took over and turned them into political pansies.
I agree with everything you wrote about them!
Hell yeah, BS loves the L shutdown. Thinks it's going to force the old timers out.
ReplyDeleteThe L shutdown will have little impact on Blackstone. It will impact more those living in Williamsburg and Bushwick.
Delete"The politicians are not working for you and neither are Big Real Estate and the Big Companies."
ReplyDeleteOur city councilman Powers is a former lobbyist for developers, and one of the most scandalous of development properties the Trump Soho that the Manhattan DA refused to prosecute the frauds because he is friends with the Trumps.
The Senator's in-laws are developers for Tishman and NYU dorms, Hoylman and his spouse Sigal.
All of them, the politicians, sold out the entire community that used to be here thanks to the Tenant Association political wannabes.
Open the books already Tenant Association. It is going to come out in the open anyway and probably sooner rather than later.
How about finally RISING UP? Literally? How about actually OUSTING the bastards?
ReplyDeleteAnd how may I know can that be done?
DeleteFOR THE LIFE OF ME I CANNOT UNDERSTAND THE DECISION OF PARENTS RESIDENTS NOT TO BUY CARPETS. WE'VE HAD TO CALL PS 5 TIMES AND THE MALE PARENT TENANT ABOVE US REFUSES TO BUY THEM. MANAGEMENT DOESN'T GIVE A SHIT DOES NOTHING.
ReplyDeleteBIGGEST BUNCH OF FUCKING LOSERS LIVE HERE. DONT RESIGN YOUR LEASE. DO NOT LIVE HERE.
"The TA has done nothing more than suck up to corrupt politicians"
ReplyDeletePCVST TA Board does a lot more than just suck up to corrupt politicians, they are taking money from corrupt politicians. This past year former Lobbyist (representing REBNY/Wall Street predators), former PCVST Boardmember and current NYC Councilman Keith Powers flushed $30,000 into the same TA Board slush fund that lying, conniving Dan Garodnick was quietly flushing $$,$$$$ into dating back many years. REBNY/Wall Street predators are bankrolling the corrupt politicians, who in turn are bankrolling our corrupt, incredibly conflicted TA Board. Just as they did previously with Garodnick, the TA Board now aligns itself with Powers not their PCVST neighbors/constituents. Just like Garodnick and now Powers, the TA Board will not stand up against Blackstone, at least not about something Blackstone seriously cares about.
https://www.villagevoice.com/2017/05/04/its-a-good-time-to-be-a-lobbyist-in-nyc/
"Common Cause New York, a good government group, recommended that Powers, if elected, should fully release his client list, agree to refrain from direct contact with former clients for at least one year, and seek an advisory opinion from the Conflict of Interest Board and disclose it to the public."
Did he?
If someone is bothering you by stamping around with no carpets, you can take them to Housing Court. A friend of mine did that with two neighbors in two separate buildings (not here) and she won both times and they had to comply or get out. RS apartments. It can be done, if you are persistent.
ReplyDeleteFOR THE LIFE OF ME I CANNOT UNDERSTAND THE DECISION OF PARENTS RESIDENTS NOT TO BUY CARPETS. WE'VE HAD TO CALL PS 5 TIMES AND THE MALE PARENT TENANT ABOVE US REFUSES TO BUY THEM.
ReplyDeleteIf we had a real managment company, they would tell this lowlife, miscreant, parent tenant that the LEASE HE SIGNED LEGALLY OBLIGATES HIM TO COVER THE FLOORS 80% AND THEY WOULD DIRECT HIM TO COVER THEM OR GET OUT.
The refusal of managment to deal with all the uncovered floor problems here is a form of HARASSMENT aimed at tenants like this poster who just want to live in peace.
I wonder if they will ever take off those rags hanging on the insides of the elevators?
ReplyDeleteI thought they were just for moving days.
Oh, everyday is moving day now.
Makes this place look so low class...which it has sadly become.
I asked Susan Steinberg about this and she responded,"Oh, it's just another 'amenity'".
Those elevators are filthy and disgusting.
DeleteStuy Town Public Safety sure is enforcing the dog blue lanyard rule...NOT!
ReplyDeleteI guess the dog shit is another Oval "amenity".
Has Blackstone installed a bowling alley above my apartment?
ReplyDeleteUnbelievable noise coming at 2,3,4 in the morning.
Are these clods bowling, dropping weights, moving furniture or WHAT?
I have called Public Safety numerous occasions.
I have even emailed Rick.
NOTHING.
Anyone else have problems with neighbors from hell. Any suggestions???
HELP!
ReplyDeleteSay, what is that familiar smell in my building? Can't be that, once again, leaves are being placed in plastic bags and stored downstairs in a closed room?
Wow, just looked it up, and Powers absolutely gave the TA $30,000. That is a SIGNIFICANT increase from what Garodnick used to give them.
ReplyDelete2019 - $30,000 (from Powers)
2018 - $20,000 (from Garodnick)
2017 - $15,000 (from Garodnick)
2016 - $15,000 (from Garodnick)
2015 - $12,000 (from Garodnick)
http://www.nyc.gov/html/citycouncil/html/budget/expense_funding.shtml
They also seem to receive an additional $10,550 each year from the "Manhattan Delegation."
If it is not criminal that the TA is receiving these extremely large sums of money from our politicians and city, then I have lost all hope in our city government.
I think the bigger question begs to ask - WHAT THE HELL ARE THEY DOING WITH ALL THIS MONEY???? We are talking about $134,200 given to the TA since 2015, and there is absolutely nothing to show for it. The people coming on here and defending them should be ashamed of themselves for defending these criminals. Next time you see them, ask them where the $134k is, since the tenants certainly haven't seen $134k worth of action from them.
It is as if that money is going to Management. The TA is no longer an independent entity designed to help tenants. It is a parasitic arm of Blackstone. I too can no longer hear people defending the TA. It does absolutely nothing.
DeleteYou would think that with all that money, the TA could organize tenants and hire lawyers for class action suits particularly as regards heat. No, instead their feeble answer is that they cannot get anywhere with Rick. They are pathetic.
DeleteRick is useless. Useless as a tits on a boar hog.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/27/renters-pay-more-for-less-space-as-apartments-shrink.html
ReplyDeleteWhy not? You don't really need all that space, do you?
Have to agree with the sentiments expressed here. The TA does nothing for tenants these days. They should open their books and show us what they do with the money. They say they are unpaid volunteers, but I wonder if that's true. Whatever happens to the money, they certainly do absolutely NOTHING for tenants. They may as well dissolve. I think it is some kind of ego trip for the "Board" members. It seems very much like it exists to push and support certain politicians and, in return, they get monies from the politicians.
ReplyDeleteIf they have nothing to hide, they should open their books. There doesn't seem to be a way to force them to do that, but as there have been so many calls for them to open their books and they stonewall them, there must be something they don't want to disclose.
Maybe when Bob Mueller gets through with Trump and his web of evil, he can start on the TA. ;-)
I’d say that as tenants we now have over $100k worth of reasons for the TA to open their books! Not only have they not shown any results for $134k since 2015, but they also have some pretty powerful attorneys on their board, so I do not accept the BS being spewed on here that Rick isn’t listening to them.
ReplyDeleteWhat does the TA do with all that money? The answer is simple: It is divided up among their Officers and members--a total of about 20 people in all. Naturally, Officers get a bigger share.
ReplyDeleteI vote that we do something once and for all with the offenders who are not buying rugs and are clearly in violation and offense to those underneath.
ReplyDeleteLike what?
DeleteThe TA should be using that money to pay for our MCI's, since they haven't won an MCI challenge in years. You can't tell me that some school buses and auditorium rentals have cost $134,000 since 2015, and they should absolutely be held accountable to us (the TENANTS) for that money.
ReplyDeleteNext time you see them or Powers, ask them where the money went. I don't know about any of you, but I haven't seen $1 worth of results from these criminals, never mind $134,000 worth of results. I have a feeling the money is out east, in a nice little place we like to call the Hamptons.
Only a matter of time before Steinberg and the rest of the TA crew do the "perp walk".
ReplyDeleteWHAT HAPPENED TO THE $134,000?
District Attorney Cyrus Vance, where are you?
Open the books, TA thieves!
FOR SHAME, FOR SHAME, FOR SHAME!
Or use that money for lawyers to launch class action suits on behalf of tenants rather than snivel about not getting through to Rick. I don’t know how people can pay them dues anymore. Those last two postings on what we like and don’t like about living here were further evidence of their phoniness and pretension. Disband, disband you travesty of a TA
ReplyDeleteI vote that we do something once and for all with the offenders who are not buying rugs and are clearly in violation and offense to those underneath.
ReplyDeleteAnd once we’ve voted to do something, then what? What’s the something? If management doesn’t address the issue, then you’d actually have to sue BOTH the offending tenant and the owner of the property. Who has the money for that, let alone the time it would take? And, due to the astronomically high apartment turnover rate here, by the time you might get satisfaction from a court, the original offender may very well have moved out and a new offender taken his/her place. The only reasonable solution is for management to wall-to-wall carpet apartments, which they have already said they won’t do.
Tonight ( Tuesday) at 11:20 a person was robbed in the lobby of 510 East 23 St. by two men . Cops & security responded. It's on Citizens App. Security???? I think not!!!
ReplyDelete"I vote that we do something once and for all with the offenders who are not buying rugs and are clearly in violation and offense to those underneath."
ReplyDeleteI agree. I don't know we can do, though. Management doesn't care. In fact, I think they are hoping that these noisy, rugless tenants will drive the rent stabilized tenants out. The Mighty Rick has made it absolutely clear that he doesn't give a shit about nasty, irresponsible tenants. I don't know what he does for his paycheck, but it seems to be not much. He just doesn't care. I think this is some kind of interim job he has and we are stuck with him until he's ready to move on.
If Rick moves on, we will just be stuck with another Blackstone employee. Makes no difference when the ownership stays the same.
Delete@8:43 PM: Is there any way we could get a look at the tax filings for the TA? I understand that they are probably tax-exempt, but the organization still has to file something. If Powers is syphoning off tax-payers' money (I doubt he makes personal donations!) to the TA, there should be an investigation. Where did Garodnick get the money that he "donated" to the TA? The TA strongly supports these politicians, so it could be some form of campaign fraud.
ReplyDeleteTA WE DEMAND YOU OPEN THE BOOKS. WHY HAVEN'T YOU?
ReplyDeleteI've checked and rechecked and there seems to be no online site that lists the TA and its money contributions. If there is such a site, but post the URL here.
ReplyDeleteYup, robbery last night at 510 east 23rd. Lucky for us, we have these great cameras that do absolutely nothing to stop crime from happening. Maybe if they’re lucky they will catch the person after the fact, but that does nothing for this poor victim.
ReplyDeleteI’m sure Rick is already on the phone with this tenant offering a settlement for their silence. I think it’s going to take an actual killing on this property for there to be some action on Rick’s part.
I hope the news catches this story, and the string of bad press continues (suicides, sexual assaults, robberies).
The money Powers, and previously Garodnick, gives to the TA is from the City Council, therefore it is taxpayer money. I don’t know the rules/laws, but they should have to show what the money that taxpayers have given them is going towards. Any legal minds here that know about this?
ReplyDeleteIt should also be public information where they have donated money to in terms of political campaigns, but I don’t know where to find that.
So again, I ask the TA sympathizers on here to continue to tell me that their hands are tied and that they can’t confront Rick because it would make matters worse. I think $134,000 could get us very good legal representation to fight Rick, so maybe you should come up with another argument.
That argument is ludicrous. What decent TA cannot deal with the manager. If the TA cannot deal with Rick then disband and stop sucking up dues and money.
DeleteROBBERY UPDATE -They caught the guys who robbed a man at 510 East 23 St. The victim put up a fight & the robbers ran. However, the robbers left a bag with their ID on it. Not too bright. Security guard now stationed in the lobby. It's like closing the barn door after the horse left. I strongly suggest CLOSING THE GATES -ESPECIALLY AFTER 11PM. RICK??? What do you think???
ReplyDeleteI strongly suggest having NYPD patrols in here instead of a so called private security force.
DeleteRe:Robbery at 510 East 23 St. --- Official text from Management states that the suspects are still at large. Info from PS is that the guys were apprehended. What gives???
ReplyDeleteSounds like campaign finance fraud. The politicians must be getting something back from the TA for giving them all that money. We know the TA are the biggest cheerleaders for these City Council bozos and nothing is given for free.
ReplyDeleteIf the TA can't confront Rick concerning the problems that the tenants have with the quality of life here, then they should just dissolve and go away. What is the purpose of a TA that is impotent when it comes to dealing with Management?
ReplyDeleteI agree. Just disband and stop the pretensions.
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ReplyDeleteAnother disaster, as if we don't have one (and not just one) already.
Yet, folks keep on voting for the familiar ticket.
Those slamming pucks again. I don't know how people around in those surrounding buildings live with that.
ReplyDelete510 East 23rd Street @ 7:00 PM on 11/28/2018
ReplyDeleteIt is 40 degrees outside right now and for the first time this year the heating system is operating properly. For weeks prior to this evening we have been cold 24/7 inside our home.
All it takes for Just Call Rick to provide us with adequate heat is a robbery in the building lobby.
Gotta love Rick, and his being reactive to this whole robbery situation, instead of proactive. 2 guards in 510 E23 tonight, as if the two criminals are actually going to come back to the same building two days in a row.
ReplyDeleteNow we have two less guards to protect the rest of the property. What an idiot. All about the optics.
That is absurd.
DeleteSTR - Please publish:
ReplyDeleteTHERE IS LOTS WE CAN DO. THINK HARD. HAVE HUMANS ON THIS PLANET EVER PROTECTED THEMSELVES, THEIR FAMILIES, THEIR FELLOW WORKERS AND THEIR FELLOW NEIGHBORS WHEN "THE LAW" SIMPLY HURT THEM?
THE ANSWER IS YES! THERE ARE SEVERAL WAYS.
Here's Rick.Hi this is rick, how can i happily help you? Oh ok, hold on, I'll pass you to the clerk here.
ReplyDeleteclerk here. what? no, we can't helpyou with that.
"I strongly suggest having NYPD patrols in here instead of a so called private security force."
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely! We have no NYPD protection here because NYPD assumes that we are protected by our PS/Security (whatever they want to call themselves) who are unarmed, unwilling, un-equiped and unauthorized (by Management) to deal with anything. We used to have a really good Security Force, but thanks to these despicable cheapskates who own/run the place now, they have been reduced to the level of Toytown Cops. If anyone is seriously injured or killed as a result of the lack of Security presence we have here it will be on Rick's head and conscience for the rest of his life. The NYCHA projects (and I hate to sound elitist about them) have much more protection than we do.
They offer a $1,000 bounty to suck in a friend? Wouldn't do that to an enemy! I advise everybody I meet to spread the word that this place is a must to avoid.
ReplyDeleteSusan Steinberg says:
ReplyDeleteNO HEAT
"Just call Rick"
NO CARPETING UPSTAIRS
"Just Call Rick"
DOG SHIT ALL OVER
"Just call Rick"
DUMPING OF GARBAGE
"Just Call Rick"
LOUD, BRAYING BROS, PARTYING AT ALL HOURS
"Just Call Rick"
DORMIFICATION, TRANSIENT TURNOVER, AIRBNB
"Just Call Rick"
War, pestilence, man's inhumanity to man, disease, hunger, poverty
"Just Call Rick"
FLASH!!! NOBEL PRIZE AWARDED TO SUSAN STEINBERG AND THE TA!
Her brief acceptance speech ( which brought tears to my eyes ):
You guessed it!
"Just Call Rick"
Hahahahahahaha
The L shutdown will have little impact on Blackstone. It will impact more those living in Williamsburg and Bushwick.
ReplyDeleteWait til "the caravan" starts coming across the river in April.
As a resident of a neighboring building, I stopped to ask those guards why they are stationed there. Their response “There was a robbery in this building last night, so that’s why they have us here tonight.” I asked if they really thought the perps would come back, and they said “Uhhhhh, no, but we want the people living in the building to feel safe.”
ReplyDeleteThere you have it. Yet another instance of doing something all for show. By the way, I did not get a text or email regarding this incident , and I live right next to 510. I know someone said a text went out, but it seems to have gone to a very limited number of people. Not surprised that yet again they sweep this under the rug.
Good thing is that Rick can no longer hide crime, the citizen app outs him with everything he tries to hush up.
We pay taxes for NYPD protection, therefore we should have patrols, regardless of public safety.
ReplyDeleteSusan, you can’t get through to Rick? Maybe you can try and get through to the 13th, and get us some real protection. Hell, we pay for it!!
The ToyTown Cops are just for show. I feel sorry for them because they have been neutered.
ReplyDeleteMaybe everyone here who loves to hates the TA would like to pay the legal costs to defend his/her own MCIs.
ReplyDeleteIt costs a lot of money to fight multiple, never ending MCIs for 110 building. If the TA goes away, so does the legal representation you now pay little to nothing for. That’s where a not insignificant amount of the funding the TA is given goes.
And please don’t trot out the tired, old argument that the TA rarely wins an MCI fight. You can blame that one on the corrupt Department of Homes and Community Renewal (DHCR). DHCR has never seen a landlord MCI rent increase application it didn’t love and approve.
Seriously?? Seriously???
DeleteOpen your books and show us these MCI fighting costs. Otherwise get the hell out of here.
You have done nothing to reduce our MCI costs. You sir/madam are a loser.
>>It costs a lot of money to fight multiple, never ending MCIs for 110 building. If the TA goes away, so does the legal representation you now pay little to nothing for. That’s where a not insignificant amount of the funding the TA is given goes.<<
ReplyDeleteOkay, I'll bite. What MCIs has the TA won? And when?
STR, you completely ignored the last paragraph I wrote. The TA’s lawyer happens to be a good and experienced one, The problem is with DHCR, not the TA’s lawyer. Why can’t you acknowledge that as a real possibility as to why the TA and lots of other tenants trying to fight MCIs rarely win?
ReplyDeleteIf something criminal happens to someone in my family, not only will Blackstone be in the lawsuit, but I will also personally include Rick. He needs to be held accountable going forward, because he does not have the best interest of the tenants in mind.
ReplyDeleteI’m curious what TA board member posted at 1:48pm on 11/29. How can you possibly come on here and say you’ve spent a shit ton of taxpayer dollars on failed legal actions??
ReplyDeleteAnyone with a brain knows that eventually you have to move on to the next battle, so don’t come on here and saying that MCI legal fees cost you $134k.
SHAME ON YOU, whoever you are!
>>STR, you completely ignored the last paragraph I wrote. The TA’s lawyer happens to be a good and experienced one,<<
ReplyDeleteHmm, I heard about the TA's lawyer. Do we want to go there? And my question still stands.
Until the TA opens their books, this bullshit stays just like that... bullshit. Do not come on here talking about the DHCR or anything like that until you show us proof. I’m sick and tired of this TA, and if I had the time and resources I would out eachand every one of you for the criminals you are.
ReplyDeleteHmm, I heard about the TA's lawyer. Do we want to go there? And my question still stands.
ReplyDeleteNovember 29, 2018 at 5:43 PM
Wow. Ditto to STR.
Really? Wanna go there November 29, 2018 at 3:39 PM?! That can of worms is about to burst wide the hell open. Just wait. Stay tuned.
https://town-village.com/2018/03/19/ta-member-blackstone/
ReplyDeleteTA leadership:
ReplyDeletePresident: Susan Steinberg
Board Chair: John J. Sheehy
Secretary: Kirstin Aadahl
Vice President: Anne Greenberg
Treasurer: John J. Sheehy
Board Members
Kirstin Aadahl
Alvin D. Doyle
Anne Greenberg
Lynn Janovsky
Sherry Kirschenbaum
Michael Lang
Judith Preble Miller
Steven R. Newmark
Jeanette Sheehan
John J. Sheehy
Sandro Sherrod
Susan Steinberg
Now the grifters are trying to sell us renters insurance as well as Christmas trees. Thanks, Black$stone, I'll buy my tree from the guys on 14th Street and my insurance from a reputable insurance company. They'll be selling caskets soon and setting themselves up as funeral directors. Of course, they'll target the older rent stabilized tenants for that one.
ReplyDeleteJust run the fucking property in a clean, safe and decent manner and stop trying to sucker us into your fringe commercial interests. Try making tenants buy carpets and hold the noise down. Oh, and start supplying regular heat this winter.
I hope it's true that Hayduk is leaving and I hope he takes his staff of grifters (including Lady Maya and the deck chair joker) with him.
So we know one of the 13 TA board members/leadership is on here defending their use of $134k of taxpayer dollars. I challenge that person to prove their use of that money to fight losing MCI battles. You owe it to each and every tenant of this property and taxpayer of this city. Otherwise you should be in jail, along with the entire corrupt board.
ReplyDelete>> Hmm, I heard about the TA's lawyer. Do we want to go there? And my question still stands.<<
ReplyDeleteSTR:
#1 Your question about what MCIs the TA has won is meaningless because of what I have already said about DHCR, which you just don’t want to hear or acknowledge. Why don’t you go find and talk with some of the many other tenants in NYC who haven’t been able to win favorable MCI rulings from DHCR either?
2. As for what you’ve heard about the TA’s lawyer, who is widely known as a hard worker for tenants rights, I’m sure it’s a lot of BS, just like so much else on this page. I’m sure you’ll find some way to smear him, though, since it’s what you and so many others here seem to do so well.
I now understand why so many people I know and respect no longer read your blog. I won’t be either after this experience.
All I asked was an answer to my question.
ReplyDelete"widely known as a hard worker for tenants rights"
ReplyDeleteThat is nothing more than PR puffery.
Public Relations puffery instead of results for tenants and tenant's rights.
Who, exactly, is the lawyer who works for the TA on tenants' behalf?
ReplyDelete8:07
ReplyDeleteOpen the books!
Open the books!
Open the books!
I don’t think people care that you will no longer read this blog (a lie), I want to see actual proof that the TA is doing what you say. Otherwise it continues down the path of the TA being all talk.
Oh, and we also don’t care about the success, or lack there of, of other tenant groups around the city. This is supposed to be the largest, most powerful TA in the country, so those other groups should be looking at you to lead the fight, not vice versa.
You continue to avoid the issue at hand, but this can all be resolved with one action - OPENING THE BOOKS!
Show us where the $134k actually went. If I am wrong, I will gladly admit it and pay the $50 annual membership fee to rejoin you guys. Until then I view you all as crooks.
>>Who, exactly, is the lawyer who works for the TA on tenants' behalf?<<
ReplyDeleteThis guy:
https://town-village.com/2018/03/19/ta-member-blackstone/
According to their own posting the lawyer is John J. Sheehy. He is both a Board Chair and the Treasurer of the TA. He has a summer house in the Hamptons, and lives here in Peter Cooper Village.
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile, the latest from the TA that is tirelessly working for you...
ReplyDelete"How to haiku, 3D doodling, gallery tour and more."
Wrong. The TA’s actual lawyer is Tim Collins of Collins, Dobkin & Miller, not that jackass board member.
ReplyDeleteI checked and you are right!
ReplyDeleteBut Sheehy was a lawyer?
ReplyDeletehttps://law.justia.com/cases/new-york/court-of-appeals/2004/2004-07618.html
ReplyDeleteAnd....
ReplyDeletehttps://town-village.com/tag/tim-collins/
I've seen him at the TA meetings. Yes, indeed.
16 year old robbed at gunpoint in peter cooper.
ReplyDeleteThe TA represents all tenants, not just those 20 people that pay dues. They should be providing all 11,250 apartments with email updates regarding all MCI battles, yet they don’t. Their secretive ways tell me that they aren’t doing what they say, and opening the books is the only way to make me think otherwise.
ReplyDeleteOh, and I know Collins is a fighter for tenants. We also used to get more updates from him regarding how things are going, but it’s been years since that has happened. That tells me either the TA board/politicians are quieting him, or he’s in on the fix.
Again, the TA is receiving funds from our taxpayer dollars, and will be forced to show where those dollars are going. Maybe a call to “7 on Your Side” is in order. They would love a story like this about how corrupt the “largest most powerful TA” in the country really is.
The TA is dividing this property more than Rick ever could. There are people that love what Rick is doing and there are people who hate what Rick is doing, but the bottom line is that Rick is doing what he has to do to make money for Blackstone. That is his job.
ReplyDeleteThe TA has a job too, and that is to be the voice for all tenants. They should fight for the people who love what’s going on here, and they should fight for the people who hate what’s going on here.
The fact that they are not being a voice for all tenants (hell, they don’t seem to be the voice for any tenants these days) means people have to be their own voice, and it leads to the disputes we constantly see on Facebook.
The TA almost incites some of the decisiveness with their posts under the anonymous “Peter Stuyvesant.” They should all be ashamed of what they are doing around here, but they are all on a power trip... every last one of them.
My take is that the TA is just like any organization that doesn't have enough people working for it and doesn't have money (?). They are floating and they know it. They also have people around who have very little fight in them. The fact that they are secretive is damning, too.
ReplyDeleteManagement is also broken.
I asked Susan Steinberg why the Tenants Association REFUSES to open their books.
ReplyDeleteHer response:
"Just Call Rick"
The TA was great until the politicians sunk their teeth into the group. Now the group is nothing more than a political sideshow. How about a TA meeting with ZERO politicians??? Maybe then we will start seeing results.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I’d like to see a breakdown of where the $30,000 that Powers gifted to the TA went. If Powers is pumping taxpayer money into the TA ($10kmore than Garodnick ever gave) and that money is then going back to Powers as a gift for his campaign coffers, then a lot of people will be going to jail if we ever get someone like Preet back in a position of power.
No one is above the law, although there are many democrats in this city and state that seem to think they are. Every illegal act they commit will all be exposed in due time.
Tenants Association - A BUNCH OF SLIMY, UNDERHANDED THIEVES.
ReplyDeleteOpen your books if there is nothing to hide.
My take is this will NEVER happen unless subpoenaed by District Attorney Cyrus Vance or an investigation by media, newspapers, i.e., Post, Daily News, Spectrum News NY 1.
This is a scandal waiting to happen!
The TA should be transparent. Period.
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ReplyDeleteOn this one, I agree with Marsh.
But but but... DHCR, ummm. Nobody beats them, ummmm.
ReplyDeleteIt’s all excuses. And to the person coming on here defending them, shame on you.
How about the TA stops blaming others (DHCR) or telling tenants to call Rick, and does what they signed up for. If they can’t handle it, then step aside.
I think the best thing would be for this TA to just go away, and let the pieces fall in terms of a new TA forming.
I agree. The TA is worthless. They do nothing for tenants. What about that list of apartments without heat that they said they were organizing? Disband ye worthless organization
Delete"According to their own posting the lawyer is John J. Sheehy. He is both a Board Chair and the Treasurer of the TA. He has a summer house in the Hamptons, and lives here in Peter Cooper Village."
ReplyDeleteIs he the guy who they say was fired from his law firm for pilfering? If it is the same person, it's no wonder they won't open the books!
"Also, I’d like to see a breakdown of where the $30,000 that Powers gifted to the TA went. If Powers is pumping taxpayer money into the TA ($10kmore than Garodnick ever gave) and that money is then going back to Powers as a gift for his campaign coffers, then a lot of people will be going to jail if we ever get someone like Preet back in a position of power."
ReplyDeleteWouldn't this be campaign finance fraud?
It's true that the TA was far more effective before the filthy politicians got their teeth into it. I seem to remember that their attorney used to be a guy named Jack Lester, and he was pretty good. I'm sure he is long retired now. The current TA doesn't even try to hide its strong bonds with certain politicians. I think John Marsh is the leader of the DeBlasio fan club and Powers and Epstein are clearly the TA's pet pols. Marsh always, justifiably trots out the fact that we had two rent freezes on DeBlasio's watch, but I'd like to know what DeBlasio has done for us lately? It seems that he is the King of Dirty Secret Deals with RE. Well, we're stuck with him for now, but I hope they don't start tampering with Term Limits like Emperor Bloomberg did.
Marsh has been quite active on the TA site lately, defending de Blasio and trying to educate us on rent laws which we already know.
Delete"According to their own posting the lawyer is John J. Sheehy. He is both a Board Chair and the Treasurer of the TA. He has a summer house in the Hamptons, and lives here in Peter Cooper Village."
ReplyDelete>>Is he the guy who they say was fired from his law firm for pilfering? If it is the same person, it's no wonder they won't open the books!<<
A note that it is Collins who is the TA's lawyer, as I was mistaken. But Sheehy is involved in their Board of Directors and as Treasurer.
The TA cannot blame the DHCR. If the DHCR does something wrong then the almighty largest tenant association in the country would report it to the agency that oversees the DHCR to be investigated. The DOI oversees the DHCR. Did the TA Board ever report their complaints about DHCR to the DOI on behalf of the 12,000 tenants - apartments the DHCR regulates?
ReplyDeleteVideo of the recent Hoylman/Stringer Tenant Town Hall. It includes an eye opening presentation by Aaron Carr of Housing Rights Initiative, a housing watchdog group, showing how corrupt landlords illegally rip off tenants. Don’t miss the Q&A portion at the end of the video where they discuss problems with DHCR and the NYC Department of Buildings and lots of other issues.
ReplyDeletehttps://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2132778513702295&id=120941094708887&_rdr
This seems to me that that SPS sells Christmas Trees to anyone, not just residents, if they parse that delivery is free to residents. Another illegal NYC R7-2 zoning law violation that is a commercial enterprise. Hey Keith, any comment, I know that at least Ben Jacobs, your liaison, reads this blog.
ReplyDelete“Christmas Tree Sales
Mon - Fri: 3-9pm; Weekends: 11am-8pm
Make your tree shopping easy this year. Get your tree and more right on property at Playground 9 (west end of Oval) with free delivery for residents. Trees, wreaths, and accessories available, while supplies last.
Pricing
Trees — 5 - 6': $80 | 7 - 8': $90 | 8 - 10': $100
Stands — Small: $20 | Large: $25
Wreaths (15"): $25”
https://www.stuytown.com/importantinfo/holidays-at-stuytown
Also STR blog posters, please post your real name here like I do if we really want to make this blog effective. Besides myself, only 2 other residents have done so.
Got to love those cheerleaders who just love ST. One posted today how cool and quiet her apartment is with the AC, no heat issues I gather. They are the ones always praising everything. Of course, plenty of heat and quiet neighbors.
ReplyDeleteMarsh has been quite active on the TA site lately, defending de Blasio and trying to educate us on rent laws which we already know.
ReplyDeleteNovember 30, 2018 at 7:56 PM
An irrelevant person desperate to look relevant. Hmmm. Why would that be?
NO CARPETING ABOVE ME.
ReplyDeleteLOUD, RAUCOUS PARTYING AT ALL HOURS OF THE NIGHT.
NO HEAT.
BROWN WATER COMING FROM THE TAP.
DOG URINE IN THE ELEVATOR.
DOG SHIT IN THE STAIRWELLS.
Thank goodness we have a strong, reliable, honest, effective Tenants Association working for us...NOT, NOT, NOT.
A vile, bunch of self-serving thieves.
PigStuy Town.
ReplyDeleteAnother illegal NYC R7-2 zoning law violation that is a commercial enterprise. Hey Keith, any comment, I know that at least Ben Jacobs, your liaison, reads this blog.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you, Ed Dunn. The way SPS is selling Christmas trees this year does look like a out and out violation of the zoning law that applies to this property.
Keith/Ben, what are you going to do about this??
If you don’t address this IMMEDIATELY with SPS, you will not be getting my vote the next time around and I will make sure that everyone I know is aware that you did nothing when made aware of this ILLEGAL situation. In addition to correcting the text on the SPS website, you need to inform SPS that they MUST require a keycard showing that the person lives here before selling any Trees, wreaths or accessories.
December 1, 2018 at 1:01 AM said:
ReplyDeleteAn irrelevant person desperate to look relevant. Hmmm. Why would that be?
Marsh's posts on the TA Facebook page are pretty informative. What are you suggesting ? A run for office maybe? Marsh does seem to be pretty consistent in trying to get us to focus on the rent laws. A diabolical part of a bigger plan? Or just someone being a stalwart?
Cool holiday decorations. How bout the landlord spend those $$ thousands on this and give tenants a rent refund. What about the overcharges?
ReplyDeleteSadly, 8:29 AM Saturday is somehow impaired. It was perfectly clear BEFORE the election that Powers was no friend to tenants in STPCV (or elsewhere in Manhattan, for that matter). This could easily have been deduced both from his prior job 'positions', and the way his campaign was conducted/financed.
ReplyDeleteIt's too late now, folks.
DA Cy Vance (mentioned on here a few times) would also NEVER investigate TA 'irregularities', even if he somehow became informed of them. He'd simply use his "prosecutorial discretion" to bury it all. His father--an honorable man-- is probably now spinning in his grave. Same with Mario Cuomo, who, unlike his son, displayed REAL compassion for others.
. . . close to posting my name, Edmund, you brave soul.
ReplyDeleteToday I became physically hurt, literally, by the relentless abuse of land, grass, trees, space here. I walked out of my Oval building this morning in a wonderful, open, optimistic mood, at 10:30 to witness: much too many people, mainly "families," smiling and laughing as this complex was being destroyed in front of their eyes.
I walked right into and through a scene approaching one of Dante's rings of hell in which people were laughing and happily pointing out the destruction of this place, right before my eyes. I ended up with raised blood pressure, pounding heart, constricted chest and just plain shock. A sensitive soul? Maybe. But THIS is hellish and escalating daily.
NEVER BEFORE HAVE I LIVED THROUGH THE SIMULTANEOUS FILTHIFICATION AND RELENTLESS DESTRUCTION OF SIDEWALKS AND BUILDINGS as INSANE, COMPLETELY VALUELESS JACKASSES PILED OBJECTS UPON OBJECTS, STREWN EVERYWHERE, DESTROYING MORE GREEN AND GRASS AND TREES.
Translation: there are more and more "decorations" (utter shit and pollution of land, eyes, ears, grass; interference with birds and squirrels and other critters) every goddamned freakin' time I walk out of my front door. Massive, asinine plastic and who knows what other garbage in my face; workmen who probably don't even speak much English schlepping huge moronic garbage to install and electrify it on grass, across trees.
Not only the hawking of dead trees to hundreds of people in a light-infested (too damned bright and interfering with night-time darkness) enclosure of part of the basketball court, but trash "stars" on crap white material strung across poor defenseless trees, also soon to be electrocuted (more shit lights) at the basketball courts.
Nearly every First Avenue entrance into this shithole either already has, or is suffering the construction of "decorations," some electrified. WE NEVER HAD ANY CIRCUS, ANY SIDE SHOWS, ANY EXPROPRIATION OF LAND AND TREES AND PEACE AND QUIET TO FILL THE AIR AND THE DAY AND THE NIGHT WITH UGLY STIMULATION.
Even I, from across the Oval, can hear the noise pollution and disturbances of pucks being slammed into walls by splendid examples of shallow, conscienceless human examples of the destructive force we are.
Rick reading Christmas stories??? MORE F**CKING "MUSIC" BLASTING FOR "EVENTS" IN EARLY DECEMBER???
All summer I either stayed indoors, or deliberately took the long way around, even onto dangerous, pollution and noise-infested 14th Street to avoid looking at and listening to the ugly, ugly nearly naked bodies and behaviors of the throngs of idiots on my poor beloved Oval. Now? It is winter time in a couple of weeks, and it is nearly as bad as the summer.
Yes - perhaps some of the suicides of older folks are helped along by the spreading disease this place has become.
What is worse? Who is worse? The human poison who invent and force this on us? Or the inutterable jackasses (who live here, and who don't live here) who "just love" the shit (literal and otherwise) they are living with???
Oh, please, please, please, when will we stand up and fight back?
"Marsh's posts on the TA Facebook page are pretty informative. What are you suggesting ? A run for office maybe? Marsh does seem to be pretty consistent in trying to get us to focus on the rent laws. A diabolical part of a bigger plan? Or just someone being a stalwart?"
ReplyDeleteSomeone being stalwart, I would say. Say what you like about the guy, but he has always been a strong advocate for tenants' rights and he's worked pretty hard at it. He's no quitter. He can be a bit annoying at times, but then, who can't?
He aint getting my vote either. Fix this shit.
ReplyDeleteThanks for finally talking about >"Home Sweet Home - 2" <Liked it!
ReplyDeleteMarsh is essentially a shill for the Tenants Association who are corruptly in bed with Management.
ReplyDeleteYou don't have to be a brain surgeon to figure that out.
The TA became intertwined with the politicians under Marsh’s watch, so I credit him with a lot of the destruction of this place. A true fighter of tenants would NEVER have let the TA became an arm of local politicians, so cut the fighter of tenants crap. He is also a staunch DeBlasio supporter, so that right there should tell you all you need to know. DeBlasio tried to hide the destruction he is causing to residents of this city with two years of rent freezes. The whole thing was nothing more than for show, as he gave away more land and buildings to real estate.
ReplyDeleteMarsh is also allowed to post politically motivated posts on a page that is supposed to be politically unbiased. Guess it helps that he’s the main admin of the page.
I do not mind the once a year tree lighting event. This is something the community has done for the 50+ years that I’ve lived here. MetLife always did a big event, with caroling and the lighting of all the trees in the fountain. Complaining about an event like that is the personification of being a Scrooge.
ReplyDeleteI applaud you for your fight, but this is not where your energies should be focused.
>>I do not mind the once a year tree lighting event. This is something the community has done for the 50+ years that I’ve lived here. MetLife always did a big event, with caroling and the lighting of all the trees in the fountain. Complaining about an event like that is the personification of being a Scrooge.
ReplyDeleteI applaud you for your fight, but this is not where your energies should be focused.<<
I just knew I would get this comment. I didn't say anything about the caroling, but the tree is fake? Admit it. Whether you like it or not it is artificial. This is fake.