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.
Thursday, December 13, 2018
Happy Holidays from Stuyvesant Town
I saw this YESTERDAY. And it is still there and almost 10:40 am today. And Public Safety goes by this many, many times.
I had to go the PS office today to complain, so it will probably be picked up now.
I didn't want a photo of this online, particularly at this time, but this, and other things, is what I see every day. Sorry if it offends, but this is "our" community.
As is said here many times: No one cares. Yes, if a resident complains, there will (?) be a response. Otherwise, hear nothing, see nothing, do nothing.
If you ask Ricks cheerleaders, they will say that the poop is being kept there because they will one day bloom into beautiful flowers. Dog crap is yet another amenity that makes this a great place to live. People who complain about the crap are nothing more than big bad scrooges.
The poop will bloom into even bigger flowers with the poop of dogs coming in from outside the property, which is why PS NEVER STOPS THEM!
Look at the bright side. At least, the dog owner had the class to take the dog OUTSIDE. On many occasions, I see ( and have stepped in ) dog urine in the elevator. And, of course, the occasional "turd' elegantly deposited in the stairwell. So lighten up, STR, and look at the bright side! Or better yet, follow the Tenants Association's advice and: "JUST CALL RICK"
Blackstone knows that they have a BIG problem with dogs, but since Robbie made a change allowing dogs here, it has been downhill, regardless of what a wonderful pet a dog can be. So, Blackstone keeps up the pretense with "dog days," etc. Blackstone, our manager, has to do what they do because of Robbie and money (money, according to the current landlord)and, now, recent tradition. That genie will never be put back into the bottle. The only thing that would help is a moratorium on new dogs in this complex, but PS is not up to it and neither is Blackstone. So, dogs will continue and so will the crap, piss and barking.
STR, NOBODY runs this place. It is a shambles. Rick is useless. A totally useless piece of deadwood. PS don't do their job because they don't have to. There is nobody in charge here. That woman in charge of PS is bone idle.
It would be wonderful for a real estate owner if no one comments. Then the "good" stuff would have no opposition. So, everything is perfect, or close to it, and all we would do is read the news/letters from Management. And, of course, the TA, but they would have to get rid of the complainers first.
Does Stuy Town Reporter plan to cover the ice rink new feature of hockey pretty much daily? Weekends were bad before but now every day pucks are slammed into walls. Rink making most noise it has ever made. It is not healthy for residents.
The important thing is not to just comment here, but make sure that everyone you meet hears what a shit job Management is doing and encourage them to pass it on. No carpets, unabated noise and disturbance, dog shit everywhere, destruction of grounds with nasty-assed commercial enterprises (which probably cost them more than they bring in!) and a Manager who just smiles and doesn't a toss. Rick's friendly smile is his version of the middle digit. As for the TA, not even worth a mention. A total non-entity.
One more time: We are not helpless. There are actions which can be taken.
E-mail me: quietenjoymentnow.com
If you are afraid that I am one of "them," I can find ways to prove to you that I am anything but. You will need to do the same.
As for "that woman in PS" - the chief - Fran Martin: she most assuredly is NOT "bone idle." I have never in my many decades and years of working in offices and other meeting-happy venues seen anyone Required to attend so MANY meetings.
Again, as I've written before, only in different words now:
No one here has done what needs to be done to stop the intense misery they inflict upon us BECAUSE WE ARE SCARED WE WILL BE DRIVEN OUT OF OUR HOMES. No one at Public Safety and Security opposes their bastard bosses because THEY KNOW THEY WILL LOSE THEIR LIVELIHOODS. Plenty of people have been either fired, and/or hounded out and hurt quite badly. Eddie Grace and Bill McClellan are just two examples.
You do not want to be evicted. They do not want to be fired.
Tremendous courage, integrity, and, usually, the assurance of lots of support are required to STAND UP AND FIGHT.
>>You do not want to be evicted. They do not want to be fired.<<
True. But, realistically, eviction is not a possibility, but being fired is. A company restrains its workers by phony smiles and threats usually not said but implied.
Even though it is "against the law," I have seen many times dogs at the greenmarket right next to the food. And PS can be right there. No one cares.
I have seen this, too. I asked a PS officer about it recently and he said that no one in management told him that it wasn’t OK. Since I have also seen many dogs at the Union Square Greenmarket, maybe it is OK. Or maybe it isn’t and those in charge of the Union Square Greenmarket just look the other way. However, I do believe that, at first, management here was not allowing dogs near the food or at least gave lip service to that notion. Like everything else here, when they saw that they couldn’t easily enforce that rule, they gave up and abandoned it.
>>I have seen this, too. I asked a PS officer about it recently and he said that no one in management told him that it wasn’t OK. Since I have also seen many dogs at the Union Square Greenmarket, maybe it is OK. Or maybe it isn’t and those in charge of the Union Square Greenmarket just look the other way. However, I do believe that, at first, management here was not allowing dogs near the food or at least gave lip service to that notion. Like everything else here, when they saw that they couldn’t easily enforce that rule, they gave up and abandoned it.<<
If something is against NYC rules, then PS doesn't have to go to Management. PS is simply afraid and is not doing their job. Not a surprise.
And, yes, there was a time when signs prohibited dogs from being so close to the produce at our greenmarket. I don't know if the signs are still there.
About a year ago, I asked a PS officer about keeping dogs away from the Greenmarket produce. His answer was that they tried but people didn’t listen. Typical Blackstone.
we are in 5 Peter Cooper almost every morning i see women standing outside neighboring (not students) waiting to get inito buildings for somoen to open the door. Now that it's winter, i see them waiting inside. Kids continually let them in and adults dont give a S and walk out door wide open.
If residents here were not afraid of eviction and/or serious harassment, then each and every one of us would use our names.
I would. The resident who has been operating this blog for many years would, I would think. Each poster would identify herself or himself every time they post.
Unless they had some other compelling reason to hide their identity, they would be out there, in public, so to speak. They would "show their face," as I recently read about in another venue.
A brief conversation with Richard Hayduk the summer of 2017: He expressed puzzlement and hurt and then, finally . . . bitterness and outrage because posters here are "Anonymous." He told me that they (we!) are COWARDS. When I explained to him that "Anonymous" are all afraid of the landlord, his face contorted with anger as he spit out at me (not literally!) that they (Blackstone) doesn't hurt/evict people. Tishman Speyer did so but (Blackstone) doesn't do that, so we have no reason to be afraid. And are therefore COWARDS.
I am sure I'm going to read all sorts and kinds of disagreements and protests here. It seems that I am routinely reading differing opinions from mine these days. It seems to me that we are nowhere near the point that people are willing to show themselves and join together to end their own misery.
I will tell you that I've contacted an organization of community activists in our neighborhood who might be interested in helping us fight against Blackstone's depredations. I will tell you that other plain ordinary human beings in Harlem, New York did indeed stand up to Blackstone some years ago in organized and very public activities against them.
My many-years-dead father taught me to fight against injustice, against predators. He instructed me that "You can fight City Hall" (and win). He did just that, with no money and no connections. My family put themselves on the line routinely for jobs and decent conditions, for literally dying children.
When I was but a mere 20-something I won a case in court against the most reviled man in the country these days.
I don't think I can successfully oppose Blackstone myself. I do believe if I were one of many, we could.
And for whomever believed they were insulting me recently by referring to either me or my opinions by using the word, "jackass" . . . well, on behalf of all male donkeys (jackasses), I take offense. Donkeys are innocent creatures. And much more honorable than most humans.
Once more: write to me, meet me - you might be pleasantly surprised:
Most Greenmarkets are outdoors in public spaces, as such the presence of dogs and the responsibilities of dog owners are governed by NYC law. Mindful dog walkers with well-behaved, leashed dogs, are welcome in our outdoor markets. If you bring your dog, ensure he/she does not "mark" inside farm stands, and remember it can be a challenge to walk a dog in crowds and the tight spaces between tables.
https://www.grownyc.org/greenmarket/faq
Looks like dogs are allowed at outdoor Greenmarkets in NYC.
>>A brief conversation with Richard Hayduk the summer of 2017: He expressed puzzlement and hurt and then, finally . . . bitterness and outrage because posters here are "Anonymous." He told me that they (we!) are COWARDS. When I explained to him that "Anonymous" are all afraid of the landlord, his face contorted with anger as he spit out at me (not literally!) that they (Blackstone) doesn't hurt/evict people. Tishman Speyer did so but (Blackstone) doesn't do that, so we have no reason to be afraid. And are therefore COWARDS.<<
Well, if he used that word, I am disappointed and he should know better.
As someone who started and maintains the blog, it was begun years ago, before Blackstone. I allowed posters to maintain an anonymity then, and I haven't changed. Certain residents favor that policy for whatever reason. Maybe they don't trust any landlord, no matter what.
But...Hayduk and Company know who I am because I've outed myself to them. Perhaps that "choice" was made by me when the previous landlord had Public Safety monitor just who I was.
Instead of being concerned about me or the "cowards" who post here, Blackstone, Hayduk and Company should be more concerned about the illegality that goes on. I'm not talking about the outsiders who come into the complex to do harm, I'm talking about the illegality that blatantly goes on here all the time. If Hayduk has trouble recognizing this, he can speak to me. In fact, my challenge to him and Company is stated on the main page, atop.
BTW, I checked earlier. Aside from the cafe having nothing about "for residents and their guests," dogs are not allowed to sit anyplace on a chair or table.
>>A brief conversation with Richard Hayduk the summer of 2017: He expressed puzzlement and hurt and then, finally . . . bitterness and outrage because posters here are "Anonymous." He told me that they (we!) are COWARDS. When I explained to him that "Anonymous" are all afraid of the landlord, his face contorted with anger as he spit out at me (not literally!) that they (Blackstone) doesn't hurt/evict people. Tishman Speyer did so but (Blackstone) doesn't do that, so we have no reason to be afraid. And are therefore COWARDS.<<
Well then he is a bold faced liar and his boss is a sociopath. That is the reputation of Blackstone. A well earned national even global God-awful reputation of a God-awful corporation. That is the reputation of the owner. A well earned God-awful reputation.
I see that many of the people who post on here and make negative comments about management, do not post with their names on the TA site. I do. Just saying that they may be bold here but concerned about management knowing who they are.
Scene at the GREENMARKET: Last week I saw a dog take a sh*t perhaps 5 feet from a booth selling vastly over-priced veggies. Nobody said or did a thing. The patrons just walked around the mound. I called a Public Safety Officer over and he just shrugged, "What can I do? Stop all the dog owners? Would only cause trouble. Who needs that?" Amazingy, who do I see stroll by? That's right, Susan Steinberg, President of the Tenants Association. I asked, "Susan, do you see that? It's unsanitary and pretty disgusting. Shouldn't it be cleaned up? What should I do?" Deep in thought, Susan pondered my query, thought for few minutes, then lite up an exclaimed, "Aha! I've got it! JUST CALL RICK!"
Image is a priceless symbol of Blackstone"s longstanding refusal to enforce rules.
For what possible reason does Just Call Rick feel it's necessary for him to identity residents pointing out obvious dogshit everywhere?
Hey Rick. You have eyes. There's dogshit everywhere. There are banned dogs everywhere. Permanent dogshit stained common area carpets are disgusting. Dogshit and dogpiss in elvators and stairwells is commonplace. You have eyes. Why do you need my name?
I should Just Call Rick so Rick can just call me back to cover himself documenting his response to my call?
I don't want to and should never have to call Rick about dogshit everywhere.
"I called a Public Safety Officer over and he just shrugged, "What can I do? Stop all the dog owners? Would only cause trouble. Who needs that?"
That is absolutely disgusting! The PS Officer was not doing his job - he could at least have told the dog owner to clean up the shit - and that is definitely a Public Health violation.
I stopped going to the greenmarket a while ago because the produce is over-priced, not always as fresh as one would expect, people are picking it over AND there are always fucking dogs sniffing around and relieving themselves around the stalls. It is absolutely disgusting!
>>I should Just Call Rick so Rick can just call me back to cover himself documenting his response to my call?
I don't want to and should never have to call Rick about dogshit everywhere.
I just want Rick to do his fuc#ing job!<<
I've stopped calling and notifying Rick and Company at that Thursday outdoor tent when I saw it was basically useless. Yes, the nods are there, the writing down of complaints is there, but so what? It is meant to "keep the customer satisfied."
And many times I have stated that it is NOT the responsibility of residents to inform the head office of anything, unless it is an emergency situation. That's why Blackstone has PAID people working for it, including the manager. It is the DUTY of Blackstone to monitor this place and report to us, the residents, not the other way around.
Troubles in paradise, Not to worry here's a trick, Just Call Rick! Noise galore, shit stains at your door, Mci's, you want no more, Just Call Rick! Bedbugs, airbnb, dormification, all this got thee, Not to worry Just Call Rick! Brown water, no heat, no problem, simply dance to the beat... AND JUST CALL RICK!
Thanks to the Tenants Association and Susan "Just Call Rick" Steinberg for inspiration for my little ditty. I couldn't a done it withouy ya...lol
That Thursday tent thing is a joke. I went once and they said my downstairs neighbors could do what they wanted in their own apartment (Rick’s assistant) . The problem was later eliminated by a very good PS officer. By the way, Mr. Hayduk still has many fans here.
From what I have heard from his supporters, he does answer e-mails. Not quite sure if he really alleviates problems though. Most likely just gives more PR.
The prices are Stuy cafe are dumb. Why is a muffin twice that of any other nearby place. and the price of soup? Why isn't there a normal slice pizza price $2.--=2.50? What a joke and embarrassment.
If you're a non smoker and hate smoking, do not move here. Many many smokers and your place smells like smoke through the thin walls, pipes, windows. Your baby will breathe smoke from other tenants and also smell like smoke. capital d disgusting + dangerous.
Went down to the laundry room and the bros on my floor were loudly partying and I also smelled pot. When I returned to my apartment I didn’t hear or smell anything. I am done with reporting anything that doesn’t affect my apartment. Let their neighbors next door or downstairs report them.
Very true. Many of us have had these smoke problems infiltrating our apartments and management ‘s response is that they can do what they please in their own apartment.
Thumping music, jumping on carpetless floors, loud noise, yells, screaming, stench of weed, until 2:30AM last night at 5** East 2oth Street. Da college bros bees partyin'...true dat. I was sooo angry. I guess I should have JUST CALLED RICK!
I have some friends from the UK staying with me for the holidays. The last time they were here was 16 years ago. We went to the Oval last night to see the decorations and they were absolutely horrified at how stark and ugly the Oval is. The last time they saw it it was filled with trees. They commented on the "electric pylon" covered in lights masquerading as a Christmas tree". We almost got mowed down by speeding bikes coming from every direction. The people who haven't lived before the destruction have no idea as to how beautiful the Oval used to be and "what a cock-up" (as my friends put it!) it is now. Also, as my apartment was freezing last night, I was asked "Have they taken out your central heating as well?" We won't be going by the Oval again! They were almost in tears at what a drastic change its undergone from "tree-filled beauty, even in winter, to stark naked ugliness."
THEY CANNOT DO WHAT THEY WANT IN THEIR OWN APARTMENT IF IT AFFECTS, NEGATIVELY, OTHER TENANTS.
(1) IT IS A LEASE VIOLATION AND THEY CAN BE EVICTED IF THEY DO NOT CEASE AND DESIST.
THIS IS FROM STUYVESANT TOWN, ITSELF, AND NOT ANY ATTORNEYS OR POLICE.
I HAVE HAD MORE THAN ONE SMOKER SERVED WITH NOTICE.
So . . . insist that Public Security visit, immediately, the offending apartment. Insist that they then knock on your door to confirm they've been there and have warned the tenant/s. Call or visit Public Security in 2 Stuyvesant Oval to confirm that the report has been filed.
(2) DEAL WITH THE SMOKERS DIRECTLY. REPEATEDLY. PERSUASIVELY.
This works. Some of it works more slowly than other methods. But, repeated lease violations issued, and/or EXCEEDINGLY PERSUASIVE DIRECT COMMUNICATION on a CONSISTENT BASIS works.
To those who write something to the effect to, "I don't give a damn what anyone does if it doesn't affect me in my apartment, I will ignore it:"
This is foolish, selfish, and counterproductive.
I can guarantee you, if there are enough "SQUEAKY WHEELS," there will be a response. One of the keys is NUMBERS. And even if there are only comparatively low numbers of "squeaky wheels," if us squeaky wheels are noisy and active, there will be a response.
Can’t believe the junk people leave in the lobbies. Besides magazines and other clutter, today someone left a pair of crutches. They treat these lobbies like crappy thrift shops. Really tacky and uncalled for. Just more work for the porters. Management should issue a letter on this issue.
They leave all sorts of crap in these lobbies, like a junkyard. Today someone left a pair of crutches. Management should issue a letter concerning leaving your old crap in the lobby.
"Thumping music, jumping on carpetless floors, loud noise, yells, screaming, stench of weed, until 2:30AM last night at 5** East 2oth Street. Da college bros bees partyin'...true dat. I was sooo angry. I guess I should have JUST CALLED RICK!"
You could have called the cops. If you call the 13th Pct, they'll tell you to call PS, but if PS has failed, you can tell the 13th that you will call 911 if the assholes don't cease and desist. The 13th will lie, but if you persist you can get someone to come out.
Pot is still illegal and the stench is horrible. On the other hand cigarettes, pipes and cigars are perfectly legal and these are not no-smoking buildings. Smokers can take measures to prevent the smell from going into other apartments (air purifiers, etc.,) but the fact remains that they are not breaking the law. I don't smoke (used to), but I am getting a little sick of the constant attacks on those who do smoke. Life isn't perfect and there is always going to be some annoyance from neighbors, whether it's loud talking, loud music/television, taking showers at 5 AM or smoking. Unless noise and fumes are unreasonably intense and disruptive, I say live and let live.
I just went through some of the new Yelp comments about this place. Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village doesn't even get 3 stars. Pretty soon, they may be down to 2 stars. Pathetic.
STR, and as the Yelp reviews get nastier, so do Peter W’s responses. He obviously missed the Marketing/Communications 101 class that says the customer is always right, because he is vindictive and condescending to pretty much every commenter.
He needs to realize almost every potential renter is going to check Yelp, and his responses WILL hurt their ability to attract millennial renters.
“...EXCEEDINGLY PERSUASIVE DIRECT COMMUNICATION on a CONSISTENT BASIS works.”
Management asks that we not communicate directly with other tenants about problems we might be having with them, so do so at your own risk. You might be accused of harassment.
I have read this and heard this hundreds of times, not just here, but in similar situations.
OK. "Harassment." "My own risk."
Does anyone here understand what is happening?
Plain English: this is a highly effective tactic employed by people who are, to put it bluntly, and to use an old-fashioned term: sick in the head.
It is probably thousands of years old, likely much older than that. It is a method of controlling people's behaviors, speech and thoughts.
"I am going to do something that is harmful to you. You are going to cooperate with my harmful actions. If you don't, I am going to hurt you much more. You will REALLY BE IN TROUBLE THEN BECAUSE I SAID SO."
(Read the genre of "True Crime" books or watch TV shows or movies in which the psychopath kidnaps someone, usually a young woman, and restrains them, hurts them horrifically, and warns them when they cry or scream, or plead for mercy, 'You are annoying me now. STOP IT OR I AM REALLY GOING TO HURT YOU.')
In the case of Blackstone's minions, they have been instructed to tell us it is for our own good and to keep us from BEING HURT by some jackass who is HARASSING us with noise, dog waste, the threat of vehicular homicide/manslaughter/severe injury on a sidewalk here, etc. BLACKSTONE ('"Public Safety," will handle it, dear resident. We will make it all better for you. If you in fact attempt to protect or defend yourself; if you attempt to protect your child or other family members, or even strangers, from BEING RUN OVER, or BECOMING PHYSICALLY SICK FROM LACK OF SLEEP, or BECOMING SMEARED WITH DOG SHIT or other threats to your health, life, wellbeing, peace, YOU MAY BE ARRESTED FOR HARASSMENT.") . . .
(Blackstone) is doing a major number on you.
I have had many Security Guards here warn me, earnestly, from DOING ANYTHING TO PROTECT MYSELF FROM EXTREME AND ONGOING DAILY HARASSMENT.
Blackstone and other collections of psychopathic human creatures do this routinely. They become tiny little, but highly effective and damaging despots, tyrants. They decide on policies to HURT YOU and then they make the rules and heaven forbid you from protecting yourself or others.
Blackstone and the terrorized people who are doing their bidding have deliberately created hellish situations here, multiple hellish situations. (Examples, results of their actions: Suicide, anyone? Death teams invading your apartment hours or a day or two after you shuffled off this mortal coil? Bogus eviction notices; refusal to cash rent checks so they can haul you into eviction proceedings?)
Blackstone increased, exponentially, noise, filth, physical dangers of many kinds. Everyone reading this could list many examples.
When it comes to behaving like most healthy animals on the planet, and defending yourself, even by simply TALKING to the person/people hurting you, your overlord and master, Blackstone says, "YOU CAN'T."
I was told this one day last week by a "higher authority" here and said the word 2 years olds say routinely, "no."
"No" worked.
Nearly 3 years ago, I was threatened with "arrest" because I'd attempted to stop a situation that was causing extreme suffering for many hours when Security did nothing.
Longer ago than that, one brave and intelligent Security Guard said to me, "What you did was good. Sometimes you have to take things into your own hands." May all that is good in life come to that dear man.
"Shut your mouth, play dead, ignore everyone who thinks THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO INJURE YOU because I, Blackstone, said you CANNOT stop someone from harming you."
Please, please, please stop believing what is told you and stop acceding to what hurts you.
"Management asks that we not communicate directly with other tenants about problems we might be having with them, so do so at your own risk. You might be accused of harassment."
The HELL WITH MANAGEMENT! If my neighbors bother me, I will approach them, not to pick a fight, but to request that they stop doing whatever they are doing that is disturbing me. If they call that "harassment" and threaten to sue me, LET THEM GET ON WITH IT!!!! BRING IT ON!!!!!
Peter W is a joke and a jerk. He is emblematic of a "management" that seeks only adoration and fawning from tenants and does not have the will or the savvy to rectify the many, many, many egregious violations against our quality of life, health and peace of body and mind.
This has to be the most uncaring, dysfunctional (maybe nonfunctional would be a better description) weak apology for a management we have ever had. Rick is an all-talk-no-action loser. He is in the wrong job. He couldn't manage a raffle stand, let alone a multi-unit, sprawling apartment complex in what is probably the world's most challenging city. In fact, I doubt he could manage a rooming house in Crudcraw, Alabama. He's in the wrong business and we have to suffer or it.
Peter W never studied sales and marketing. Certainly not real estate sales and marketing! He's a total ass and if he thinks anybody's going to recommend renting in this dump to anybody else (especially a friend!), the Mr. W is suffering from some type of delusional psychosis and should get help. He should also be let go from the job he is doing so badly.
Peter W. is Peter Walterspiel, to whom I have spoken on more than one occasion - in person. He reminds me a good deal of some of Blackstone's thugs (pardon me: lawyers, and their assistants), whom I have also dealt with personally and witnessed evicting some good people. One of the lawyers looks a bit like him, as well. This man behaved in an exceedingly and practiced UGLY manner - in person.
Go look for him (Peter Walterspiel) on Facebook and on the Stuyvesant "Team" page (I forget where it is, precisely.)
There is something very wrong with him, I believe. A couple of years back, when I complained at the "Oval Office" about whichever misery they were inflicting upon us, he became snide as all hell and asked me with dripping condescension if I wanted to then complain to him about the fountain.
I've written about him previously. I believe he is a bitterly unhappy man.
" am going to do something that is harmful to you. You are going to cooperate with my harmful actions. If you don't, I am going to hurt you much more. You will REALLY BE IN TROUBLE THEN BECAUSE I SAID SO."
(Read the genre of "True Crime" books or watch TV shows or movies in which the psychopath kidnaps someone, usually a young woman, and restrains them, hurts them horrifically, and warns them when they cry or scream, or plead for mercy, 'You are annoying me now. STOP IT OR I AM REALLY GOING TO HURT YOU.')"
Sounds like Michael Cohen threatening one of Trump's whores!
Come to think of it, he was a slumlord who harassed and terrorized tenants in buildings he owned and in buildings his sleazy little friend, Jared Kushner, owned.
Yeah but they can prey upon the unknowing and distracted 20 somethings who do not know better and just sign sign sign. Free wifi! That's who they want here.
I think that the harassment warnings are basically designed to protect and make market raters content. If management is pulling in 4 grand on an apartment whether it is a dorm or not they would prefer that residents do not complain to or confront them. Money talks here.
I make sure that everyone I know and everyone they know is made aware of what this place is really like. And I know a lot of people! I wish I could get $1,000 for everybody who I've turned off ever even thinking of rent in this dump!
>>Peter W. is Peter Walterspiel, to whom I have spoken on more than one occasion - in person.<<
Well, yes, I know him, too. Had a meeting with him, etc. Whether he is happy or unhappy, or just middle of the road, I don't know, and I don't think it's important. What is important is that he is a company man, so he does what the company expects of him. As for that Yelp page, he answers at least, which many companies do not do. I don't care for the answers, but, again, he is a company man.
When I look around, and I see the infractions and laziness here, I have to file it, ultimately, under Blackstone. The company people work for Blackstone. Blackstone is responsible both for the good and the bad.
STR, we could have been bought by worse than Blackstone. I am not defending Blackstone in any way, but I do know for an absolute fact (I worked for the lawyers working the deal) that Wilbur Ross and Fred Lefrak were interested in getting together to buy the property before Blackstone bought it. If we had been bought by Lefrak and Ross we would be really up Shit Creek without a paddle because Ross and Lefrak are two of the sleaziest of the sleaziest in the RE world. Blackstone may be no angels, but compared with might have taken over the property, we got away lucky.
I know a lot of people were hoping that the TA could buy the property on behalf of tenants, but that would never have worked either. Only a mega-company like Blackstone could afford the place. Look at what happened when TS bought it - it was more than they could handle and much more than they could afford. What really pisses me off is that TS walked away from the distressed property and left us paying off their debt. I believe that that is the reason the property is so money-grubbing these days. MetLife ran the property as a fully rent-stabilized property and they ran it well and, believe it or not, they turned a profit. I suppose the greedy Robert Benmoshe had a lot to do with the sale at such a ridiculously inflated price. The only decent thing he did in his life was croak.
It’s pretty obvious that they turn a blind eye to anyone paying “market rate,” and are paying their rent. If those people want to use AirBnB, that’s fine. If they don’t want to carpet their apartments, that’s fine. If they want to throw all night parties, that’s fine. All is fair game as long as they keep paying their $5k rent.
What they should be worried about is the large number of brand new buildings with unbeatable amenities in hip new neighborhoods (LIC, Hudson Yards, NOMad, Essex Crossings, Two Bridges etc). These are the areas and buildings that millennials and NYU students will be flocking to in the very near future. Trends are already showing this, and don’t think management isn’t noticing.
I think It’s only a matter of a few years before we see the student population start to decrease in terms of renting here on their own. That means one of two things - management gives larger bulk leases to NYU, therefore negating any potential decreases in the student population, or they bulk lease out to the city. They both seem like disasters.
I agree. Hayduk may not be the greatest manager and this Peter guy may be sleazy but they are good company men. It is all ultimately Blackstone. December 17, 2018 at 8:14 PM
Hayduk has been a Blackstone company man since 2004. Who knows what he did before that but he fits right in with Blackstone culture.
Blackstone "owned" Hayduk's former place of business Boca Resorts
In Fort Lauderdale, Huizenga started a garbage hauling business, as his grandfather had done in Chicago in 1894.[3] In 1962, he started the Southern Sanitation Service by borrowing US$5,000 from his father and sweet-talking with a rival trash hauler into selling him used trucks.[7] Beginning with a single garbage truck in 1968, and pursuing customers in an aggressive manner,[15] he created Waste Management, Inc., an entity that would eventually become a Fortune 500 company. Huizenga purchased many independent garbage hauling companies; by the time he took the company public in 1972, he had completed the acquisition of 133 small-time haulers. In the early 1980s, he had grown Waste Management into one of the largest waste-disposal companies in the United States. In 1984, he left the company and soon again, he was buying companies including suppliers of portable toilets and water bottles for home coolers.
Huizenga repeated the process with Blockbuster Video, acquiring a handful of stores in 1987,[17] with the company becoming the leading movie-rental chain in the U.S. by 1994. After a process of building and acquiring auto dealerships, in 1996, he formed AutoNation, which became the nation's largest automotive dealer.
In 2004, he sold Boca Resorts, a group of hotels that included The Hyatt Pier 66 Hotel[19] and the Radisson Bahia Mar Hotel & Marina[20] in Fort Lauderdale, The Boca Raton Resort & Club in Boca Raton, Florida, and several others in Naples, Florida and Arizona to private equity firm Blackstone as part of a $1.25 billion deal.
On the one hand, it is true. A worker the other day tried to hide his smile when he told me that he is ignorant of what goes on here as he also said to me, "It's my paycheck." Especially if other life forms are dependent upon you - family members, other lives (dogs, cats, fish, birds, et al), you fear to oppose those who pay you to do their bidding - which is most of us. Most of us are, or have been, wage slaves.
On the other hand: "I'm just following orders." And, "it's just business, nothing personal," and "I am paid to do this" brings us, in part: wars, slaughters, atrocities, prostitution as last resort, destruction of our natural environment, and lots more.
As I wrote yesterday: "No" is an excellent word which we do not use often enough to stop emotionally deranged people from hurting us.
. . . yes, it IS Blackstone (which is simply the name of a collection of people).
Why aren't we saying NO to Blackstone and their representatives? Same reason: afraid to lose our homes.
Please watch the news, or read the news. Some Europeans have been in the streets saying "NO!" for weeks now.
Another "amenity". Apparently there is a bowling alley above my apartment. The lanes are open at all hours of the night. Wonderful! I spoke to Public Safety. They did nothing. I contacted the Tenants Association for assistance. Their wise and worldly advice: JUST CALL RICK!
Why is the heat so uneven? I can go a couple of days and it feels like an icebox in my apartment. Then, they pump it up so hot that it feels like a sauna. I don't get it.
The people who have the most money are the ones in charge and have all the power. Unless you are a millionaire, you are out of luck. YOU HAVE NO POWER. Always was, and always will be. End of story. You stand up and fight against 'them" ? and they just laugh at you. That's why the TA finally gave up. Merry Christmas All!
This place was built for returning veterans from WW2 who had risked their lives fighting for freedom from the likes of what we have running the country now. I'm betting that none of the Blackstone founders and their ilk did a day of service to anybody but themselves.
Large bulk leases are presently being given to NYU and other schools. In addition, there is already subsidizing going on. I am positive that my neighbors are not paying over 3600 a month for their apartment. Public assistance has come to their door. In addition, they have bulk leases with corporations and possibly Airbnb. They have it made. And to the poster who said that we could have gotten worse than Blackstone, I doubt it. They are the same as Tishman Speyer and Compass Rock, just put up a benevolent facade.
Even when you call PS re: pot reeking out of someone's apartment and the floor stinks from it PS will say "I can't smell anything." they must have some olfactory blockages if they can't smell something so vile that seeps into other apartments to boot.
What's left to do is leave suggestions to these potheads to put towels on the inside of their doors to prevent the stinking smell of pot from affecting everyone else on the floor.
Eddie Grace was fired about a year or so ago. it's probably for the best because this place has deteriorated to the point that someone like him (a really good guy) would only have become sicker and sicker.
they dont turn a blind eye to market rent. are you out of your fucking mind? they are paying top dollars to live in this dump and still get inspections, complaints, non returned deposit monies, abuse is even higher for them. Shut the hell up.
Big loss IMO in the closure of Petite Abeille and Vamos. The kids renting here are unhappy and will revolt and move away. The area sucks. Greed catches up with you eventually and this neighborhood is not only trashy, much too far from a subway and without any decent hangouts bars or dining places. Hard pass for sure.
I agree about Eddie Grace. He cared about people and Blackstone came damn near to completely ruining his health. I'm glad, for him, that he's not here.
As for, "we are powerless" and "how" do we fight this "big company" . . . I will continue to respond:
Please write to me at quietenjoymentnow.com. I would be exceedingly happy to meet you, and TALK about it. I've been asking for this for many months now.
What did he do that made him stand out from the rest? I had only one interaction with him when he told me that they could not prevent dogs from sniffing the fruit at the Greenmarket.Officer Richardson is excellent. Just asking what made Officer Grace so well respected and liked.
Is that the New York Philharmonic playing this morning? Oops, no. It is the banging and clanging of the steam pipes. The noise could wake the dead. Hmmm, reminds me of the "projects."
NO FU*KIN' HEAT NO HEAT NO HEAT Should have moved to the "projects" instead. Wait, these are the "projects"...at four grand per month. Vile, unscrupulous , avaricious bloodsucking landlord. Wait! There is one thing I can do to make everything right. Follow the Tenants Association's recommendation and listen to President Susan Steinberg's admonition... that's right... JUST CALL RICK!
No heat: why not contact one another, form a group of people receiving no heat or insufficient heat or intermittent heat. Document all of the deliberately evasive and passive-aggressive tactics (thermometers, etc.) when contacting "Management."
Open up a separate account in the bank into which you deposit your monthly rent at the appropriate rent-paying time.
THEN, when the m*f*ers issue eviction notices for non-payment, GO TO COURT AS A GROUP WITH ALL OF YOUR DOCUMENTATION.
THAT INCLUDES PROOF OF ALL OF THE MONEY YOU'VE DEPOSITED FOR RENT AND WITHHELD FOR LACK OF HEAT/ENOUGH HEAT.
Maybe, just maybe, the Landlord and Housing judge will decide to ORDER these bastards to provide consistent and high enough heat throughout the cold weather.
IF YOU ARE SUMMONED TO COURT ONLY INDIVIDUALLY (divide and conquer), each and every one of you go to each and every proceeding.
I believe that a number of tenants with the EXACT SAME PATTERNS AND PROBLEMS REGARDING HEAT will impress even corrupt judges.
Just so you don't accuse me of not taking my own advice, I've been in court with at least one other "owner" of this place.
And again, I won in court against a landlord - many, many, many years ago - against a man many people in this country and other countries hate and/or think is a joke.
This one cheerleader wanted to know if space heaters are legal. She is one always praising management. I guess she has no heat or noise issues. What a ridiculous question. Residents keep mentioning the need for space heaters. But she just loves the decorations and keeps telling people who complain to join the tenant board. Makes me sick.
The stupidity on that TA site is incredible. They need to take control or shut it down They chastise residents who complain about management yet allow personal insults. They need to shut down period.
De Blasio appointed Goldman Sachs exec who handed over our long suffering, but at-that-time salvageable community and our homes to predatory Blackstone successfully executing Speyer's failed business plan raking in multiple billion dollar windfalls destroying our community is leaving office.
The period between October 1 and May 31 is Heat Season. During this time, the City requires building owners to provide tenants with heat according to the following rules:
Between 6 AM and 10 PM, if the outside temperature falls below 55 degrees, the inside temperature must be at least 68 degrees Fahrenheit. Between 10 PM and 6 AM, the inside temperature must be at least 62 degrees Fahrenheit at all times. There is no outside temperature requirement.
Blackstone claims to be giving MORE heat than the city requires. So, unless your heat is consistently below the above requirements, you will NOT win in court.
They are not giving more heat than required. My apartment which was toasty all last winter and even last month is starting to chill up. The heat comes on and off. When I go to my work place it is much warmer as are restaurants. They are giving the minimum and less and less.
NO HEAT: 9:00AM 61 degrees in living room 59 degrees in bedroom as recorded on bogus thermometers so graciously given by our benevolent landlord. I am now turning on two space heaters, one in living room, one in bedroom. UNNBELIEVABLE. Is this a cold water flat? The "projects?" NYCHA treats its tenants better. I am truly at wits end. At these exorbitant market rate rents, this is beyond disgraceful. Yet other tenants tell me their apartments are like a pizza oven. What to do? What to do? I am at wits end. I called Susan Steinberg with my tale of woe. She listened sympathetically, pondered my issue, thought some more, then exclaimed, "I've got it! JUST CALL RICK!"
I always had heat,usually too much, under MetLife, Tishman, and Compass Crock. This year under Blackstone, zero. Absolutely no heat. Temperatures have been recorded and sent to 311. Also emailed them to Peter W to show him he’s a lying sack of shit. Bet his apartment is toasty.
The other joke with heat are the thermometers Rick gave out so everyone could take the temperatures in their icy cold apartments. the temperatures always seem to be 75 degrees or higher. Another bundle of money wasted.
I have one space heater and will get another to compensate.
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I didn't want a photo of this online, particularly at this time, but this, and other things, is what I see every day. Sorry if it offends, but this is "our" community.
As is said here many times: No one cares. Yes, if a resident complains, there will (?) be a response. Otherwise, hear nothing, see nothing, do nothing.
This is EXACTLY why Met Life NEVER permitted dogs here. More Ghetto conditions.
If you ask Ricks cheerleaders, they will say that the poop is being kept there because they will one day bloom into beautiful flowers. Dog crap is yet another amenity that makes this a great place to live. People who complain about the crap are nothing more than big bad scrooges.
The poop will bloom into even bigger flowers with the poop of dogs coming in from outside the property, which is why PS NEVER STOPS THEM!
Look at the bright side.
At least, the dog owner had the class to take the dog OUTSIDE.
On many occasions, I see ( and have stepped in ) dog urine in the elevator.
And, of course, the occasional "turd' elegantly deposited in the stairwell.
So lighten up, STR, and look at the bright side!
Or better yet, follow the Tenants Association's advice and:
"JUST CALL RICK"
Blackstone knows that they have a BIG problem with dogs, but since Robbie made a change allowing dogs here, it has been downhill, regardless of what a wonderful pet a dog can be. So, Blackstone keeps up the pretense with "dog days," etc. Blackstone, our manager, has to do what they do because of Robbie and money (money, according to the current landlord)and, now, recent tradition. That genie will never be put back into the bottle. The only thing that would help is a moratorium on new dogs in this complex, but PS is not up to it and neither is Blackstone. So, dogs will continue and so will the crap, piss and barking.
STR, NOBODY runs this place. It is a shambles. Rick is useless. A totally useless piece of deadwood. PS don't do their job because they don't have to. There is nobody in charge here. That woman in charge of PS is bone idle.
Maybe we could scoop up the dog shit and deposit it outside of Rick's apartment?
What Tenants Association? Are you kidding me?
Stuycha Town.
Same old ideas and comments that just keeps getting shuffled around and nothing will ever change around here. Not worth even commenting on anymore.
Yes, but if no one comments? Then a free pass.
It would be wonderful for a real estate owner if no one comments. Then the "good" stuff would have no opposition. So, everything is perfect, or close to it, and all we would do is read the news/letters from Management. And, of course, the TA, but they would have to get rid of the complainers first.
Does Stuy Town Reporter plan to cover the ice rink new feature of hockey pretty much daily? Weekends were bad before but now every day pucks are slammed into walls. Rink making most noise it has ever made. It is not healthy for residents.
The important thing is not to just comment here, but make sure that everyone you meet hears what a shit job Management is doing and encourage them to pass it on. No carpets, unabated noise and disturbance, dog shit everywhere, destruction of grounds with nasty-assed commercial enterprises (which probably cost them more than they bring in!) and a Manager who just smiles and doesn't a toss. Rick's friendly smile is his version of the middle digit. As for the TA, not even worth a mention. A total non-entity.
Actions speak louder than words.
>>Does Stuy Town Reporter plan to cover the ice rink new feature of hockey pretty much daily?<<
Only now and then, and when I hear it. Sorry to learn that the noise is more frequent.
One more time: We are not helpless. There are actions which can be taken.
E-mail me: quietenjoymentnow.com
If you are afraid that I am one of "them," I can find ways to prove to you that I am anything but. You will need to do the same.
As for "that woman in PS" - the chief - Fran Martin: she most assuredly is NOT "bone idle." I have never in my many decades and years of working in offices and other meeting-happy venues seen anyone Required to attend so MANY meetings.
Again, as I've written before, only in different words now:
No one here has done what needs to be done to stop the intense misery they inflict upon us BECAUSE WE ARE SCARED WE WILL BE DRIVEN OUT OF OUR HOMES. No one at Public Safety and Security opposes their bastard bosses because THEY KNOW THEY WILL LOSE THEIR LIVELIHOODS. Plenty of people have been either fired, and/or hounded out and hurt quite badly. Eddie Grace and Bill McClellan are just two examples.
You do not want to be evicted. They do not want to be fired.
Tremendous courage, integrity, and, usually, the assurance of lots of support are required to STAND UP AND FIGHT.
Isn't that the area where food is sold during the green market times? I wonder if the dept. of health could get involved.
Close to it, yes.
Even though it is "against the law," I have seen many times dogs at the greenmarket right next to the food. And PS can be right there. No one cares.
>>You do not want to be evicted. They do not want to be fired.<<
True. But, realistically, eviction is not a possibility, but being fired is. A company restrains its workers by phony smiles and threats usually not said but implied.
Even though it is "against the law," I have seen many times dogs at the greenmarket right next to the food. And PS can be right there. No one cares.
I have seen this, too. I asked a PS officer about it recently and he said that no one in management told him that it wasn’t OK. Since I have also seen many dogs at the Union Square Greenmarket, maybe it is OK. Or maybe it isn’t and those in charge of the Union Square Greenmarket just look the other way. However, I do believe that, at first, management here was not allowing dogs near the food or at least gave lip service to that notion. Like everything else here, when they saw that they couldn’t easily enforce that rule, they gave up and abandoned it.
Eddie Grace and Bill McClellan are no innocent victims of Blackstone's Schwarzman.
According to Stuy Town Pups Facebook, a dog ate an edible off the ground in PC and got poisoned.
>>I have seen this, too. I asked a PS officer about it recently and he said that no one in management told him that it wasn’t OK. Since I have also seen many dogs at the Union Square Greenmarket, maybe it is OK. Or maybe it isn’t and those in charge of the Union Square Greenmarket just look the other way. However, I do believe that, at first, management here was not allowing dogs near the food or at least gave lip service to that notion. Like everything else here, when they saw that they couldn’t easily enforce that rule, they gave up and abandoned it.<<
If something is against NYC rules, then PS doesn't have to go to Management. PS is simply afraid and is not doing their job. Not a surprise.
And, yes, there was a time when signs prohibited dogs from being so close to the produce at our greenmarket. I don't know if the signs are still there.
Please tell me if "for residents and their guests" is stated.
https://www.grownyc.org/greenmarket/manhattan/stuyvesant-town
What ever happened to Eddie Grace?
About a year ago, I asked a PS officer about keeping dogs away from the Greenmarket produce. His answer was that they tried but people didn’t listen. Typical Blackstone.
https://www1.nyc.gov/nyc-resources/service/1723/food-safety-or-poisoning-complaint
we are in 5 Peter Cooper almost every morning i see women standing outside neighboring (not students) waiting to get inito buildings for somoen to open the door. Now that it's winter, i see them waiting inside. Kids continually let them in and adults dont give a S and walk out door wide open.
Regarding eviction:
If residents here were not afraid of eviction and/or serious harassment, then each and every one of us would use our names.
I would. The resident who has been operating this blog for many years would, I would think. Each poster would identify herself or himself every time they post.
Unless they had some other compelling reason to hide their identity, they would be out there, in public, so to speak. They would "show their face," as I recently read about in another venue.
A brief conversation with Richard Hayduk the summer of 2017: He expressed puzzlement and hurt and then, finally . . . bitterness and outrage because posters here are "Anonymous." He told me that they (we!) are COWARDS. When I explained to him that "Anonymous" are all afraid of the landlord, his face contorted with anger as he spit out at me (not literally!) that they (Blackstone) doesn't hurt/evict people. Tishman Speyer did so but (Blackstone) doesn't do that, so we have no reason to be afraid. And are therefore COWARDS.
I am sure I'm going to read all sorts and kinds of disagreements and protests here. It seems that I am routinely reading differing opinions from mine these days. It seems to me that we are nowhere near the point that people are willing to show themselves and join together to end their own misery.
I will tell you that I've contacted an organization of community activists in our neighborhood who might be interested in helping us fight against Blackstone's depredations. I will tell you that other plain ordinary human beings in Harlem, New York did indeed stand up to Blackstone some years ago in organized and very public activities against them.
My many-years-dead father taught me to fight against injustice, against predators. He instructed me that "You can fight City Hall" (and win). He did just that, with no money and no connections. My family put themselves on the line routinely for jobs and decent conditions, for literally dying children.
When I was but a mere 20-something I won a case in court against the most reviled man in the country these days.
I don't think I can successfully oppose Blackstone myself. I do believe if I were one of many, we could.
And for whomever believed they were insulting me recently by referring to either me or my opinions by using the word, "jackass" . . . well, on behalf of all male donkeys (jackasses), I take offense. Donkeys are innocent creatures. And much more honorable than most humans.
Once more: write to me, meet me - you might be pleasantly surprised:
quietenjoymentnow@gmail.com
Please tell me if "for residents and their guests" is stated.
https://www.grownyc.org/greenmarket/manhattan/stuyvesant-town
No. That caveat is NOT stated anywhere on the page, which constitutes a violation of the zoning law for this property.
May I bring my dog to Greenmarket?
Most Greenmarkets are outdoors in public spaces, as such the presence of dogs and the responsibilities of dog owners are governed by NYC law. Mindful dog walkers with well-behaved, leashed dogs, are welcome in our outdoor markets. If you bring your dog, ensure he/she does not "mark" inside farm stands, and remember it can be a challenge to walk a dog in crowds and the tight spaces between tables.
https://www.grownyc.org/greenmarket/faq
Looks like dogs are allowed at outdoor Greenmarkets in NYC.
Dogs are definitely allowed, but... not too close to produce, like sniffing it. Again, there was a time when signs informed dog owners what to do.
>>A brief conversation with Richard Hayduk the summer of 2017: He expressed puzzlement and hurt and then, finally . . . bitterness and outrage because posters here are "Anonymous." He told me that they (we!) are COWARDS. When I explained to him that "Anonymous" are all afraid of the landlord, his face contorted with anger as he spit out at me (not literally!) that they (Blackstone) doesn't hurt/evict people. Tishman Speyer did so but (Blackstone) doesn't do that, so we have no reason to be afraid. And are therefore COWARDS.<<
Well, if he used that word, I am disappointed and he should know better.
As someone who started and maintains the blog, it was begun years ago, before Blackstone. I allowed posters to maintain an anonymity then, and I haven't changed. Certain residents favor that policy for whatever reason. Maybe they don't trust any landlord, no matter what.
But...Hayduk and Company know who I am because I've outed myself to them. Perhaps that "choice" was made by me when the previous landlord had Public Safety monitor just who I was.
Instead of being concerned about me or the "cowards" who post here, Blackstone, Hayduk and Company should be more concerned about the illegality that goes on. I'm not talking about the outsiders who come into the complex to do harm, I'm talking about the illegality that blatantly goes on here all the time. If Hayduk has trouble recognizing this, he can speak to me. In fact, my challenge to him and Company is stated on the main page, atop.
>>May I bring my dog to Greenmarket?<<
BTW, I checked earlier. Aside from the cafe having nothing about "for residents and their guests," dogs are not allowed to sit anyplace on a chair or table.
>>A brief conversation with Richard Hayduk the summer of 2017: He expressed puzzlement and hurt and then, finally . . . bitterness and outrage because posters here are "Anonymous." He told me that they (we!) are COWARDS. When I explained to him that "Anonymous" are all afraid of the landlord, his face contorted with anger as he spit out at me (not literally!) that they (Blackstone) doesn't hurt/evict people. Tishman Speyer did so but (Blackstone) doesn't do that, so we have no reason to be afraid. And are therefore COWARDS.<<
Well then he is a bold faced liar and his boss is a sociopath. That is the reputation of Blackstone. A well earned national even global God-awful reputation of a God-awful corporation. That is the reputation of the owner. A well earned God-awful reputation.
Management monitors the TA Facebook blog and contacts posters about their comments.
I see that many of the people who post on here and make negative comments about management, do not post with their names on the TA site. I do. Just saying that they may be bold here but concerned about management knowing who they are.
Scene at the GREENMARKET:
Last week I saw a dog take a sh*t perhaps 5 feet from a booth selling vastly over-priced veggies.
Nobody said or did a thing.
The patrons just walked around the mound.
I called a Public Safety Officer over and he just shrugged, "What can I do? Stop all the dog owners? Would only cause trouble.
Who needs that?"
Amazingy, who do I see stroll by?
That's right, Susan Steinberg, President of the Tenants Association.
I asked, "Susan, do you see that? It's unsanitary and pretty disgusting. Shouldn't it be cleaned up? What should I do?"
Deep in thought, Susan pondered my query, thought for few minutes, then lite up an exclaimed,
"Aha! I've got it!
JUST CALL RICK!"
Yes, they definitely do.
Contacts poster to say? Post their comments here for all to see. Expose it.
Image is a priceless symbol of Blackstone"s longstanding refusal to enforce rules.
For what possible reason does Just Call Rick feel it's necessary for him to identity residents pointing out obvious dogshit everywhere?
Hey Rick. You have eyes. There's dogshit everywhere. There are banned dogs everywhere. Permanent dogshit stained common area carpets are disgusting. Dogshit and dogpiss in elvators and stairwells is commonplace. You have eyes. Why do you need my name?
I should Just Call Rick so Rick can just call me back to cover himself documenting his response to my call?
I don't want to and should never have to call Rick about dogshit everywhere.
I just want Rick to do his fuc#ing job!
I would not guarantee that Blackstone would not hurt or evict people if pressured with actions such as rent strikes, protests,etc.
If everybody who the TA tells to "Just call Rick" actually did just call Rick, the guy would be on the phone 24/7!
"I called a Public Safety Officer over and he just shrugged, "What can I do? Stop all the dog owners? Would only cause trouble.
Who needs that?"
That is absolutely disgusting! The PS Officer was not doing his job - he could at least have told the dog owner to clean up the shit - and that is definitely a Public Health violation.
I stopped going to the greenmarket a while ago because the produce is over-priced, not always as fresh as one would expect, people are picking it over AND there are always fucking dogs sniffing around and relieving themselves around the stalls. It is absolutely disgusting!
thank you susan for the overcharges.
>>I should Just Call Rick so Rick can just call me back to cover himself documenting his response to my call?
I don't want to and should never have to call Rick about dogshit everywhere.
I just want Rick to do his fuc#ing job!<<
I've stopped calling and notifying Rick and Company at that Thursday outdoor tent when I saw it was basically useless. Yes, the nods are there, the writing down of complaints is there, but so what? It is meant to "keep the customer satisfied."
And many times I have stated that it is NOT the responsibility of residents to inform the head office of anything, unless it is an emergency situation. That's why Blackstone has PAID people working for it, including the manager. It is the DUTY of Blackstone to monitor this place and report to us, the residents, not the other way around.
BTW, VAMOS is closing. First the Belgian place, now VAMOS. Hey, how about putting a bank there? Or a Duane Reade or CVS?
My supposition is that Five Stuy Cafe gets a discount from Blackstone to be here or they are losing money.
I'm now watchful about HANE.
Troubles in paradise,
Not to worry
here's a trick,
Just Call Rick!
Noise galore, shit stains at your door,
Mci's, you want no more,
Just Call Rick!
Bedbugs, airbnb, dormification, all this got thee,
Not to worry
Just Call Rick!
Brown water, no heat, no problem,
simply dance to the beat...
AND JUST CALL RICK!
Thanks to the Tenants Association and Susan "Just Call Rick" Steinberg for inspiration for my little ditty.
I couldn't a done it withouy ya...lol
Meanwhile the City Council and Mayor do nothing about small businesses.
Hello, I enjoy reading through your post. I wanted to
write a little comment to support you.
I accidentally deleted a comment. Sorry. It was mostly a joke, though.
That Thursday tent thing is a joke. I went once and they said my downstairs neighbors could do what they wanted in their own apartment (Rick’s assistant) . The problem was later eliminated by a very good PS officer. By the way, Mr. Hayduk still has many fans here.
Would hate to see Hane close.
From what I have heard from his supporters, he does answer e-mails. Not quite sure if he really alleviates problems though. Most likely just gives more PR.
The prices are Stuy cafe are dumb. Why is a muffin twice that of any other nearby place. and the price of soup? Why isn't there a normal slice pizza price $2.--=2.50? What a joke and embarrassment.
I agree that that cafe is overpriced. The frozen yogurt is also very expensive, more than 16 Handles. The food is at best mediocre.
If you're a non smoker and hate smoking, do not move here. Many many smokers and your place smells like smoke through the thin walls, pipes, windows. Your baby will breathe smoke from other tenants and also smell like smoke. capital d disgusting + dangerous.
Went down to the laundry room and the bros on my floor were loudly partying and I also smelled pot. When I returned to my apartment I didn’t hear or smell anything. I am done with reporting anything that doesn’t affect my apartment. Let their neighbors next door or downstairs report them.
274 First Avenue is a pot den. Not as bad as it used to be on the 7th floor but still the building stinks.
Very true. Many of us have had these smoke problems infiltrating our apartments and management ‘s response is that they can do what they please in their own apartment.
Move here to Stuy Town if you want your packages and mail stolen.
7:38 am on a Sunday and zambonie on the ice in the rain. Makes no sense. It is harmful to miss sleep over this noise.
Five Turd eColi Café...yummy?...not!
Overpriced and filthy.
Salmonella anyone?
They were shut down once by the Board of Health.
Expect the same again.
Rick answer emails. He writes saying he'll pass your email to someone else. lmaooooooo
My floor still stinks of pot this morning. Disgusting
Thumping music, jumping on carpetless floors, loud noise, yells, screaming, stench of weed, until 2:30AM last night at 5** East 2oth Street.
Da college bros bees partyin'...true dat.
I was sooo angry.
I guess I should have JUST CALLED RICK!
no heat for four days
now it is like a furnace here
huh?
I have some friends from the UK staying with me for the holidays. The last time they were here was 16 years ago. We went to the Oval last night to see the decorations and they were absolutely horrified at how stark and ugly the Oval is. The last time they saw it it was filled with trees. They commented on the "electric pylon" covered in lights masquerading as a Christmas tree". We almost got mowed down by speeding bikes coming from every direction. The people who haven't lived before the destruction have no idea as to how beautiful the Oval used to be and "what a cock-up" (as my friends put it!) it is now. Also, as my apartment was freezing last night, I was asked "Have they taken out your central heating as well?" We won't be going by the Oval again! They were almost in tears at what a drastic change its undergone from "tree-filled beauty, even in winter, to stark naked ugliness."
Letters and packages stolen GALORE here at PigStuyTown
Absolutely ZERO security
SMOKE:
THEY CANNOT DO WHAT THEY WANT IN THEIR OWN APARTMENT IF IT AFFECTS, NEGATIVELY, OTHER TENANTS.
(1) IT IS A LEASE VIOLATION AND THEY CAN BE EVICTED IF THEY DO NOT CEASE AND DESIST.
THIS IS FROM STUYVESANT TOWN, ITSELF, AND NOT ANY ATTORNEYS OR POLICE.
I HAVE HAD MORE THAN ONE SMOKER SERVED WITH NOTICE.
So . . . insist that Public Security visit, immediately, the offending apartment. Insist that they then knock on your door to confirm they've been there and have warned the tenant/s. Call or visit Public Security in 2 Stuyvesant Oval to confirm that the report has been filed.
(2) DEAL WITH THE SMOKERS DIRECTLY. REPEATEDLY. PERSUASIVELY.
This works. Some of it works more slowly than other methods. But, repeated lease violations issued, and/or EXCEEDINGLY PERSUASIVE DIRECT COMMUNICATION on a CONSISTENT BASIS works.
Try it.
To those who write something to the effect to, "I don't give a damn what anyone does if it doesn't affect me in my apartment, I will ignore it:"
This is foolish, selfish, and counterproductive.
I can guarantee you, if there are enough "SQUEAKY WHEELS," there will be a response. One of the keys is NUMBERS. And even if there are only comparatively low numbers of "squeaky wheels," if us squeaky wheels are noisy and active, there will be a response.
Can’t believe the junk people leave in the lobbies. Besides magazines and other clutter, today someone left a pair of crutches. They treat these lobbies like crappy thrift shops. Really tacky and uncalled for. Just more work for the porters. Management should issue a letter on this issue.
They leave all sorts of crap in these lobbies, like a junkyard. Today someone left a pair of crutches. Management should issue a letter concerning leaving your old crap in the lobby.
Move to peter and stuytown if you want to pay high rent to live in a dump with terrible tenants.
"Thumping music, jumping on carpetless floors, loud noise, yells, screaming, stench of weed, until 2:30AM last night at 5** East 2oth Street.
Da college bros bees partyin'...true dat.
I was sooo angry.
I guess I should have JUST CALLED RICK!"
You could have called the cops. If you call the 13th Pct, they'll tell you to call PS, but if PS has failed, you can tell the 13th that you will call 911 if the assholes don't cease and desist. The 13th will lie, but if you persist you can get someone to come out.
Pot is still illegal and the stench is horrible. On the other hand cigarettes, pipes and cigars are perfectly legal and these are not no-smoking buildings. Smokers can take measures to prevent the smell from going into other apartments (air purifiers, etc.,) but the fact remains that they are not breaking the law. I don't smoke (used to), but I am getting a little sick of the constant attacks on those who do smoke. Life isn't perfect and there is always going to be some annoyance from neighbors, whether it's loud talking, loud music/television, taking showers at 5 AM or smoking. Unless noise and fumes are unreasonably intense and disruptive, I say live and let live.
Dog shit IN the elevator this morning.
AT LEAST, IN THE PAST, THEY LET THE DOG DO ITS BUSINESS IN THE STAIRWELL.
No such luck anymore.
Not only are there not numbers here, there is no response. Most of the people on my floor can care less, even the long time tenants.
Hmmm...4:20AM...and either bowling upstairs, they are moving furniture or dancing the Macarena...NICE!
Lot more tacky shit here going on than stuff in the lobbies. Are you kidding me? look at the rent bill vs. what we deal with and get for that?
I just went through some of the new Yelp comments about this place. Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village doesn't even get 3 stars. Pretty soon, they may be down to 2 stars. Pathetic.
STR, and as the Yelp reviews get nastier, so do Peter W’s responses. He obviously missed the Marketing/Communications 101 class that says the customer is always right, because he is vindictive and condescending to pretty much every commenter.
He needs to realize almost every potential renter is going to check Yelp, and his responses WILL hurt their ability to attract millennial renters.
“...EXCEEDINGLY PERSUASIVE DIRECT COMMUNICATION on a CONSISTENT BASIS works.”
Management asks that we not communicate directly with other tenants about problems we might be having with them, so do so at your own risk. You might be accused of harassment.
8:17 a.m.:
I have read this and heard this hundreds of times, not just here, but in similar situations.
OK. "Harassment." "My own risk."
Does anyone here understand what is happening?
Plain English: this is a highly effective tactic employed by people who are, to put it bluntly, and to use an old-fashioned term: sick in the head.
It is probably thousands of years old, likely much older than that. It is a method of controlling people's behaviors, speech and thoughts.
"I am going to do something that is harmful to you. You are going to cooperate with my harmful actions. If you don't, I am going to hurt you much more. You will REALLY BE IN TROUBLE THEN BECAUSE I SAID SO."
(Read the genre of "True Crime" books or watch TV shows or movies in which the psychopath kidnaps someone, usually a young woman, and restrains them, hurts them horrifically, and warns them when they cry or scream, or plead for mercy, 'You are annoying me now. STOP IT OR I AM REALLY GOING TO HURT YOU.')
In the case of Blackstone's minions, they have been instructed to tell us it is for our own good and to keep us from BEING HURT by some jackass who is HARASSING us with noise, dog waste, the threat of vehicular homicide/manslaughter/severe injury on a sidewalk here, etc. BLACKSTONE ('"Public Safety," will handle it, dear resident. We will make it all better for you. If you in fact attempt to protect or defend yourself; if you attempt to protect your child or other family members, or even strangers, from BEING RUN OVER, or BECOMING PHYSICALLY SICK FROM LACK OF SLEEP, or BECOMING SMEARED WITH DOG SHIT or other threats to your health, life, wellbeing, peace, YOU MAY BE ARRESTED FOR HARASSMENT.") . . .
(Blackstone) is doing a major number on you.
I have had many Security Guards here warn me, earnestly, from DOING ANYTHING TO PROTECT MYSELF FROM EXTREME AND ONGOING DAILY HARASSMENT.
Blackstone and other collections of psychopathic human creatures do this routinely. They become tiny little, but highly effective and damaging despots, tyrants. They decide on policies to HURT YOU and then they make the rules and heaven forbid you from protecting yourself or others.
Blackstone and the terrorized people who are doing their bidding have deliberately created hellish situations here, multiple hellish situations. (Examples, results of their actions: Suicide, anyone? Death teams invading your apartment hours or a day or two after you shuffled off this mortal coil? Bogus eviction notices; refusal to cash rent checks so they can haul you into eviction proceedings?)
Blackstone increased, exponentially, noise, filth, physical dangers of many kinds. Everyone reading this could list many examples.
When it comes to behaving like most healthy animals on the planet, and defending yourself, even by simply TALKING to the person/people hurting you, your overlord and master, Blackstone says, "YOU CAN'T."
I was told this one day last week by a "higher authority" here and said the word 2 years olds say routinely, "no."
"No" worked.
Nearly 3 years ago, I was threatened with "arrest" because I'd attempted to stop a situation that was causing extreme suffering for many hours when Security did nothing.
Longer ago than that, one brave and intelligent Security Guard said to me, "What you did was good. Sometimes you have to take things into your own hands." May all that is good in life come to that dear man.
"Shut your mouth, play dead, ignore everyone who thinks THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO INJURE YOU because I, Blackstone, said you CANNOT stop someone from harming you."
Please, please, please stop believing what is told you and stop acceding to what hurts you.
Yeah, this place blows!!
"Management asks that we not communicate directly with other tenants about problems we might be having with them, so do so at your own risk. You might be accused of harassment."
The HELL WITH MANAGEMENT! If my neighbors bother me, I will approach them, not to pick a fight, but to request that they stop doing whatever they are doing that is disturbing me. If they call that "harassment" and threaten to sue me, LET THEM GET ON WITH IT!!!! BRING IT ON!!!!!
Peter W is a joke and a jerk. He is emblematic of a "management" that seeks only adoration and fawning from tenants and does not have the will or the savvy to rectify the many, many, many egregious violations against our quality of life, health and peace of body and mind.
This has to be the most uncaring, dysfunctional (maybe nonfunctional would be a better description) weak apology for a management we have ever had. Rick is an all-talk-no-action loser. He is in the wrong job. He couldn't manage a raffle stand, let alone a multi-unit, sprawling apartment complex in what is probably the world's most challenging city. In fact, I doubt he could manage a rooming house in Crudcraw, Alabama. He's in the wrong business and we have to suffer or it.
Peter W never studied sales and marketing. Certainly not real estate sales and marketing! He's a total ass and if he thinks anybody's going to recommend renting in this dump to anybody else (especially a friend!), the Mr. W is suffering from some type of delusional psychosis and should get help. He should also be let go from the job he is doing so badly.
They do not want you talking to each other because why? No other building in the city has a problem with that. ???????????????
Peter W. is Peter Walterspiel, to whom I have spoken on more than one occasion - in person. He reminds me a good deal of some of Blackstone's thugs (pardon me: lawyers, and their assistants), whom I have also dealt with personally and witnessed evicting some good people. One of the lawyers looks a bit like him, as well. This man behaved in an exceedingly and practiced UGLY manner - in person.
Go look for him (Peter Walterspiel) on Facebook and on the Stuyvesant "Team" page (I forget where it is, precisely.)
There is something very wrong with him, I believe. A couple of years back, when I complained at the "Oval Office" about whichever misery they were inflicting upon us, he became snide as all hell and asked me with dripping condescension if I wanted to then complain to him about the fountain.
I've written about him previously. I believe he is a bitterly unhappy man.
" am going to do something that is harmful to you. You are going to cooperate with my harmful actions. If you don't, I am going to hurt you much more. You will REALLY BE IN TROUBLE THEN BECAUSE I SAID SO."
(Read the genre of "True Crime" books or watch TV shows or movies in which the psychopath kidnaps someone, usually a young woman, and restrains them, hurts them horrifically, and warns them when they cry or scream, or plead for mercy, 'You are annoying me now. STOP IT OR I AM REALLY GOING TO HURT YOU.')"
Sounds like Michael Cohen threatening one of Trump's whores!
Come to think of it, he was a slumlord who harassed and terrorized tenants in buildings he owned and in buildings his sleazy little friend, Jared Kushner, owned.
Yeah but they can prey upon the unknowing and distracted 20 somethings who do not know better and just sign sign sign. Free wifi! That's who they want here.
I think that the harassment warnings are basically designed to protect and make market raters content. If management is pulling in 4 grand on an apartment whether it is a dorm or not they would prefer that residents do not complain to or confront them. Money talks here.
I make sure that everyone I know and everyone they know is made aware of what this place is really like. And I know a lot of people! I wish I could get $1,000 for everybody who I've turned off ever even thinking of rent in this dump!
>>Peter W. is Peter Walterspiel, to whom I have spoken on more than one occasion - in person.<<
Well, yes, I know him, too. Had a meeting with him, etc. Whether he is happy or unhappy, or just middle of the road, I don't know, and I don't think it's important. What is important is that he is a company man, so he does what the company expects of him. As for that Yelp page, he answers at least, which many companies do not do. I don't care for the answers, but, again, he is a company man.
When I look around, and I see the infractions and laziness here, I have to file it, ultimately, under Blackstone. The company people work for Blackstone. Blackstone is responsible both for the good and the bad.
They don’t care if people are told not to rent here. Endless pool of students, city subsidies and Airbnb . Also company apartments.
I agree. Hayduk may not be the greatest manager and this Peter guy may be sleazy but they are good company men. It is all ultimately Blackstone.
STR, we could have been bought by worse than Blackstone. I am not defending Blackstone in any way, but I do know for an absolute fact (I worked for the lawyers working the deal) that Wilbur Ross and Fred Lefrak were interested in getting together to buy the property before Blackstone bought it. If we had been bought by Lefrak and Ross we would be really up Shit Creek without a paddle because Ross and Lefrak are two of the sleaziest of the sleaziest in the RE world. Blackstone may be no angels, but compared with might have taken over the property, we got away lucky.
I know a lot of people were hoping that the TA could buy the property on behalf of tenants, but that would never have worked either. Only a mega-company like Blackstone could afford the place. Look at what happened when TS bought it - it was more than they could handle and much more than they could afford. What really pisses me off is that TS walked away from the distressed property and left us paying off their debt. I believe that that is the reason the property is so money-grubbing these days. MetLife ran the property as a fully rent-stabilized property and they ran it well and, believe it or not, they turned a profit.
I suppose the greedy Robert Benmoshe had a lot to do with the sale at such a ridiculously inflated price. The only decent thing he did in his life was croak.
It’s pretty obvious that they turn a blind eye to anyone paying “market rate,” and are paying their rent. If those people want to use AirBnB, that’s fine. If they don’t want to carpet their apartments, that’s fine. If they want to throw all night parties, that’s fine. All is fair game as long as they keep paying their $5k rent.
What they should be worried about is the large number of brand new buildings with unbeatable amenities in hip new neighborhoods (LIC, Hudson Yards, NOMad, Essex Crossings, Two Bridges etc). These are the areas and buildings that millennials and NYU students will be flocking to in the very near future. Trends are already showing this, and don’t think management isn’t noticing.
I think It’s only a matter of a few years before we see the student population start to decrease in terms of renting here on their own. That means one of two things - management gives larger bulk leases to NYU, therefore negating any potential decreases in the student population, or they bulk lease out to the city. They both seem like disasters.
I agree. Hayduk may not be the greatest manager and this Peter guy may be sleazy but they are good company men. It is all ultimately Blackstone.
December 17, 2018 at 8:14 PM
Hayduk has been a Blackstone company man since 2004. Who knows what he did before that but he fits right in with Blackstone culture.
Blackstone "owned" Hayduk's former place of business Boca Resorts
In Fort Lauderdale, Huizenga started a garbage hauling business, as his grandfather had done in Chicago in 1894.[3] In 1962, he started the Southern Sanitation Service by borrowing US$5,000 from his father and sweet-talking with a rival trash hauler into selling him used trucks.[7] Beginning with a single garbage truck in 1968, and pursuing customers in an aggressive manner,[15] he created Waste Management, Inc., an entity that would eventually become a Fortune 500 company. Huizenga purchased many independent garbage hauling companies; by the time he took the company public in 1972, he had completed the acquisition of 133 small-time haulers. In the early 1980s, he had grown Waste Management into one of the largest waste-disposal companies in the United States. In 1984, he left the company and soon again, he was buying companies including suppliers of portable toilets and water bottles for home coolers.
Huizenga repeated the process with Blockbuster Video, acquiring a handful of stores in 1987,[17] with the company becoming the leading movie-rental chain in the U.S. by 1994. After a process of building and acquiring auto dealerships, in 1996, he formed AutoNation, which became the nation's largest automotive dealer.
In 2004, he sold Boca Resorts, a group of hotels that included The Hyatt Pier 66 Hotel[19] and the Radisson Bahia Mar Hotel & Marina[20] in Fort Lauderdale, The Boca Raton Resort & Club in Boca Raton, Florida, and several others in Naples, Florida and Arizona to private equity firm Blackstone as part of a $1.25 billion deal.
OK: "It is all ultimately Blackstone."
On the one hand, it is true. A worker the other day tried to hide his smile when he told me that he is ignorant of what goes on here as he also said to me, "It's my paycheck." Especially if other life forms are dependent upon you - family members, other lives (dogs, cats, fish, birds, et al), you fear to oppose those who pay you to do their bidding - which is most of us. Most of us are, or have been, wage slaves.
On the other hand: "I'm just following orders." And, "it's just business, nothing personal," and "I am paid to do this" brings us, in part: wars, slaughters, atrocities, prostitution as last resort, destruction of our natural environment, and lots more.
As I wrote yesterday: "No" is an excellent word which we do not use often enough to stop emotionally deranged people from hurting us.
. . . yes, it IS Blackstone (which is simply the name of a collection of people).
Why aren't we saying NO to Blackstone and their representatives? Same reason: afraid to lose our homes.
Please watch the news, or read the news. Some Europeans have been in the streets saying "NO!" for weeks now.
Another "amenity".
Apparently there is a bowling alley above my apartment.
The lanes are open at all hours of the night.
Wonderful!
I spoke to Public Safety.
They did nothing.
I contacted the Tenants Association for assistance.
Their wise and worldly advice:
JUST CALL RICK!
Why is the heat so uneven?
I can go a couple of days and it feels like an icebox in my apartment.
Then, they pump it up so hot that it feels like a sauna.
I don't get it.
The people who have the most money are the ones in charge and have all the power. Unless you are a millionaire, you are out of luck. YOU HAVE NO POWER. Always was, and always will be.
End of story. You stand up and fight against 'them" ? and they just laugh at you. That's why the TA finally gave up. Merry Christmas All!
This place was built for returning veterans from WW2 who had risked their lives fighting for freedom from the likes of what we have running the country now. I'm betting that none of the Blackstone founders and their ilk did a day of service to anybody but themselves.
They are doing both now on a pretty large scale.
Yes and some of them are being arrested
Large bulk leases are presently being given to NYU and other schools. In addition, there is already subsidizing going on. I am positive that my neighbors are not paying over 3600 a month for their apartment. Public assistance has come to their door. In addition, they have bulk leases with corporations and possibly Airbnb. They have it made. And to the poster who said that we could have gotten worse than Blackstone, I doubt it. They are the same as Tishman Speyer and Compass Rock, just put up a benevolent facade.
Anyone else noticed that when a thread on the TA fb turns to criticism of Management, Peter Stuyvesant closes it down?
Exactly , stand up and fight this big company how?
Re:Pot smoking
Even when you call PS re: pot reeking out of someone's apartment and the floor stinks from it
PS will say "I can't smell anything." they must have some olfactory blockages if they can't smell something so vile that seeps into other apartments to boot.
What's left to do is leave suggestions to these potheads to put towels on the inside of their doors to prevent the stinking smell of pot from affecting everyone else on the floor.
Eddie Grace was fired about a year or so ago. it's probably for the best because this place
has deteriorated to the point that someone like him (a really good guy) would only have become sicker and sicker.
We do miss him though.
notice how they dont shut down the nice complimentary posts? You just can't stop laughing at this shit.
they dont turn a blind eye to market rent. are you out of your fucking mind? they are paying top dollars to live in this dump and still get inspections, complaints, non returned deposit monies, abuse is even higher for them. Shut the hell up.
Big loss IMO in the closure of Petite Abeille and Vamos. The kids renting here are unhappy and will revolt and move away. The area sucks. Greed catches up with you eventually and this neighborhood is not only trashy, much too far from a subway and without any decent hangouts bars or dining places. Hard pass for sure.
More and more people are "piggybacking" into buildings.
Be vigilant.
If you see someone or something suspicious JUST CALL RICK.
I agree about Eddie Grace. He cared about people and Blackstone came damn near to completely ruining his health. I'm glad, for him, that he's not here.
As for, "we are powerless" and "how" do we fight this "big company" . . . I will continue to respond:
Please write to me at quietenjoymentnow.com. I would be exceedingly happy to meet you, and TALK about it. I've been asking for this for many months now.
Thank you.
Most definitely have noticed it. They also get snarky when you criticize them.
Wait until recreational pot is legalized in NY. This place will stink to high heaven.
What did he do that made him stand out from the rest? I had only one interaction with him when he told me that they could not prevent dogs from sniffing the fruit at the Greenmarket.Officer Richardson is excellent. Just asking what made Officer Grace so well respected and liked.
You have to love the way the TA keeps posting articles we can read elsewhere but never posts criticism of management or solutions.
Is that the New York Philharmonic playing this morning?
Oops, no.
It is the banging and clanging of the steam pipes.
The noise could wake the dead.
Hmmm, reminds me of the "projects."
NO FU*KIN' HEAT
NO HEAT
NO HEAT
Should have moved to the "projects" instead.
Wait, these are the "projects"...at four grand per month.
Vile, unscrupulous , avaricious bloodsucking landlord.
Wait! There is one thing I can do to make everything right.
Follow the Tenants Association's recommendation and listen to President Susan Steinberg's admonition...
that's right...
JUST CALL RICK!
They will not go Plenty of places on lower east side. Besides the Belgian place was not heavily frequented by students.
No heat: why not contact one another, form a group of people receiving no heat or insufficient heat or intermittent heat. Document all of the deliberately evasive and passive-aggressive tactics (thermometers, etc.) when contacting "Management."
Open up a separate account in the bank into which you deposit your monthly rent at the appropriate rent-paying time.
THEN, when the m*f*ers issue eviction notices for non-payment, GO TO COURT AS A GROUP WITH ALL OF YOUR DOCUMENTATION.
THAT INCLUDES PROOF OF ALL OF THE MONEY YOU'VE DEPOSITED FOR RENT AND WITHHELD FOR LACK OF HEAT/ENOUGH HEAT.
Maybe, just maybe, the Landlord and Housing judge will decide to ORDER these bastards to provide consistent and high enough heat throughout the cold weather.
IF YOU ARE SUMMONED TO COURT ONLY INDIVIDUALLY (divide and conquer), each and every one of you go to each and every proceeding.
I believe that a number of tenants with the EXACT SAME PATTERNS AND PROBLEMS REGARDING HEAT will impress even corrupt judges.
Just so you don't accuse me of not taking my own advice, I've been in court with at least one other "owner" of this place.
And again, I won in court against a landlord - many, many, many years ago - against a man many people in this country and other countries hate and/or think is a joke.
Definitely Not feeling the love at all from Management - current MR here.
This one cheerleader wanted to know if space heaters are legal. She is one always praising management. I guess she has no heat or noise issues. What a ridiculous question. Residents keep mentioning the need for space heaters. But she just loves the decorations and keeps telling people who complain to join the tenant board. Makes me sick.
The stupidity on that TA site is incredible. They need to take control or shut it down They chastise residents who complain about management yet allow personal insults. They need to shut down period.
Those who the TA site allows to insult people probably pay their dues. They like that.
3:34 PM, you took on Trump? God Bless you!
The TA should be challenging Blackstone in Court over the heat issue.
De Blasio appointed Goldman Sachs exec who handed over our long suffering, but at-that-time salvageable community and our homes to predatory Blackstone successfully executing Speyer's failed business plan raking in multiple billion dollar windfalls destroying our community is leaving office.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/19/nyregion/alicia-glen-resigns-city-hall-de-blasio.html
"Deputy Mayor Who Oversaw Amazon Deal and Troubled Housing Authority Is Stepping Down"
Best quote from article: “Her legacy is creating affordable housing that is not affordable”
The period between October 1 and May 31 is Heat Season. During this time, the City requires building owners to provide tenants with heat according to the following rules:
Between 6 AM and 10 PM, if the outside temperature falls below 55 degrees, the inside temperature must be at least 68 degrees Fahrenheit.
Between 10 PM and 6 AM, the inside temperature must be at least 62 degrees Fahrenheit at all times. There is no outside temperature requirement.
https://www1.nyc.gov/nyc-resources/service/1815/residential-heat-and-hot-water-requirements
Blackstone claims to be giving MORE heat than the city requires. So, unless your heat is consistently below the above requirements, you will NOT win in court.
They are not giving more heat than required. My apartment which was toasty all last winter and even last month is starting to chill up. The heat comes on and off. When I go to my work place it is much warmer as are restaurants. They are giving the minimum and less and less.
I will forward this picture to the Stuyvesant Town Peter Cooper Village Tenants Association. They need to know about what's going on around here.
NO HEAT: 9:00AM
61 degrees in living room
59 degrees in bedroom as recorded on bogus thermometers so graciously given by our benevolent landlord.
I am now turning on two space heaters, one in living room, one in bedroom.
UNNBELIEVABLE.
Is this a cold water flat?
The "projects?"
NYCHA treats its tenants better.
I am truly at wits end.
At these exorbitant market rate rents, this is beyond disgraceful.
Yet other tenants tell me their apartments are like a pizza oven.
What to do? What to do?
I am at wits end.
I called Susan Steinberg with my tale of woe.
She listened sympathetically, pondered my issue, thought some more, then exclaimed,
"I've got it! JUST CALL RICK!"
7 14 pm made me laugh out loud. the decorations!!! she loves them has she never seen the it's fake i tell you. It cannot be a real person
I always had heat,usually too much, under MetLife, Tishman, and Compass Crock. This year under Blackstone, zero. Absolutely no heat. Temperatures have been recorded and sent to 311. Also emailed them to Peter W to show him he’s a lying sack of shit. Bet his apartment is toasty.
The other joke with heat are the thermometers Rick gave out so everyone could take the temperatures in their icy cold apartments. the temperatures always seem to be 75 degrees or higher. Another bundle of money wasted.
I have one space heater and will get another to compensate.
can we ring buzz up to Rick's flat when there's an issue with noise? Rick does not have these problems. Why?
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