I would add "enjoy the weather," but it's freezing!
Tuesday, January 22, 2019
Thursday, January 17, 2019
I've Never Seen Stuy Town Look So Bad - Continued
On January 3rd of this year, I posted photos of "spray painting" by Playground 12. Despite a couple of rainy days (which, we are told, would get rid of any spray painting), the removal of the painting did not occur, though it was lessened to a degree. Also, despite heading over the PS office nearby twice and hearing that the mother of the kid that did this assured PS that the painting would be gone, nothing much seemed done. Once again, it seemed that no one cared.
Yesterday, I headed over to take photos again. This is the result:
This is not all. On Tuesday, a meeting was held for the neighborhood at 13th Precinct, something the police does every month. "Our" TA made posts on their Facebook, giving the date and time, and making it seem that Stuy Town residents would do well to attend and voice their concerns about the cozy relationship between the 13th and our PS force. It was suggested to the TA that it should be there and present ST and PCV concerns. I was there. Officially, the TA was NOT.
This is something I see again and again. That "our" TA does little to engage Management. In fact, the word is that the relationship between Management and the TA is master and slave. You guess who is the slave....
Of course, this is not all. I can post about the lack of heat, the "club" cars going this way and that, including across 20th Street, the discarded mattresses on the loops, the wretched condition of the paths, the noise and filth from the construction of the subway extension on 14th Street, the overflowing truck that picks up garbage along 1st Avenue, etc....
And here is a preview of what I see everyday in Peter Cooper Village (photo taken yesterday, too):
This is how wonderful our community is.
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Update 1/19/2019. Photo taken this morning:
I have seen a couple mattresses covered, as required by law, but I have seen quite a few recently that are not covered, and one time, four together! Also, on my way back from Associated, I saw once again that nothing had been done to clean up the paint spray near Playground 12. I guess no one really cares, including PS and our Management. (I've made three visits already to the PS office on this issue.) I also saw a dog running inside the "no dog" area walkway by the grass Oval. Welcome to Stuy Town!
Yesterday, I headed over to take photos again. This is the result:
This is not all. On Tuesday, a meeting was held for the neighborhood at 13th Precinct, something the police does every month. "Our" TA made posts on their Facebook, giving the date and time, and making it seem that Stuy Town residents would do well to attend and voice their concerns about the cozy relationship between the 13th and our PS force. It was suggested to the TA that it should be there and present ST and PCV concerns. I was there. Officially, the TA was NOT.
This is something I see again and again. That "our" TA does little to engage Management. In fact, the word is that the relationship between Management and the TA is master and slave. You guess who is the slave....
Of course, this is not all. I can post about the lack of heat, the "club" cars going this way and that, including across 20th Street, the discarded mattresses on the loops, the wretched condition of the paths, the noise and filth from the construction of the subway extension on 14th Street, the overflowing truck that picks up garbage along 1st Avenue, etc....
And here is a preview of what I see everyday in Peter Cooper Village (photo taken yesterday, too):
This is how wonderful our community is.
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Update 1/19/2019. Photo taken this morning:
I have seen a couple mattresses covered, as required by law, but I have seen quite a few recently that are not covered, and one time, four together! Also, on my way back from Associated, I saw once again that nothing had been done to clean up the paint spray near Playground 12. I guess no one really cares, including PS and our Management. (I've made three visits already to the PS office on this issue.) I also saw a dog running inside the "no dog" area walkway by the grass Oval. Welcome to Stuy Town!
Thursday, January 3, 2019
I've Never Seen Stuy Town Look So Bad
Yesterday, on my way to Associated, I came across a kid, his mom near him, with a spay can "painting" the sidewalk next to Playground 12. There were several paints, too. As I looked on, disbelieving, four PS guards were walking my way. Three of them turned off and walked further down the loop, but one of the guards went by the "painting." Though I didn't hear him, I assume he wanted some answers. On my way back, I saw the kid, without his mom, and he was on his hands and knees scrubbing away a part of what he had written. Looking at this, I knew he would have immense difficulty in getting any paint off. (These were not crayons, btw, but paint.) I headed to the PS office from Associated and was told that the mom had promised that the painting would be cleaned up. It was getting dark. I kinda felt sorry for the kid, too.
As predicted, the paint was impossible to scrub out, and this morning, a little after 9am, the "paintings" are still there.
This post is not just about the paintings, it is about Stuy Town. There have been a couple of improvements, true. But I see every day, and many times in that day, violations of "the rules." Not my rules, but either Stuy Town rules or the city rules. I have never seen this place looks so bad, so cheap, as I do now.
I pay a true stabilized rent, and even that seems too much. I pity those who pay much more; I also pity those that do not get proper heat, or that live at 14th Street and hear the noise there and take in the dirt and fumes. I pity those that live around the "Ice" playground and have to listen to the staccato, loud noise of hockey pucks hitting a barrier.
Meanwhile, our TA is silent, our local politicians, too.
Welcome.
As predicted, the paint was impossible to scrub out, and this morning, a little after 9am, the "paintings" are still there.
This post is not just about the paintings, it is about Stuy Town. There have been a couple of improvements, true. But I see every day, and many times in that day, violations of "the rules." Not my rules, but either Stuy Town rules or the city rules. I have never seen this place looks so bad, so cheap, as I do now.
I pay a true stabilized rent, and even that seems too much. I pity those who pay much more; I also pity those that do not get proper heat, or that live at 14th Street and hear the noise there and take in the dirt and fumes. I pity those that live around the "Ice" playground and have to listen to the staccato, loud noise of hockey pucks hitting a barrier.
Meanwhile, our TA is silent, our local politicians, too.
Welcome.
Update 1/6.2019:
Yesterday it rained all day. Let's look at the "paint spray." Should be gone by now with all this rain. Let's see:
