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!
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For some reason, Blackstone is running this place into the ground and turning it into a slum. I'm sure they have their reasons, and they are bound to be all about money. Either that, or they hired a very inept and indifferent person to manage the place. I don't think Rick really cares about the living conditions here. I get the feeling he isn't around that much and has very little interest in his job.
Rick just does what he is told to do. He doesn't own the place.
If you check out photo number one, you will note something else besides the paint: The condition of the walkway. Much of the walkways of Stuy Town and Peter Cooper Village look like this. They are a disgrace. But what can you expect with club cars all over the place, Segways, etc.
Well, The Doctor is back, writing to T&V again.
As a reader of T&V since the late Fifties (fortunately, one no longer has to pay anything to access it), can report that it has always been a propaganda arm of Management/advertising vehicle, and is in no way "informative"--unless one reads carefully 'between the lines'.
Furthermore, under The Founder, Hagedorn, Sr., it was a mouthpiece for the most reactionary and prejudiced viewpoints on every subject.
Of course, neither Hagedorn--both Sr. and Jr.--nor the 'staff' (currently, 3 people) ever actually lived here.
StuyTown landlord Blackstone wants to continue its control of NYC City Hall from Bloomberg through deBlasio and onto the next person they put there.
Here is who they are lining up to continue the Blackstone control of public servants from DHCR to City Hall.
Past experience during his decades in public service, his current job on Wall Street, and his current real estate friends including StuyTown landlord Blackstone shady executives are very good reason to never vote David Paterson for any public office.
https://pagesix.com/2018/10/07/friends-urging-ex-gov-david-paterson-to-run-for-office-again/
Well, I guess the property is running at a loss. No heat (hardly any and none overnight); no upkeep of grounds; constant, desperate advertising for tenants and more people moving OUT than are moving in. Says something about the state of affairs. I've spoken to several people who are paying big bucks to live here and they say they didn't anticipate such lack of heat during the cold months and that they can't wait to move out. I hope the bastards running this place are happy that they are creating so much misery. I hope Karma comes back to bite them in the ass.
Wow, lovely website. Thnx ...
There's no loss, financial. Blackstone is doing very well. They just don't care about the peons.
>>Well, The Doctor is back, writing to T&V again.<<
What Doctor are we referring to?
">>Well, The Doctor is back, writing to T&V again.<<
What Doctor are we referring to?"
That crackpot gal who wrote about how wonderful Rick and StuyTown were. The "psychologist."
It is my impression that some truly ugly people in the Blackstone Group have ORDERED their "management" of Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village to CUT BACK SEVERELY ON HEAT THIS 2018-2019 WINTER.
These are the same Blackstone Group people who designate the Oval "a great resource" and who were, I am near certain, behind the daily horror show of "entertainment" on the Oval almost every night through June, July, August, and further into the Fall this year.
It is my impression that, like Captain Jean Luc Picard of the U.S. Starship Enterprise (Star Trek, for those of who unfamiliar with this icon), WHOMEVER in Blackstone Group said to Ri Hayduk and others on his level: MAKE IT SO.
In other words, I think it more than likely that the "management" people here were ORDERED TO TOTALLY NEUTRALIZE SECURITY, DESTROY THE GROUNDS, PULL IN airbnb, INCREASE THE NUMBER OF DORM ROOMS, INCREASE THE NOISE AND "EVENTS" DURING THE SUMMER AND WINTER (INCLUDING THE RINK), AND DEFINITELY
REDUCE OR ELIMINATE HEAT.
It seems to me that "management" is tasked with (1) reducing or eliminating heat while being deprived of (2) ALL RESOURCES WITH WHICH TO DEAL WITH SCREAMING, COMPLAINING, DESPERATE, INFURIATED FREEZING RESIDENTS.
In other words, the bastards way up further in Blackstone told the poor working stiffs here (Rick and Company) to goddamn stop/severely reduce the heat and then, "you're on your own when the tenants go nuts screaming and demanding heat."
Like lots of "bosses" who assign horrible tasks to employees and then leave the employees to flounder and drown.
Please, please, please: do not interpret this as a declaration on my part of acceptability. I am simply explaining what I an nearly 100% certain is happening here.
I have worked in too many organizations in which these exact same tactics were used. I've written about this previously. It is hideous and my response, personally, has always been, HELL NO, I WON'T DO IT. But, most people do go along with anything "the boss" demands. Out of FEAR.
And, as I've written before: if any of the employees here, including Rick, Kelly, and all of the others, say NO, they're in a similar situation to which we obviously can all relate: OPENLY DEFYING THOSE WHO PAY YOU, OR OWN YOUR HOME CAN EVENTUATE IN YOUR HOMELESSNESS ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
If people posting on this blog were not petrified of eviction, they'd post names, addresses, phone numbers, e-mail addresses and ORGANIZE AGAINST BLACKSTONE.
And again, I strongly urge you to read up on Blackstone Group and on its head, Stephen Schwarzman, and the real estate head, Jon Gray. These people, and many who work with them and for them, in the upper tiers, are patently psychopathic creatures who consistently hurt others. It ain't just us, I'm afraid. Find out about it.
Blackstone is nothing more then a shadow bank. This is also public, published knowledge.
That makes them one ponzi scam away from a collapsing hollow house of cards.
>>Well, The Doctor is back, writing to T&V again.<<
Yeah, I saw that now. Almost passed it by because it was so inconsequential and brief. Apparently her mission in life is to spread good cheer.
This is not a blog devoted to Madoff. There could be one, and welcome to making it.
the bastards way up further in Blackstone told the poor working stiffs here (Rick and Company) to goddamn stop/severely reduce the heat and then, "you're on your own when the tenants go nuts screaming and demanding heat.
Oh, please. Stop it. No one is forcing Rick and Company to work for Blackstone. If Rick and Company had an ounce of shame, pride or humanity, they would not work for an organization that INTENTIONALLY INFLICTS HARM ON OTHER HUMAN BEINGS BY DEPRIVING THEM OF HEAT.
Friday morning, 5:35AM
Pipes ice cold.
64 degrees in both bedroom and living room. What a joke! Only I'm not laughing.
WHERE is the Tenants Association in all this?
Not a peep out of them in regards to heat issues.
Kindly explain WHAT they do?!
I have just discovered this blog.
Very enlightening.
I, too, am with minimal or no heat.
The heating pipes are invariably cold.
They will send up a puff of heat and then nothing.
I live on a low floor. Yet some people on my line say they are roasting, others say they are freezing.
For the rents charged, this is truly a disgraceful situation.
“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
The heat is frequently below 62 degrees overnight. It just about nudges 68 during the daytime, no matter how cold it is outside.
If Rick had an ounce of decency and dignity and pride (not to mention compassion), he would defy his evil, godless bosses and put the heat on. He's just a flunky hanging in till he can retire and collect his pension. He is totally indifferent as to what a shit hole this place has become.
They post crap on their blog telling the tenants that they are on their own and reply “very good” when someone posts about management sealing their windows. They are a waste.
We know the regulations. Stop posting them.The apartments are cold.
LOL. So today I got letter from JP Morgan, the bank that is now holding tenants security deposits. Everything was nicely detailed. There were a few dollars taken for Federal income tax, but the rest of the money ($7.77) was taken by "Tenant Security Agent Admin Fee." Who/What is that? I will ask when office hours are in place. I do know that with Citibank, there was at least a dollar plus that went to the tenant. No more with Chase. I guess we are lucky that we are not paying for the privilege of Chase holding our money. At least right now.
Heat? Heat?
Can anyone send up some heat?
I love the way the TA is denying responsibility for the heat issue
“Friday morning, 5:35AM
Pipes ice cold.
64 degrees in both bedroom and living room.”
“We know the regulations. Stop posting them”
Clearly, some people writing comments on this blog do NOT know the heating requirements. The reason I posted them was to let Shivering Sally know that at 5:35am 64 degrees was acceptable under the law. Although I think that a minimum heat requirement of 62 degrees between 10pm and 6am is absurdly low and cold in the middle of winter, the City of New York does NOT. And, whether you like it or not or agree with it or not, it’s what the City thinks that counts legally.You would not have a winnable, legal case against Blackstone for only providing 64 degrees of heat at that hour.
EVERY MORNING THE DUDE ABOVE US DROPS SHIT. SOUNDS LIKE A GYM UP THERE, LIFTING, DROPPING, PUMPING. NO FUCKING RUGS AT ALL AT ALL. WE ARE SICK OF THIS DUMP NO RULES ABOUT CARPETS AND PAYING TOP DOLLAR FOR IT. YES I WILL GLADLY SET UP AIRBNB AND GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE.
STR,
The dollar you used to receive a check for was withheld as federal tax this time around. You can add it to your other tax documents as tax withheld. Additionally, if you are still able to itemize your deductions you can add the administration fee to your schedule A.
The TA is a total waste of time. They can't (and won't) help with anything. They will tell you to call Rick, get a thermometer and pay your annual dues. Beyond that, they do nothing. Oh, they'll shill for certain politicians who are their friends (former board members) and pose for photo ops with them, but don't ever expect any help from them.
>>The dollar you used to receive a check for was withheld as federal tax this time around. You can add it to your other tax documents as tax withheld. Additionally, if you are still able to itemize your deductions you can add the administration fee to your schedule A.<<
Thank you. I checked the rate of interest in a savings account since 1960, which at the time was 10.4%. The highest rate was the following decade at 12.9%. Now it is down to below 2.4%. This is a general figure, of course. Banks, which are regulated by the government, have done little, as I see it, to make sure that people save. The message is spend, spend, spend, pay, pay, pay.
Is Chase, where our one month's rent goes to, related to Chase Blackstone, which is an actual company?
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/19/shopping-for-a-savings-account-finally-pays-off.html
Vomit on the stairwell floor.
Dog shit too.
Urine in the elevator.
Beer cans left outside the carriage room door.
Condom found in washing machine by my neighbor.
Sporadic heat if any.
Stone cold silence by our so-called Tenants Association.
Love those "amenities".
Nice job, TA President Susan "Just Call Rick" Steinberg!
And you still shill for a $50 TA "membership" fee...
I don't think so.
Have you no shame?
>>Condom found in washing machine by my neighbor.<<
You live in a very unruly building!
The TA is an arm of Management, as is T&V. Both organizations are not worth even considering giving one brown penny to.
There's already been a fire caused by a space heater because the vermin at Blackstone refuse to provide heat.
Got to love that snarky TA. No interest in actually helping tenants with the heat.
I wonder how many crabs are on that mattress? There was a comment and thread on the TA fb about some guy whose room mate would have one-night stands when she had the apartment to herself and let folks sleep in the room mates' beds. Yeech!
The rate of STDs in this dorm/dump/illegal hotel shithole must be astronomical.
I know many people who now use space heaters.
I also know many people who claim their apartments are way too warm.
The space heaters are a fire waiting to happen.
This is a safety issue which Management should address.
and there you have it. Tenants are fed up and turn to Airbnb. Listening Rick? Listening and reading Blackstone?
No heat and Resident Services is closed for epweekend. Didn't they used to stay open for limited hours on weekend?
Clearly, this is a pattern of calculated tenant harassment and reduction of services. The heat is not a service that Management can arbitrarily reduce. It is a legal requirement and Management is breaking the law. How do they get away with this! Bribes to the City agency that has oversight in these matters? Bribes to our political representatives (I'm talking to you, Power) to look the other way?
There's something very dirty and sinister going down and we need a thorough investigation.
Will not pay dues until they do something. Did not pay last year.
Received membership renewal form from Tenants Association.
Tossed it into the trash where it belongs.
I would be stunned if they had more than a handful of members...er...suckers.
Exactly what is the membership number, Susan?
Can't hear you, Susan.
Susan, Susan...
I'm sorry, but once again I accidentally deleted something I should not have. It was a comment about a nanny suing her tenants, who had installed a "secret" camera in the bathroom. The apartment is in Stuy Town. The police are involved.
Here's the story:
https://nypost.com/2019/01/19/this-nanny-is-taking-on-cops-prosecutors-after-finding-boss-spycam-in-bathroom/
OMG! Just read that NYP article about the Nanny. It just shows how corrupt and despicable the cops at the 13th Pct are. The vile people who installed the camera (the Seltzers) are bad enough and I hope this really comes back to bit them in the ass (and bank account), but what shocks me even more is the behavior of the 13th Pct cops. They obviously are on the take when it comes to the wealthy and connected and it's no wonder that there is so much crime here and so little policing. Who the Hell knows what kind of stuff has gone down and been covered up by these corrupt, filthy cops and their "patrons."
There's something so unwholesome and sinister about this whole stinking place and the people who run it (and some who live in it) that it makes my skin crawl. Rick makes my skin crawl because he is such a phoney. The property is worse now than it's ever been. The QOL has gone down the sewer and the safety and well-being of the tenants who pay good money to live here, has been severely jeopardized by this vile Management.
What goes on here, from the covered-up criminal activity and the withholding of heat, should be made public. Very public. Heads should roll - and we'll start with Rick's head.
Regarding the heat (or lack thereof) situation: I've lived in a lot of different places (in NYC and other cities), and I have NEVER, EVER come across a landlord that responded to heat complaints by handing out free thermometers! This is really bizarre! They must have stocked up on thousands of these rinky-dinky little cheapies (which I doubt are very accurate) because they anticipated a lot of complaints this winter. They knew they were going to cut back on the heat. I have always had plenty of heat, but not this winter! This is a deliberate, calculated strategy that they are employing and I can't imagine what they are getting out of it. I don't believe they are saving that much money on steam, and what they save on steam they lose on electricity because so many people are buying space heaters. This is really, really bizarre behavior! They are risking fires (very expensive to a landlord, especially if people die) and the amount of bad will they are generating is really going to cost them.
Could be that they are hoping there will be a catastrophic fire and then they can tear a building (or two) down? Who knows what goes through the warped and satanic minds of the Blackstones of this world!
YES, QUITE RECENTLY THEY MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO REACH RESIDENT SERVICES ON THE WEEKEND.
YES, EXACTLY WHEN THE WEATHER WENT DANGEROUS.
I spoke to Security a little while ago (Sunday night, the 20th of January, 2019, temperature at 19 degrees and dropping outside, with a wind chill factor of who knows what and dropping to 8 degrees? 4 degrees? 15 degrees below 0 wind chill?)
Yes, this is calculated AND ESCALATED TENANT HARASSMENT.
Security sure as hell doesn't have 60 people "patrolling" tonight. They laughed when I asked if they did.
Security told me that tonight, a DANGEROUSLY COLD NIGHT, there are probably ONE or TWO "engineers" who can give us heat for OVER 89 BUILDINGS IN OVER 8,000 APARTMENTS.
I am going to be writing a short, one-page letter describing the heating situation and asking for one person with some decency and ethics and compassion TO TURN ON THE HEAT HERE.
I will be writing to something like 25-30 people identified as involved with Blackstone Group's real estate division, based on Park Avenue.
NO, I DON'T HAVE MUCH IN THE WAY OF POSITIVE EXPECTATIONS. But, you never know until you try.
If anyone would like to join me, I'd be pleased, and encouraged. As always: e-mail me at quietenjoymentnow@gmail.com to let me know to include your name. More names will help, of course. Whether or no, I write.
The Post needs to report the heat problems. More important.
1:10 AM MONDAY 09/21/19
510 EAST 23rd STREET
14 DEGREES OUTSIDE
NO HEAT
Pipes ICE COLD 9:10AM, Monday
Outdoor temperature 9 degrees.
Indoor reading in living room 60 degrees.
Indoor reading in bedroom 59 degrees.
They have brought the property down to the level of NYCHA. This is a deliberate, calculated plan. If we had a Tenants Association they would be up in arms about this. They are a bunch of frauds and should be ecpxposed for what they are. WE HAVE A SLUMLORD LANDLORD AND NO TENANTS ASSOCIATION. When there is a death resulting from the withholding of heat, Hayduk will disappear and have to be extradited to stand trial. Mark my words.
If we had a tenants association, they would be organizing demonstrations outside the leasing office. Why doesn't the city issue summonses against Blackstone? Could it be that the corruption of Blackstone and the DeBAdmin prevent any action in favor of tenants? Where is Powers while we freeze to death?
What is with playground 4, it has been closed for months and is currently flooded and frozen. You could ice skate in there!
Does anyone who reads this blog have any connections in the media or press? If Blackstone was publicly outed for the bastard slumlord that it is, it might help. Of course, we would have to prevent Susan getting her mug in front of a camera!
STR - I’m the person whose link to the NY Post article about the nanny being spied on you accidentally deleted.
What I said in addition to providing the link was that if the allegations in the article were true, they show stunning abuses of power by both the Stuytown tenant — who is a lawyer — AND POLICE OFFICERS FROM THE 13TH PRECINCT.
Wow..reading that post article about the nanny was really hard. What a horrible story. The worst part is that she doesn't stand much of a chance of getting justice considering the Seltzers political connections. I'm sure the corrupt Manhattan DA will tell the corrupt Brooklyn DA to walk it out forever and never let the case see the light of day. Her only hope is to collect as much bank as she can in a civil suit. Really sad display of the corruption in NY politics, even the NYPD is corrupt. Really sad, no wonder more people leave NY than any other state. One word answers why....CORRUPTION...from Cuomo all the way down to the police officers at the 13th precinct! Sad state of affairs when Democrats rule.
Who agreed to this Blackstone takeover of stytown anyway?
What's with closing the Resident Services office at weekends? I know they have shorter hours during the summer, but we really need them to be open during the winter because that is when most of the emergencies happen - floods, heat problems, all kinds of things. I guess these greedy jerks are saving some money by closing the RS office. Boy! Did we ever get sold down the river to a slumlord! Thanks, DeB, TA and all the dirty politicians involved.
Now, these are De Blasio's kind of landlords. We did marginally better.
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-metro-cluster-cluster-011119-story.html
https://theintercept.com/2018/01/20/you-think-your-landlord-is-bad-try-renting-from-wall-street/
https://inequality.org/great-divide/wall-street-landlord/
https://therealdeal.com/2018/12/24/these-are-nycs-biggest-rental-landlords/
http://www.blackstoneestateagents.com/news/articles/Landlords-prefer-tenants-without-children-801840830.aspx
I didn't know that Stuy Town had a "Preferred Employer Program." But here it is:
https://www.stuytown.com/nyc-apartments-info/preferredemployerprogram
"If we had a tenants association, they would be organizing demonstrations outside the leasing office.
Been there, done that, not at all effective.
Still not a word about the heat (or lack thereof) in T&V. Nothing about the reduced hours of Resident Service. Nothing about any of the hell we endure here. Sabina, you should be ashamed of yourself. Clearly, you are on Management's payroll.
>>"If we had a tenants association, they would be organizing demonstrations outside the leasing office.
Been there, done that, not at all effective.<<
Well, it depends. Not for the small number that did turn up, at most two weeks max. That yellow placard that one was supposed to put on a window also failed. No one cares is the lesson. Or at least few care.
Also, please remember that for the recent meeting at the 13 Precinct, the TA did not officially show up. But they urged tenants to show up. As many tenants as possible. The TA, however, was not there.
"Also, please remember that for the recent meeting at the 13 Precinct, the TA did not officially show up. But they urged tenants to show up. As many tenants as possible. The TA, however, was not there."
The TA only shows up when there will be politicians present and photo ops for Susan.
If anyone cares to look on the official TA facebook and the unofficial tenants facebook, you will see so many complaints about lack of heat. Temperatures down in the low sixties - waaaay below the legal minimum. I guess Sabina Mollot never reads those pages, or this blog. Gropers at subway stations are more up her alley (so to speak).
There was a time when the Tenants Association would have taken issue with Management and organized a demonstration, not that anybody need to do that when MetLife managed the property. At least, not over heat issues.
I can't believe that Management is being allowed to get away with harming tenants in this manner. Where is Powers? Wait. He is probably on the "payroll" of Blackstone, just like the sleazy idiot who calls himself "Mayor."
This is situation is inexcusable and it is most definitely deliberate. It is harassment a la Blackstone.
The prior TA attempts at organizing failed not due to the subject but due to the fact that no one trusts the leadership of the TA.
The heat (or lack of heat) situation is getting worse and worse. I think we should bombard 311 with heat complaints and notify the press and, maybe, NY1. I am always seeing NY1 covering NYCHA buildings that don't have heat (and in most cases they have no hot water either), and I don't see why we should be left out in the cold (no pun intended) because we are not NYCHA. We are getting the same bad treatment by an unscrupulous landlord that is making money hand over fist and depriving us of a basic human and legal right. The Kushner buildings couldn't be much worse than this. Maybe they are all of an ilk, but I am sick of paying major bucks to these bloodsuckers to live in a freezing cold apartment and be told by some idiot in RS that I am the only one complaining and that I have to have one of their thermometers, blah blah blah.
I wonder if the Department of Consumer Affairs could be called in on this? Clearly, this despicable outfit is allowed to get away with no end of law-breaking. They say the fish rots from the head up and just look at the goon in City Hall!
Space heaters on full blast in bedroom and living room.
Wonderful!
You would think at these obscene rents we would get a little heat.
Nah!
Wishful thinking on my part.
Calling 311 about insufficient heat is a colossal waste of time . I know from past experience. If you call them today they might show up in a few weeks to investigate
It was orchestrated by Dan the Man Garodnick, deblasio, and the TA.
IT IS OFFICIAL.
BLACKSTONE AND THEIR EMPLOYEES HERE ARE HARASSING US WITH THE LACK OF HEAT.
IT IS DELIBERATE, ORCHESTRATED, AND SCRIPTED.
IT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED TO ME IN MORE THAN ONE WAY.
I THINK/KNOW THAT MANY POLITICIANS ARE IN ON IT. IN OTHER WORDS, PRIVATE INDUSTRY AND OUR GOVERNMENT IS DELIBERATELY, MALICIOUSLY (LEGAL: "WITH MALICE AFORETHOUGHT") DOING THIS TO US. WHICH IS NOTHING NEW. JUST PEOPLE BEING PEOPLE.
REPEAT: LACK OF HEAT IS DELIBERATE HARASSMENT.
Why are they doing this? There has to be a reason.
Town & Village is a Management rag. Am ending my subscription after it runs out.
"Why are they doing this?"
Easy. This is how this species behaves. Greedy, grasping, avaricious, intent on seizing everything they can, controlling everything they can, destroying everything they can.
People who are dead inside, with no ability to feel their connection to other people and other life on Planet Earth behave like this.
I think it's one reason we have seen such an uptick in zombie movies: our species is moving ever further away from the Earth Herself and reverence for all life forms.
What kind of property did Rick manage before this? I find it very hard to believe he was in charge of a "quality" property because we really do have slum conditions here. I've lived in a bona fide slum in childhood and this is very reminiscent of those conditions. Very sad. I hope they get rid of him and hire somebody who knows how to do the job. He is probably a very nice man, but he just does not know how to run a property in the correct manner. He has reduced the desirability and, therefore, the value of this property IMO.
For goodness sakes. It is not him, it is Blackstone, his employers. If you think any other manager would be different you are dreaming. He FOLLOWS ORDERS
Yes, please read up on Blackstone. They are infamous around the world. People publicly protested their practices in Spain, and I think there are photographs of people PROTESTING HERE, AT THEIR 345 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK CITY HEADQUARTERS!
A woman I met here last summer told me a relative of hers in AUSTRALIA was having trouble with her landlord, Blackstone.
Also, as people have written before, look up the head of the firm, Stephen Schwarzman.
Highly recommended, this documentary which includes a look at Schwarzman's thinking and behavior, among other billionaires:
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/films/park-avenue/
9 14 am not true many have been better and all have been employees of nasty corporations.
8:11 -
I am not sure whether or not that is true. The Blackstone Group is known worldwide as a particularly depraved organization. Its head, Steven Schwarzman, has been characterized as a psychopath by people in his own “profession,” which occupation is arguably psychopathic on its face.
I have no respect for anyone who makes their career working for Blackstone. People like Hayduk work for this vile organization because they have no sense of decency and no conscience.
And knowing this, Garodnick and the TA pushed this deal with the devil.
"And knowing this, Garodnick and the TA pushed this deal with the devil."
I think it's important that we all recognize where the blame for our predicament lies. We shouldn't be surprised that a predatory landlord is acting in a predator manor. Our vitriol belongs squarely on the shoulders of the Tenants association and Little Dan, not Blackstone.
I agree. You can add in Hoylman and Kavannagh as well.
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