Does Blackstone really care? Does anyone, except a few "kooks"?
https://e360.yale.edu/features/leed_building_standards_fail_to_protect_human_health
https://bioinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/pdfs/BioInitiativeReport-RF-Color-Charts.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwyDCHf5iCY
Of course, if Stuy Town wanted to be serious about sustainability/air quality they would get rid of those club cars. Not only are these cars illegal when they cross 20th street (I even saw one today cross against a red light), but the fumes given are quite noticeable. Workers should stop being lazy. And potential renters should not be given rides in a club car (which I have seen many times).
ReplyDeletePosted at the previous thread in 2 posts:
ReplyDelete“And there’s nothing we could do about it. Now they are planning on bring their Carnival Cruise shit to individual buildings"
“I think I was mistaken there and read one of Rick's epistles wrong. So Sorry.”
You were correct. I just saw today one of these sidewalk advertisements for one of these Carnival Cruise Crap type events at the 16th Street (First Ave Loop) entrance to ST:
“Good Vibes Only-Chip and Salas Summer Socials-Tuesdays at 7.30 PM starting June 4th. Meet your neighbors and have a blast. Bring a drink and we’ll provide the snacks, music, games, and prizes. One building per week, look out for an invite in your lobby’s bulletin board.”
Of course they will have amplified music. Of course. Are we not Rubes? From what mindless focus group are they pulling this crap out of?
"Bring a drink”
Are they now promoting private alcohol parties that don’t require a license?
STR, I emailed you a JPG on this.
11:50, all I can say is “how low can they stoop”. Laughable but sad.
ReplyDeleteYES, YES, YES.
ReplyDeleteThey are all set to hurt us with "building" "socials" which include 'YOU DON'T HAVE A GODDAMN RIGHT TO PEACE AND QUIET IN YOUR OWN HOME NO MATTER WHAT YOU THINK' NOISE, NOISE, NOISE and LAUGHING, HYSTERICAL, INANE JACKASSES WHO ARE TERMED "NEIGHBORS" WHO ARE GETTING GODDAMNED DRUNK AS THEY ARE BLASTING YOU OUT OF YOUR HOMES.
(Public drinking and the like is ILLEGAL. REMEMBER? Not here for years. Drink, scream, thrown up in the streets and in your stairwells and elevators. Throw parties every night all night. Take every drug you can think of, ensure your neighbors can only breathe in marijuana. Shit in the stairwells; piss in the stairwells; gather in groups 40 strong and take your ubers to bars to further get drunk; if you're a female, dress like a low rent prostitute, get drunk and bring home strange men and then complain they stole you blind.)
NOPE! NOT ENOUGH DRUNKEN, PEACE-DISTURBING GARBAGE HERE MANY NIGHTS OF THE WEEK. NOW WE BRING IT TO YOUR APARTMENT BUILDING!
Some asshole resident told me she thought this was a "LOVELY" way to "meet her neighbors."
I often wonder why the tornadoes and floods don't make it here.
All of this shit is illegal. We are guaranteed peace, quiet, warrants of habitability. Well, you can have peace and quiet after you jump out of a window of the home they are destroying. Simple, yes?
I was treated to some of the most offensive, insulting, ugly behavior yet by one of the stupidest and most obnoxious twerps (yes, he is a twerp and much worse) destroying our homes: Robert Vazquez "Lifestyle Director!!!!!!!!!"), a young cretin whose obvious feelings of inferiority have driven him to torment us. This supremely idiotic being behaved with the utmost contempt when I asked him to stop hurting us.
He is the genius who screwed with the Senior New Year's Eve Party, informed us we were lucky we could "plan" our time in our homes during summer evenings since we KNEW IN ADVANCE when they were going to turn the Oval into hellish noise for HOURS.
Some of you are finally advocating ACTION against this growing assault on us. WHEN?
Vile, unscrupulous, avaricious, greedy unscrupulous scum.
ReplyDeleteI'm talking about our landlord, of course.
WAIT, could that describe our so-called do nothing Tenants Association as well?
The SILENCE of our Tenants Association re quality of life issues is deafening.
But, wait.
Here comes Susan Steinberg preening for the next photo op in the Town & Village.
Thank goodness. What a heroine. We are saved! Not!
What a fraud!
Unfortunately there are some fools that are tenants here who love the “events “. Not surprised that that woman called the building socials a good way to meet her neighbors. I know a few, old time tenants, who just adore the concerts and movies. Rick uses these fans to implement and escalate his awful social program. When I spoke to him about the oval noise, he stated that many residents like the events. Not as many as they say, but enough to justify this travesty.
ReplyDeleteHow will they stage these hooplah events? Will they be in the lobby? What about people who live in apartments on that floor? Maybe if everybody being disturbed by this stupid nonsense called 911? This place is getting more and more like the projects used to be when every male on the verge of or just into puberty walked around with a radio the size of an air conditioner and blasted loud "music" with no regard for anybody's ears or sanity!
ReplyDeleteI don't want to get to know the people in my building. Apart from a few old timers who I have known for several years, the demo seems to be students and transients. The students are a pretty nice crowd, but the transients are obnoxious. There's an AirBnB operating right on my floor. I keep my door securely locked and avoid all public areas of the building to the extent possible. I stopped using the laundry room ages ago because it was always full of transients who were pests about not knowing how to use the machines (and couldn't speak English) and some mean-looking women who seemed to be running a business by monopolizing ALL the machines and using them ALL over and over with the mountains of laundry they had. If they worked for a family it must have been one with about 25 kids.
ReplyDeleteNice going, Rick. You really run this place well. NOT!
PS Rick: keep your sucky bread and circus gimmicks and start managing the property with at least a modicum of competence and professionalism.
Where does Rick get these dumb ideas? Doesn't he know that the majority of us would like him to focus his attention on running the property as a clean, safe and QUIET place to live? It used to be that when you walked onto the property you felt a sense of peace and calm, especially after a day of work and dealing with the noise and commotion and stink of good ole New York City. It was a beautiful place to come home to and we looked forward to relaxing in our homes. Now, we have to go out to get away from the stupid (and atrocious!) efforts by Rick and his loser "entertainment director" to "entertain" us.
ReplyDeleteYou're in the wrong job Rick. There's plenty of work you could be doing to make the place a well-run RESIDENTIAL apartment complex. Instead, you force-feed us YOUR idea of entertainment that we neither want nor need. As a resort manager you were probably excellent. As a residential property manager you absolutely suck.
Hey Rick, go run a summer camp.
ReplyDeleteYou have absolutely no idea of how to run a residential community.
These gimmicks are supported by Blackstone though Rick runs them They are a feeble attempt to show that we have amenities which we do not. I too have no desire to meet the low life students and transients in my building. How far will they go to promote this dorm dump. The demo here is disgusting
ReplyDeleteHayduk is not running this dump, Blackstone is. He is merely their PR man and they dictate and approve his crap
ReplyDeleteBad enough seeing this low life student, subsidized and transient demo in the elevators and laundry. Who wants to meet them in a social. Enough is enough already
ReplyDeleteRick’s bosses are happy with this PR crap
ReplyDeleteRick is s Management puppet. You all are wrong to think he is doing this garbage on his own.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure where you're getting your information, but great topic.
ReplyDeleteI needs to spend some time learning more or
understanding more. Thanks for great information I was looking
for this information for my mission.
Ease up a little. Kick back with some neighbors over some chips n- salsa... Plenty of polite friendly newcomers (nice young people) in my building. Some rotten apples but not too bad on balance. (I Live here 30 years)
ReplyDeleteWhat i don't understood is actually how you are now not really much
ReplyDeletemore well-appreciated than you may be now. You're so intelligent.
You already know thus significantly when it comes to this topic, made me for my part believe it from so many various angles.
Its like women and men aren't involved except
it's something to do with Woman gaga! Your individual stuffs nice.
Always handle it up!
>>Ease up a little. Kick back with some neighbors over some chips n- salsa... Plenty of polite friendly newcomers (nice young people) in my building. Some rotten apples but not too bad on balance. (I Live here 30 years)<<
ReplyDeleteI've had some good luck with my neighbors near me. No major problems, except once, by now several years ago, when a very loud and obnoxious NYU group lived above me. And later, the "clicking heels" on bare floors from another group. Otherwise, no complaints from me with my neighbors. So, it depends where you are and what neighbors you will have.
If we want to socialize with our neighbors we can do it on our own. I have made several ST friends and we socialize at the cafe and go out to other places. This ploy by Blackstone is just a gimmick to encourage us to accept the NYU and transient population they are renting to. No matter how nice and polite they may be and some are, I DO NOT WANT TO LIVE IN A DORM.
ReplyDeleteOther buildings have pools and holiday parties to socialize at. This kind of crap is PR to accept Whois renting here. Get real folks.
ST reporter, if you are condoning this type of event, then you are accepting the concerts and movies as well. Maybe more noise, but same concept.
ReplyDelete@11:03: What the heck are you talking about?
ReplyDelete>>ST reporter, if you are condoning this type of event, then you are accepting the concerts and movies as well. Maybe more noise, but same concept.<<
ReplyDeleteUnless I was drunk, I was not condoning the salsa and chips events. Please. If I want to socialize with my neighbors, I will do so without salsa and chip events!
I can't imagine just how and where they are going to have these salsa and chips events. The buildings get dirty enough with all the slobs who drop litter and they are noisy enough with all the bros and their beer parties. I am sick of the hooting, braying, cursing bros downstairs from me. I DO NOT want to socialize with these people! Thank you! I already socialize with several of my neighbors who I have become friends with over the years. You can't force friendship on people. I doubt the students would be interested in these salsa and chips events. Maybe some lonely souls would be - and I think they are the ones who attend the Oval atrocities.
ReplyDeleteI agree that I would never attend these ridiculous affairs, but you would be surprised that some might not be lonely souls. I have neighbors who just love socializing at the concerts and I suspect that they would attend these stupid events too. They are not lonely, old souls but they keep Hayduk and company going with this nonsense.
DeleteThe noise pollution around the Oval with those tacky "events", the so-called "Socials", the eagerly awaited 5 Turd Cafe booze basin...aren't we lucky!
ReplyDeleteWhen I contacted the Tenants Association about my concerns, they did not have the decency to give me a response.
Even a form letter or email would have been OK.
Not even that.
What's that, Susan? You want $50 for my membership renewal.
NOT A CHANCE!
A fraudulent, corrupt pseudo-organization.
Their only response is to e-mail Rick. When I got that response, I knew they were just an arm of management. They do nothing about QOL here.
Delete>>I can't imagine just how and where they are going to have these salsa and chips events.<<
ReplyDeleteMy feeling is that Management will do it "in your face." Somewhere outside where it can be seen. The residents who see this will want to know what is going on. Management will gladly tell them.
Prediction:
ReplyDelete"Our Popular Salsa and Chips Socials."
That's the way Management will spin this in ads, etc.
Was just reading a few recent positive reviews of this dump on Yelp. Clearly phony or if not these people either have ties to management or live in selective apartments.
ReplyDeleteThe repetitive mantra of Susan and the Tenants Association to all quality of life issues is "Just call Rick."
ReplyDeleteI'm supposed to pay $50 to a phony organization to hear that???
You gotta be kidding, Susan.
One of the elevators in my building has been malfunctioning for at least three weeks. I have reported it 3 times, but nothing gets done. I don't know if there is a department of the City that takes complaints about malfunctioning elevators. The folks in NYCHA never got any response from the City so I doubt we would. It takes a serious injury or death before they show an interest and feign regret.
ReplyDeleteIf only Rick and Co. would focus their efforts on running this property as a safe and pleasant place to live, instead of wasting what little talent they have on those tacky, gimmicky events and other acts of desperation, they would actually be earning their living honestly.
"Hey Rick, go run a summer camp."
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Just from casual observation walking around I estimate a fairly large number of summer camps, preschool groups and small daycare/babysitting enterprises operate notoriously onsite this former 80-acre oasis.
Legal? Illegal?
Like transients and dogs, Blackstone doesn't really give a Flying Fu#k.
The one I see is sponsored by ST. They wear special shirts. Have not seen others, but it would be no surprise.
Delete"If only Rick and Co. would focus their efforts on running this property as a safe and pleasant place to live, instead of wasting what little talent they have on those tacky, gimmicky events and other acts of desperation, they would actually be earning their living honestly."
ReplyDeleteSpot on. Thanks. But has been previously posted, many long term tenants seem to love this crap. Curious to see how many of them actually face the Oval Noise Events.
Always have a good laugh when I read that management rag T&V. In the article on the flea market, Hayduk was spinning crap about the fact that he saw so many children, strollers and families. Big deal. Many were from outside. You can’t hide the fact anymore Rick that this is now largely a student and transient dump. You are no longer renting to families unless they stay one year or less. All the PR in print does not change that. I just look in my elevator and laundry room and see the low life demo here. They spin that family crap at every event. Don’t believe it for a minute.
ReplyDeletePeter on the TA site announced that they had”gone fishing for the weekend.” WHO CARES. Those do nothing hypocrites act like they are so important. Sickening. Their cute little posts are nauseating. Frauds. And people actually put likes up and respond to them.
ReplyDelete"Gone Fishing" That should be the permanent sign of our TA!
ReplyDeleteIt seems I accidentally deleted a comment on the "Gone Fishing" post. Please do it again, if you can. Thanks, and sorry!
ReplyDeleteNo surprise that the TA has "gone fishing for the weekend." All of their parasitic members (who constitute only a handful of people) have the financial resources to avoid this place--with all it's attendant problems--as much as possible. It's probably every weekend...and more. STPCV is only their pied-a-terre. This is NOT some crackpot "conspiracy theory."
ReplyDeleteThey act like we really care what they do or actually DON’T DO
ReplyDeleteIt’s funny how Stuy Town posts all these things about veterans on Memorial Day, and how thankful Management is for the vets. Meanwhile there are pretty much no vets who can afford to live here at the current rents. It’s probably more along the lines of this “Thanks for your service, and here are some little ribbons in your commemoration, now die already so we can take your rent stabilized apartment.”
ReplyDeleteAs a Vet, I am very well aware of how the current apartments are not affordable to Vets. Unless you were an officer and work for company that pays a lot.
ReplyDeleteThis not Stuy Town news, but it is Community Board news in Brooklyn, and may be of interest.
ReplyDeletehttps://thecity.nyc/2019/05/brooklyn-community-board-roils-over-26-thousand-dollar-suv-splurge.html
Today, I went to the beach with my children. I found a sea
ReplyDeleteshell and gave it to my 4 year old daughter and said "You can hear the ocean if you put this to your ear." She put the shell to her
ear and screamed. There was a hermit crab inside and it pinched her ear.
She never wants to go back! LoL I know this is entirely
off topic but I had to tell someone!
Have a Happy Memorial Day Parasitic Peter Stuyvesant and Shameless Susan Steinberg of the Tenants Association.
ReplyDelete"Gone fishing" I guess.
VA Hospital on 23rd Street is also a target coveted by REBNY/Wall Street predators for NYU.
ReplyDeleteCorrupt politicians, including Vichy PCVST TA Board, already needlessly handed over our community and our homes (constructed for veterans) to their financial benefactors.
We will bear witness to the VA Hospital and veterans being victimized the same way. Just like what took place at PCVST, the corrupt politicians and and REBNY/Wall Street predators bribing them will deploy a similar script conjuring up a similar twisted, convoluted narrative enabling them to falsely claim that closing down the VA Hospital will somehow be a tremendous benefit for veterans.
I know it's off topic, but has anybody on this blog gone through this latest apartment inspection that is currently in process? I would like to know if a PS officer goes in with the inspector, how many people are in your apartment at the same time and what do they snoop for?
ReplyDeleteI know that Rick put an ad only a few weeks ago for "summer jobs" for people to do this inspecting and that makes me wonder if they have been properly background-checked. We all know that Blackstone only cares about money and doesn't employ the best and the brightest in any capacity and that Rick is their puppet, so this inspection project makes me worry a bit.
I was not home for my inspection and was not concerned. They left me a note that they needed to install a new dual smoke alarm and to call them about a badly peeling pipe in the bathroom. They repainted it. No big deal. They are mainly looking at smoke alarms, carpeting regulation violations and badly peeling paint I believe. I have heard from other residents who had the inspection that they did not pry into closets or such.
ReplyDelete"I would like to know if a PS officer goes in with the inspector, how many people are in your apartment at the same time and what do they snoop for?"
ReplyDeleteI can only tell you that a couple of weeks ago, maintenance people had to enter an apartment when the resident wasn't home. A PS officer was outside in the hallway, fiddling with his phone. All I can say for sure is that however long the maintenance job took, the PS officer wasn't in the apartment throughout it all. I definitely would want to be home for an inspection, regardless of what management says about their precautions and safeguards.
What do ya'll think about the parents living here, no rugs and just let the children run and jump throughout the apartment. PS does shit. Rick doesn't care. Lady working at stuy says they have rugs after inspection... Lmaooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo What kind of parent is just ok with this Is this the type of parents that rent here?
ReplyDeleteSeen at the fountain near our poor polluted, ruined Oval today:
ReplyDelete- 4 people, two young and two old, of both sexes, openly drinking beer in bottles while sitting on a bench. They were NOT happy when a Security Guard was called over, who told them to get rid of the booze.
THIS PUBLIC DRINKING OF ALCOHOL IS PRECISELY WHAT BLACKSTONE HAS BEEN INVITING AND ENCOURAGING FOR YEARS.
- A little girl, with no parent or guardian/caretaker in sight or hearing, was happily walking around the rim of the fountain until a Security Guard took her off.
THIS is the level of parenting Blackstone has attracted.
I'm glad this "holiday" is over. Personally, I look forward to November.
Apartment inspection -
ReplyDeleteI am among the first to worry. A whole bunch!
Yet, as others have posted, it has been very, very quick and painless. Nothing like what some of us expected. There isn't Security as far as I know and only one person comes in, and, surprisingly, they do not act as if they are intent on hurting you in any way.
It doesn't seem at all as if this is yet another way to do you harm.
You need to or We need to get this blog known to all. New tenants cannot see what we post on Facebook and how we are being treated. This happened again.
ReplyDeleteDamages bill: I knew there was NO WAY Stuytown would let me out of my ridiculously overpriced apartment (even though I stayed within the property) without charging me a fine of some sort. I was on here asking about receiving deposit back a while ago... I knew in my gut they would take something, ANYTHING out of me. So here it goes...
$156 for cleaning a windowsill that I left pretty clean except for stains from water damage because the window “sweats” all winter long.
$52 to replace laminate under the sink that was damaged before I moved in and I lived there for a decade with a drawer liner covering the laminate.
$54.72 late fee (THIS IS MY FAVORITE) because they sent the bill to my old address, even though they know where I live now because I still rent from them. 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
Seriously you cannot make this 💩 up!
Original invoice below👇🏼. I’ll spare you the threatening letter with the late fee.
Instead of worrying about chip and salsa parties, they need to do something about this move out trash in the loops. There are people coming in from outside to pick it over like it is a junkyard. Dirty uncovered mattresses, etc. Disgusting. There has been a pile on my loop for three hours.
ReplyDeleteWhatever happened to the ID'S that were supposed to be worn on dog's collars? Didn't management revisit this twice? Did management ever say why they didn't implement this policy? Did the tenants association ever question management regarding this? If not, why not?
ReplyDeleteI ask because I keep seeing piles of shit all over the place and I know for a fact that the whole neighborhood walks their dogs in the sty. I'm not saying that our own illustrious residents aren't the ones being filthy, but it certainly can't help having people with no connection to the sty projects walking their dogs here (ostensibly, they would care even less).
One would think that just stationing a stytown security guard at each entrance checking for the i.d.'s and turning away non-residents would ameliorate this problem. This is easy stuff.
Never gonna happen.
Deletewhat is this inspection project? Where can it be found? My apartment - 635 e. 14th St. has been inspected many times. They check for proper carpeting and if there are illegal walls.
ReplyDeleteI think also if you have your own refrigerator. They checked serial numbers on the refrigerator. One guy came in but if they're hiring for this job who knows who will be doing these inspection. Also. they're random, i.e not all apts. are inspected.
This time I believe it was not random. Everyone on my floor got a notice as did most of the people in our two adjoining buildings.
ReplyDeleteThey are doing the inspections because of NYC regulation #55 (Google it) that was passed in 2018 by the NYC Council and was effective 1/1/2019. The primary focus of the inspections will be mold and vermin infestations. They will also do the usual suspect inspections for smoke detectors, illegal walls and, for non-renovated apartments, illegal A/C installations. Regarding looking for compliance for the 80% carpet lease requirement, don’t make me laugh. As stated by poster 8.09 PM, the inspection was harmless. I recently had one. I confirmed that the inspectors are SPS employees who are bonded so, unlike the MCI approved intercom installers,no need for a PS presence. Unlike the rather irregular inspections done by TS and CWC, these inspections, now required by law, will be an annual experience.
ReplyDelete@9:11 PM: The points you raise are valid ones. The problem is that Rick Heyduk is the most useless, uncaring, half-assed "manager" this property has ever had. Public Safety has been neutered and hampered by this stupid man's ideas of what they are supposed to do. I suspect it is because if Public Safety did its job it would give the appearance that not all is well in paradise and Heyduk would be embarrassed (to the extent someone like him could be embarrassed) and would have his bosses asking him why PS was having to go after people who they SHOULD go after.
ReplyDeleteHayduk is a Blackstone puppet. He does not control rentals or public safety. He is responsible for the crappy events and is not a good manager but you give him too much credit or non credit for what goes on here.
Delete" can only tell you that a couple of weeks ago, maintenance people had to enter an apartment when the resident wasn't home. A PS officer was outside in the hallway, fiddling with his phone. All I can say for sure is that however long the maintenance job took, the PS officer wasn't in the apartment throughout it all. I definitely would want to be home for an inspection, regardless of what management says about their precautions and safeguards."
ReplyDeleteI remember when inspectors went into my apartment a few years ago. A PS officer stood outside fiddling with his phone, even though I invited him in because it was stifling out in the hall and I had the a/c on in my apartment. I don't know why they send a PS officer over with these guys. Maybe it is to see that they don't walk out with a laptop or some large, expensive item that they didn't go in with. A diamond ring, cash, gold watch, etc., could easily be slipped by a PS officer, especially as they hardly ever look up from their damned phones! PS is a joke and Management is an even sicker joke.
Shameless Susan, where are you?
ReplyDeleteWaiting of the next photo op?
By the way, where did that $100,000 go?
Can't hear you, Susan?
http://gothamist.com/2019/05/29/nyc_landlords_secretly_met_with_aff.php?utm_source=WNYC+%2B+Gothamist&utm_campaign=d3ff915bd7-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_65dbec786b-d3ff915bd7-85990365&mc_cid=d3ff915bd7&mc_eid=bfce61ec65
ReplyDeleteI assume that Blackstone knows how this place is run. But maybe the higher-ups do not know, but they do not care as long as the general PR is good.
ReplyDeleteI have spent time in PCV and I can tell you that this place is run horribly. There is a large security booth along 1st Avenue, near Starbucks, and I've seen outside dogs walked casually in and out, and not a word is said. The "club cars" are constantly crossing 20 street, which they are not supposed to do, but no one in Blackstone or the Management here cares. The new bike lanes (the responsibility of the city) along 20th street are a travesty, as bikes tend not to stop regardless if the light is against them. Two ways now! So look both ways even if the light is green for you.
This place SUCKS if the job is not done right. And it isn't done right. No way.
You're right, STR. This place sucks when it is not run right. It is (was) great when it was run in a caring, professional and responsible way. The current manager is a total loser. He doesn't give a shit about the property and the people living on it. I wish they'd get rid of him and put someone competent and caring in his place. There has to be someone out there! Maybe they don't have such people in the Blackstone organization, but they could recruit from outside. Probably somebody not entrenched in the Blackstone culture would have the chops to run this place the way it should be run.
ReplyDeleteAs for the new Boulevard of Death that 20th Street is likely to become, I think that the fault is with De Blasio and his traffic "geniuses" at DOT. De B doesn't care what happens here. He doesn't even work here anymore (if he ever has!). He's busy having a taxpayer-paid for vacation under the guise of running for President. As if anybody (except his wife and kids) would vote for him for President. He's a sick joke. A sick, ugly joke.
Do you really think a different manager would be caring and competent under this company? Get real now.
DeleteI have no problem with Hayduk personally. But I do have a problem with the way this place is run, and he is the Manager. Ultimately, Blackstone is responsible. If the higher ups don't give a f#$#, then they don't. I see them shrugging their shoulders, as long as what is known to the public is acceptable. They have people whose job it is to give great spin. That is why a TA is so important, but you can forget about our TA.
ReplyDeleteWhen I see the rules here broken or ignored every time I go out, I shake my head in dismay. Sometimes I get angry, but I have to watch it, as when you get angry, really angry, to the point of "losing it," Blackstone and Management have won.
Hayduk is not a great manager, but Blackstone has set the renting policies that have turned this place into a low life dorm transient dump. They also set PS guidelines. The demo here is largely responsible for the state of the property.
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ReplyDeletehttp://gothamist.com/2019/05/29/nyc_landlords_secretly_met_with_aff.php?utm_source=WNYC+%2B+Gothamist&utm_campaign=d3ff915bd7-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_65dbec786b-d3ff915bd7-85990365&mc_cid=d3ff915bd7&mc_eid=bfce61ec65<<
I am aware of this. Sad....
Whoever thinks that if Rick was replaced with another manager and things would improve here is misguided. Black stone sets the renting policies and makes major decisions. They are obviously thrilled with Rick or he would be gone. Any manager instituted by this company would follow their nasty guidelines. Do you really imagine changes under someone else? Get real. The dorms and violations WILL NOT CHANGE .
ReplyDeleteCuomo has the balls to say that NYC should not tell upstate NY how to run its housing. Repeal the Urestadt Laws and don't have Upstate dictating to NYC!
ReplyDeleteBlackstone culture is transient, city subsidy and dorm rentals. Doesn’t matter who is manager.
ReplyDeleteI can't believe how much "news" T&V publishes that has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with PCVST.
ReplyDeletePowerful NYC Landlords Secretly Met With Affordable Housing Advocates To Seek Rent Reform Compromise
ReplyDeletehttp://gothamist.com/2019/05/29/nyc_landlords_secretly_met_with_aff.php?utm_source=WNYC+%2B+Gothamist&utm_campaign=d3ff915bd7-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_65dbec786b-d3ff915bd7-85990365&mc_cid=d3ff915bd7&mc_eid=bfce61ec65<<
"... a spokesman for the Durst Organization, a residential developer and commercial property owner, said the hostile and impassioned environment of rent reform have made real negotiations between stakeholders difficult or close to impossible. “The challenge for us is being part of the conversation,” he said. “We just want to get a seat at the table.”
Durst just wanting a seat at the table for a conversation with politicians in the corrupt Albany swamp is almost as funny as PCVST TA Board falsely claiming they had a seat at the table and took part in conversations with the corrupt politicians needlessly tossing the entire PCVST complex and our homes into the grinding jaws of Blackstone, the world's most notorious Wall Street predator successfully executing Speyer's failed business plan. Even today, we still don't know if the disgraced, incredibly conflicted TA Board and Brookfield remain business partners.
What is this "Coming to Your Building" shit (as per the latest e-blast from Mismanagement)?
ReplyDeleteI don't want salsa and music and shit coming to my building! Is this a way of punishing those of us who don't live on the Oval and/or don't attend the Oval shit events? What the hell is going on with this so-called "management?" They really have crossed the line when they bring their tacky "entertainment" right to our homes and force-feed it to us. I think we should get a rent rebate for having to put up with this kind of disturbance.
Get rid of Rick and that fucktard Adirondek Chairs guy! This place is self-destroying with its desperate efforts. We are becoming a laughing stock.
The destruction of the property continues with ridiculous pink “lollipop” Lyft signs all over the place. The property needs to have these ridiculous signs because tenants are so stupid that they need signs to show them where to catch their Lyft. I officially give up.
ReplyDeleteWhat are these damned inspections all about and why are tenants getting themselves bent out of shape over them? Is this a new De Blasio rule because he has failed so dismally with the problems of NYCHA? Are people living in co-ops and condos subject to this law? I rather doubt it. This is just another way of harassing renters in this God-Forsaken city.
ReplyDeleteSome of my neighbors are getting so nervous about these inspections and I don't know why. Unless you are living in squalor or doing something really illegal in your apartment (like operating a meth factory), why should you give a rat's ass? Of course I will let them in because I don't have a choice, but they'd better not make any remarks or cross any lines. Maybe if so-called management checked on the students, AirBnB crowd and the general itinerant sub-lets, they would be putting their "inspectors" to work for a good reason. I resent the intrusion, inconvenience (I have to stay home between 9 and 4, therefore having to take a day off work) to wait for these bozos to come in for whatever reason they are coming in for.
Go inspect the illegal sublets, AirBnB and filthy dorm squats and leave us hard-working regular tenants alone. We don't cause all the problems here. Root out the meth factories, Rick, and leave us gainfully-employed, law-abiding adults the hell alone.
I agree they should be inspecting the dorms and transient apartments. Though I doubt if anything will be done. Some of them must be filthy but they fill market rate apartments. Management needs them for profit.
DeleteNow Management is getting into the ride-sharing business. Why don't they just focus on running the place as a clean, quiet, safe residential property instead of a hotel/tacky resort? They have so many sidelines - atrocious "concerts" and events, planned intrusion into our buildings with their ridiculous "chips and salsa" crap. They try too hard and their "efforts" reek of desperation.
ReplyDeleteI was almost bumped into by one of those club cars. As I started to walk across the loop on the legal space to do so, my left side was blocked visually by one of those moving trucks. A club car was being driven AGAINST loop traffic and right by this truck, so I didn't see it until it almost hit me.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Rick! Better luck next time!
>>The destruction of the property continues with ridiculous pink “lollipop” Lyft signs all over the place.<<
ReplyDeleteI've seen this the other day and didn't believe what I was seeing. I thought someone had stuck a tire into the ground and then placed this sign there. Lollipop is right.
" Is this a new De Blasio rule because he has failed so dismally with the problems of NYCHA? "
ReplyDeleteNo, it was passed by the NYC Council. Please see my previous post on this thread. Again, Google NYC Local Law # 55. This is now an annual requited NYC inspection. I doubt very much that Blackstone/SPS was thrilled about this reg.
"They are doing the inspections because of NYC regulation #55 (Google it) that was passed in 2018 by the NYC Council and was effective 1/1/2019. The primary focus of the inspections will be mold and vermin infestations. They will also do the usual suspect inspections for smoke detectors, illegal walls and, for non-renovated apartments, illegal A/C installations. Regarding looking for compliance for the 80% carpet lease requirement, don’t make me laugh. As stated by poster 8.09 PM, the inspection was harmless. I recently had one. I confirmed that the inspectors are SPS employees who are bonded so, unlike the MCI approved intercom installers,no need for a PS presence. Unlike the rather irregular inspections done by TS and CWC, these inspections, now required by law, will be an annual experience."
https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/hpd/downloads/pdf/Owners/maintenance-requirements-updates-for-property-owners.pdf
"I was almost bumped into by one of those club cars. As I started to walk across the loop on the legal space to do so, my left side was blocked visually by one of those moving trucks. A club car was being driven AGAINST loop traffic and right by this truck, so I didn't see it until it almost hit me."
ReplyDeleteSTR, I am so glad the club car didn't hit you! NYPD needs to start cracking down on the idiots who "drive" these club cars, buggies, etc., all over the property. It's clear that Rick doesn't care about the lives and safety of the people living here. That man has no conscience and no decency. He does NOTHING about the many, many serious safety infractions here. When somebody gets killed or maimed it will be his fault because he is the worst and stupidest "manager" we have ever had.
For the hundredth time, it is Blackstone, not Rick responsible for major decisions. Rick is responsible to some extent but any manager would be like him.
DeleteI had my inspection. It was a breeze. Unless they feel there might be a problem, they don't open closets. They are looking for mold, infestation, etc. The inspector was a really nice guy and not the slightest bit intrusive.
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ReplyDelete"I was almost bumped into by one of those club cars. As I started to walk across the loop on the legal space to do so, my left side was blocked visually by one of those moving trucks. A club car was being driven AGAINST loop traffic and right by this truck, so I didn't see it until it almost hit me."
Not only the club cars but even trucks/cars going with the correct traffic flow rarely stop at the stop signs in the loop roads.
When the Oval was a tree park we used to have a plethora of migrating birds stop to rest and refuel as they were migrating south in the winter and north in the summer. I once saw a beautiful snowy owl. Now it is heartbreakingly ruined and looks like shit. I can't bear to look at it anymore. And those vile events, adirondak chairs, etc., are like someone going into the Louvre and pissing on the Mona Lisa.
ReplyDeleteThe property is vile. Those moveout trash piles and mattresses are disgusting. I am embarrassed to have people visit me and see that. Today my lobby was full of someone else’s junk. It gets worse and worse.
ReplyDeleteThe despicable cheerleaders are back on the TA site.
ReplyDeleteNo joke... I heard a guy walking his dog (probably in his late 50’s) talking to another guy about the same age. This is on Peter Cooper Road right near a new hideous Lyft sign. He told his friend that in all his years here he can’t remember this place looking so good.
ReplyDeleteIn the short time I saw and heard this guy say this, he walked passed by the following:
- a massive pile of bulk trash that included two uncovered mattresses
- 3 piles of dog poop
- an overflowing garbage can of pizza boxes
- grass that looked like it hasn’t been mowed in weeks. Looked more like weeds.
It’s people like this long-term tenant who make management think they’re doing a great job, and it’s scary that people like this man believe the grounds that he was walking through looked better than in the past.
I have heard the same thing from other long term tenants and it is ridiculous. Not sure why they living in a dirty dorm dump.
DeleteI ripped up my renewal notice for the Tenants Association.
ReplyDeleteWhat a bunch of unethical thieves.
Speaking of vile....
ReplyDeleteI was walking in to my home which is by one of the youth playgrounds. There was a party of about 35-40 people st a kids birthday. So much for those new rules :/ The water area they were playing and was clogged. The kids were swimming in the muddy water while the parents were busy drinking and smoking those fake cigarettes. One little boy stood up on the ledge and drops his pants and craps right there!! I’ve lived here for 38 years and have never seen anything like that.
Maybe we should put a “lollipop” sign for place for people to crap outside.
shitshow......
What is this salsa and chips thing? I don't understand how they can bring this into buildings. Maybe everybody in the building gets an invite to go to the cafe or Oval?
ReplyDeleteThis salsa and chip thing is sinking to the lowest level.I cannot fathom how it could be done in the buildings.
DeleteThe wave of our future here in Stuy Town:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.wsj.com/articles/amazons-plan-to-move-in-to-your-next-apartment-before-you-do-11559361605
From above:
>>Amazon’s Alexa Smart Properties team, a little known part of its Alexa division, is working on partnerships with homebuilders, property managers and hoteliers to push millions of Alexa smart speakers into domiciles all across the U.S.<<
6:59 AM - what you saw is disgusting. Those "parents" aren't parents at all. They are just breeders. I think you should have called PS, not that they would do much as Rick has cut their balls off. Too bad Rick doesn't have any balls or he would do something about this shit show. I don't buy that crap that he is just following orders. They should fire him and get somebody competent to do the job. Maybe a call to Public Health Dept would be appropriate considering kids are shitting in the playground, parents are smoking e-cigarets and drinking in a playground. Too bad the NYPD is paid to keep away.
ReplyDeleteI saw a filthy upholstered sofa dumped on First Avenue near the new Bike Trek place. I don't know how the merchants along there want to pay premium rent to do business in a fetid slum, which is what this place now is. The eateries along First Avenue should be particularly offended by filthy furniture being dumped on the sidewalk. Blackstone has really lowered the standards to a level we have never had before. I guess when Rick was running a resort he didn't care if people shitted in the pool, beds, etc. Makes me wonder what kind of "resort" it was that he ran. Must have been really, really low class or maybe catered to some kind of "alternative" group.
ReplyDelete"What is this salsa and chips thing? I don't understand how they can bring this into buildings. Maybe everybody in the building gets an invite to go to the cafe or Oval?"
ReplyDeleteSBS is being very nebulous on where exactly these building specific “Community Amenities” will be held. Your suggestion I think is correct especially if they hope to have the beer and wine license approved for the Café by that date. Of course, anything besides “chips and salsa” will cost “extra. “And of course, there must be loud, crappy music at these events because, after all, it works for the Boca Resort focus group mindset. Or maybe they will have them as a building only invite at Playground 3 in PCV. Remember that Halloween liquor license approved party that they had last year? .About 30 sad people showed up for that one.
Sorry my post should have said "SPS", not "SBS".
ReplyDeleteThank you for your continuing efforts, STR!
ReplyDeleteYou are a true hero!
Just signed my new lease for July 1 at Battery Park City. Lower rent, doorman, health club, etc. I feel ashamed that I ever lived here.
ReplyDelete"Just signed my new lease for July 1 at Battery Park City. Lower rent, doorman, health club, etc. I feel ashamed that I ever lived here."
ReplyDeleteGood for you! If I could afford to move to somewhere decent I'd be outta here in no time. I'm a longtime tenant, so my rent is quite low (compared to the rip-off market rate rents), so I just try to block out sights and sounds of what this place has become now. It used to be a truly great place to live in. That was when we had real management and not a cruise director imposing his ideas of "community" on us.
Non sequitor- if the ever date gave a pro life celebration here, I DEMAND a ProChoice equivalent.
ReplyDeleteWhat happened in stuytown a female tenant attacked another tenant details why where?
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