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.
Monday, June 17, 2019
Beautiful Stuyvesant Town (and some misguided people think we are a slum!)
Photos taken around 11am.
HAVE A GREAT DAY!
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OMG! How gross! Even Tishman Speyer and CWCap didn't let the property look like this. It really and truly is now a slum. No matter what people might say about the NYCHA projects, their grounds are NOTHING like as disgusting as Stuyvesant Town grounds are. Rick Hayduk should pack his bags and leave. We need a real manager here. We need someone who takes pride in the job and pride in the property. The infamous Rick is such a loser.
Sure this is all a major eyesore and makes this property look like total shit, but there is one group more than any other that suffers from this - the hardworking porters and men/women tasked with picking this all up.
They have become glorified sanitation workers, except They don’t get anywhere near what a sanitation worker for the city gets - good pay, benefits, pension, stability. For trying to keep this place clean they probably get minimum wage, lousy benefits and no retirement.
I just walked through the property from First Avenue through to 14th Street and all I saw was beauty. I walked past the water playground which was being enjoyed. True, that neck of the woods does lead to the back of the Leasing Office and goes by the Bunker, but all the way round by the gymnasium playground, to 445/435 I didn't see any litter, dog turds or garbage. There were a few of those annoying delivery guys zooming around on bicycles, but all else was calm and beautiful. Where is all that garbage in the photographs? Is it there just for a couple of hours, waiting for Sanitation to pick it up? It's very disrespectful to tenants to put it outside their buildings. Are those Management's official drop of spots or do slobs just dump it there.
Obviously, there are two aspects to this property.
Any manager for Blackstone would be equally bad. This company wants to make this place into a transient slum. They rent to students and transients and the place becomes a slum. It is not on Rick though he is a hypocrite . He just follows orders. How many times does this need to be said. As long as Blackstone owns this property it will look like this, Rick or no Rick.
We are proud 37-year PCVST residents and can honestly say we have never seen this 80-acre oasis maintained in better pristine and safe condition than its current state.
Thank you Blackstone and Just Call Rick for all your efforts. Living in PCVST has never been so interesting. We can only imagine how your future planning for us will play out.
Thank you Mayor de Blasio, Dan Garodnick and Vichy TA Board for needlessly handing over the entire PCVST complex, our homes and our historic community to Blackstone, the world's most notorious Wall Street predator on a rampage, executing a global business plan hellbent on exploiting and destroying middle class housing everywhere.
>>I just walked through the property from First Avenue through to 14th Street and all I saw was beauty. I walked past the water playground which was being enjoyed. True, that neck of the woods does lead to the back of the Leasing Office and goes by the Bunker, but all the way round by the gymnasium playground, to 445/435 I didn't see any litter, dog turds or garbage. There were a few of those annoying delivery guys zooming around on bicycles, but all else was calm and beautiful. Where is all that garbage in the photographs? Is it there just for a couple of hours, waiting for Sanitation to pick it up? It's very disrespectful to tenants to put it outside their buildings. Are those Management's official drop of spots or do slobs just dump it there.
Obviously, there are two aspects to this property.<<
I usually give a time for my photos. Yeah, the garbage is waiting to be picked up, and waiting. Eventually, it will be picked up, but stuff is left behind. I see this, or something like it, every day. I would say that not five minutes go by, and I see a violation when I go outside. Blackstone and Rick's rules, not mine.
What you see is also mattresses uncovered. A violation of NYC law. I see someone like this frequently. Perhaps you don't. Doesn't matter if the mattress is there half an hour (but it's there much longer). It is a violation.
Dog turds? I assume you are not joking but you are not looking. I see multiple dog turds or lazy pick-ups that leave a smear behind. Every single day. And not just one.
BTW, I usually am outside by 8am. Today I also went to the gym. (The city one.) That was around 10am. I took these photos around 11am. That's a lot of time to be waiting for the garbage to be picked up
I also see, but have not taken photos of (yet!), motorized bikes delivering food, and dogs from outside being walked into the property. This is evening time, too. I urge you to walk around a bit more, and perhaps sit near 1st Avenue where the PS large booth is for Peter Cooper.
LOL. I also see that my photos taken a couple of posts ago were taken in the early afternoon on the weekend. Take a look at them. These photos could have been the way you walked. Again, the photos were taken past the morning hours.
8:38 you are obviously living in another community. My loop is garbage strewn at least twice a day. Come to the 14th St. loop. It is like a dump. You must have been out right after they picked up the trash.
8:38 I have to laugh when you say that all you see is beauty. You need to walk around here more. Or look out my window to the 14th St loop. The view is often of dirty mattresses and trash. You probably live in Peter Cooper which I think is kept better than ST and doesn’t rent to as many students.
OK OK! I just happened to walk through a pleasant part of the property. It was near the Leasing Office and the Bunker. Maybe that's the bit they keep clean. Haven't walked through the entire property in a long time. I am slightly disabled and am terrified of all the bikes zooming around. It used to be safe to walk around (a few years ago) and very enjoyable, but now it is so heavily trafficked by bikes, scooters, skateboards, etc., I am terrified. If I fall down (or get knocked down), it will mean a long time in the hospital, a lot of pain and a lot of expense.
It is disgusting. This property is quickly become a breeding ground for pathogens that can be both airborne and contacted. We are seeing a major uptick in flu and asthma in Stuytown than we have seen in previous decades. The air is not clean and the water is brown. Shit brown...makes you think.
As far as that post above regarding how clean it is, very obvious that you are an employee of Stuy. Tell your boss this place is a disgrace. Please ask them about the nature of the suicides!
Thank you STR. IM sick of it as well. And thank you about asking about the bikes and club cars. These people are devils
>>If I fall down (or get knocked down), it will mean a long time in the hospital, a lot of pain and a lot of expense.<<
Understood. I should mention that last week I, too, was almost knocked down. As I was heading up the "hill" in Stuyvesant Town past the loop along 1st Avenue something rammed into me from behind. At first, I thought it was a club car, but they are pretty careful, though there is a lot of them. I turned, bracing myself against the low fence that's there (otherwise, I probably would have fallen), and saw a handcart pilled up very high with packages to be delivered. The delivery person couldn't see ahead of him and probably thought the best way to take the hill was to speed it up. Aside from a couple of apologies, the delivery person headed on, not stopping to see if I was okay. I obviously said a few New York things to him.
One has to be careful....
I have to add that someone spilled oil, or what felt like oil, in front of my building and their two entrance doors. The porters tried to clean it up, and eventually did, but it was very slippery and dangerous.
And then, someone or his/her dog, pissed at that entrance, so one could smell the piss for a couple of days.
"As far as that post above regarding how clean it is, very obvious that you are an employee of Stuy. Tell your boss this place is a disgrace. Please ask them about the nature of the suicides!"
I am not an employee of Sty and don't live in PCV. I just happened to be walking yesterday and noticed how clean and pleasant it was - the way it used to be when MetLife ran the place. It was a pleasant surprise as it certainly did not have the Hayduk touch - at least at that moment. Can't anybody post anything positive on this blog without getting flamed. Christ knows we have very little reason or opportunity to post anything pleasant. There's not much here that remains pleasant. Maybe if I went the same walk today I would find it full of shit and garbage. Then I could tell you about that and make you happy!
The way this shithole is these days, you really appreciate any time you find a shit-free section to walk along. It didn't used to be a remarkable experience.
Just got an email from StyLiving notifying that the game night was cancelled (good!) because of weather, but the Asian Fusion food truck would still be on the loop. Why the fuck do they ban feeding wildlife because of rats and at the same time encourage people to eat outside and trucks selling food on the property? Are they so fucking stupid that they don't think the rats will be anxiously awaiting the leftovers?
I wish they would get rid of Hayduk and his crew and employ people who are intelligent to run this place. That man has been the kiss of death to the quality of life here. This is a nasty, dirty dump now.
"but the Asian Fusion food truck would still be on the loop."
This truck can be found almost anytime on 14th Street between Third Ave and Irving Place. No big deal. Hey Rubes, get out of this "community” once in a while and check out the greatest city in the world. Take your kids; they will enjoy it as well. F*** this suburban/resort mindset. Listen, I am a “street meat” fan forever but for SPS management trying to promote food trucks as “gourmet” or “artisanal” is such a joke.
I was walking out of the PIG STY from my apartment today and noticed that they were putting mulch around the trees. Another resident noted that the mulch smelled like poop. I responded that it smelled the same to me as it always smells, simply because it did, I wouldn't have even known they were putting manure/mulch down if I hadn't seen them doing it. Thanks Rick.
"The way this shithole is these days, you really appreciate any time you find a shit-free section to walk along. It didn't used to be a remarkable experience."
So so true, and well said. I couldn't agree more and feel the same way. I try to avoid walking on the property as much as possible. I hate to say it, but most of the dog owners here are long time tenants. Obviously, with lower cleanliness standards than normal people.
Depends what you mean by "street meat." One can get arrested for that. BTW, I am a long time New Yorker. I've lived in places around the city. Food trucks do not belong here, in Stuy Town.
>>I was walking out of the PIG STY from my apartment today and noticed that they were putting mulch around the trees. Another resident noted that the mulch smelled like poop.<<
Mulch again! At first I thought dog turds and the wind in the wrong direction. But it was mulch....
Does anybody know what happens when a longtime tenant moves out of a real rent stabilized apartment? Will they warehouse that apartment in the hopes that a challenger to the new rent laws is successful? Are they allowed to do that? I am wondering what they are going to do about those "inexpensive" units. I know the owners of this joint are money-hungry, subhuman parasites, so I don't see them letting a penny slip through their fingers if they help it.
Dirty water dogs, "meat" on a stick and now the Halal trucks, one by the Mosque off First Ave and 11th Street and at least three on 14th Between Third and Irving. Total agreement that food trucks don't belong in the "Sty". That was a major Garodnick fail, to agree to allow the food trucks for "special events". BTW, I am a lifer here.
Halal meat is cruel meat. Worse than Kosher. The animal's throat is cut (wish no stunning) and it slowly bleeds to death while choking on its own blood. It should be banned completely.
I agree. Some of the residents here think all this crap is unique. It is all over the city. Food trucks, concerts, movies, etc. We don’t need these phony amenities here.
You can thank the beautiful grounds (minus the garbage thrown all over the place) to the Landscaping Depart. They do a wonderful job and make the property look like the Botanical Gardens. Too bad the slobs living here ruin it for everyone.
OMG! That is so disgusting! Look at those mattresses. They look like they've been shitted and pissed on. If I was checking out this place with the thought of renting here and saw that I would run a fucking mile! Nice advertising Rick. You really make sure to add that touch of class to the property. You don't see shit like that scattered around the NYCHA buildings. That the sort of sight that might greet you in the most fetid backwater slum.
"You can thank the beautiful grounds (minus the garbage thrown all over the place) to the Landscaping Depart. They do a wonderful job and make the property look like the Botanical Gardens. Too bad the slobs living here ruin it for everyone."
Wesley and his Landscaping crew are fabulous. And Wesley is a really, really nice guy who loves what he does. I hope he doesn't become disillusioned by the Philistines he works for because they don't know blossom from a dog turd.
Does anyone remember those weird cabbages that Tishman Speyer put all over the place, as well as the poor spindly shrubs which were dead by the time they were planted. If any of them lived they were pulled up a couple of days later. Their landscapers must have recruited off the street corners and were probably on drugs or drunk.
Maybe true but at least the grounds were not littered with trash and filthy mattresses. The prettiest landscaping is made ugly by filth and trash. Never seen this place look so bad.
Agreed. I have a tough time admiring the small amount of beauty that’s left when it’s surrounded by mattresses and filth. And the grounds crew does do a really good job. It’s not their fault that the yearly turnover is so extreme that dozens of mattresses are dumped all over DAILY.
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OMG! How gross! Even Tishman Speyer and CWCap didn't let the property look like this. It really and truly is now a slum. No matter what people might say about the NYCHA projects, their grounds are NOTHING like as disgusting as Stuyvesant Town grounds are. Rick Hayduk should pack his bags and leave. We need a real manager here. We need someone who takes pride in the job and pride in the property. The infamous Rick is such a loser.
These photos say it all. This place is a dirty slum. This management is the worst we have had.
Sure this is all a major eyesore and makes this property look like total shit, but there is one group more than any other that suffers from this - the hardworking porters and men/women tasked with picking this all up.
They have become glorified sanitation workers, except They don’t get anywhere near what a sanitation worker for the city gets - good pay, benefits, pension, stability. For trying to keep this place clean they probably get minimum wage, lousy benefits and no retirement.
I just walked through the property from First Avenue through to 14th Street and all I saw was beauty. I walked past the water playground which was being enjoyed. True, that neck of the woods does lead to the back of the Leasing Office and goes by the Bunker, but all the way round by the gymnasium playground, to 445/435 I didn't see any litter, dog turds or garbage. There were a few of those annoying delivery guys zooming around on bicycles, but all else was calm and beautiful. Where is all that garbage in the photographs? Is it there just for a couple of hours, waiting for Sanitation to pick it up? It's very disrespectful to tenants to put it outside their buildings. Are those Management's official drop of spots or do slobs just dump it there.
Obviously, there are two aspects to this property.
Any manager for Blackstone would be equally bad. This company wants to make this place into a transient slum. They rent to students and transients and the place becomes a slum. It is not on Rick though he is a hypocrite . He just follows orders. How many times does this need to be said. As long as Blackstone owns this property it will look like this, Rick or no Rick.
We are proud 37-year PCVST residents and can honestly say we have never seen this 80-acre oasis maintained in better pristine and safe condition than its current state.
Thank you Blackstone and Just Call Rick for all your efforts. Living in PCVST has never been so interesting. We can only imagine how your future planning for us will play out.
Thank you Mayor de Blasio, Dan Garodnick and Vichy TA Board for needlessly handing over the entire PCVST complex, our homes and our historic community to Blackstone, the world's most notorious Wall Street predator on a rampage, executing a global business plan hellbent on exploiting and destroying middle class housing everywhere.
>>I just walked through the property from First Avenue through to 14th Street and all I saw was beauty. I walked past the water playground which was being enjoyed. True, that neck of the woods does lead to the back of the Leasing Office and goes by the Bunker, but all the way round by the gymnasium playground, to 445/435 I didn't see any litter, dog turds or garbage. There were a few of those annoying delivery guys zooming around on bicycles, but all else was calm and beautiful. Where is all that garbage in the photographs? Is it there just for a couple of hours, waiting for Sanitation to pick it up? It's very disrespectful to tenants to put it outside their buildings. Are those Management's official drop of spots or do slobs just dump it there.
Obviously, there are two aspects to this property.<<
I usually give a time for my photos. Yeah, the garbage is waiting to be picked up, and waiting. Eventually, it will be picked up, but stuff is left behind. I see this, or something like it, every day. I would say that not five minutes go by, and I see a violation when I go outside. Blackstone and Rick's rules, not mine.
What you see is also mattresses uncovered. A violation of NYC law. I see someone like this frequently. Perhaps you don't. Doesn't matter if the mattress is there half an hour (but it's there much longer). It is a violation.
Dog turds? I assume you are not joking but you are not looking. I see multiple dog turds or lazy pick-ups that leave a smear behind. Every single day. And not just one.
The photos don't lie. Period.
BTW, I usually am outside by 8am. Today I also went to the gym. (The city one.) That was around 10am. I took these photos around 11am. That's a lot of time to be waiting for the garbage to be picked up
I also see, but have not taken photos of (yet!), motorized bikes delivering food, and dogs from outside being walked into the property. This is evening time, too. I urge you to walk around a bit more, and perhaps sit near 1st Avenue where the PS large booth is for Peter Cooper.
LOL. I also see that my photos taken a couple of posts ago were taken in the early afternoon on the weekend. Take a look at them. These photos could have been the way you walked. Again, the photos were taken past the morning hours.
Just come to the 14th St loop especially on a weekend. Then you will see the slumlike condition.
8:38 you are obviously living in another community. My loop is garbage strewn at least twice a day. Come to the 14th St. loop. It is like a dump. You must have been out right after they picked up the trash.
8:38 I have to laugh when you say that all you see is beauty. You need to walk around here more. Or look out my window to the 14th St loop. The view is often of dirty mattresses and trash. You probably live in Peter Cooper which I think is kept better than ST and doesn’t rent to as many students.
OK OK! I just happened to walk through a pleasant part of the property. It was near the Leasing Office and the Bunker. Maybe that's the bit they keep clean. Haven't walked through the entire property in a long time. I am slightly disabled and am terrified of all the bikes zooming around. It used to be safe to walk around (a few years ago) and very enjoyable, but now it is so heavily trafficked by bikes, scooters, skateboards, etc., I am terrified. If I fall down (or get knocked down), it will mean a long time in the hospital, a lot of pain and a lot of expense.
It is disgusting. This property is quickly become a breeding ground for pathogens that can be both airborne and contacted. We are seeing a major uptick in flu and asthma in Stuytown than we have seen in previous decades. The air is not clean and the water is brown. Shit brown...makes you think.
As far as that post above regarding how clean it is, very obvious that you are an employee of Stuy. Tell your boss this place is a disgrace. Please ask them about the nature of the suicides!
Thank you STR. IM sick of it as well. And thank you about asking about the bikes and club cars. These people are devils
>>If I fall down (or get knocked down), it will mean a long time in the hospital, a lot of pain and a lot of expense.<<
Understood. I should mention that last week I, too, was almost knocked down. As I was heading up the "hill" in Stuyvesant Town past the loop along 1st Avenue something rammed into me from behind. At first, I thought it was a club car, but they are pretty careful, though there is a lot of them. I turned, bracing myself against the low fence that's there (otherwise, I probably would have fallen), and saw a handcart pilled up very high with packages to be delivered. The delivery person couldn't see ahead of him and probably thought the best way to take the hill was to speed it up. Aside from a couple of apologies, the delivery person headed on, not stopping to see if I was okay. I obviously said a few New York things to him.
One has to be careful....
I have to add that someone spilled oil, or what felt like oil, in front of my building and their two entrance doors. The porters tried to clean it up, and eventually did, but it was very slippery and dangerous.
And then, someone or his/her dog, pissed at that entrance, so one could smell the piss for a couple of days.
Life in Stuy Town
"As far as that post above regarding how clean it is, very obvious that you are an employee of Stuy. Tell your boss this place is a disgrace. Please ask them about the nature of the suicides!"
I am not an employee of Sty and don't live in PCV. I just happened to be walking yesterday and noticed how clean and pleasant it was - the way it used to be when MetLife ran the place. It was a pleasant surprise as it certainly did not have the Hayduk touch - at least at that moment. Can't anybody post anything positive on this blog without getting flamed. Christ knows we have very little reason or opportunity to post anything pleasant. There's not much here that remains pleasant. Maybe if I went the same walk today I would find it full of shit and garbage. Then I could tell you about that and make you happy!
The way this shithole is these days, you really appreciate any time you find a shit-free section to walk along. It didn't used to be a remarkable experience.
Just got an email from StyLiving notifying that the game night was cancelled (good!) because of weather, but the Asian Fusion food truck would still be on the loop. Why the fuck do they ban feeding wildlife because of rats and at the same time encourage people to eat outside and trucks selling food on the property? Are they so fucking stupid that they don't think the rats will be anxiously awaiting the leftovers?
I wish they would get rid of Hayduk and his crew and employ people who are intelligent to run this place. That man has been the kiss of death to the quality of life here. This is a nasty, dirty dump now.
>>Can't anybody post anything positive on this blog without getting flamed.<<
I love little animals and birds.
I’m still not buying it. CRACKSTONE troll. Please tell Ricky to clean it up this place. I bet there isnt brown shit water in your APT OR TRICKY RICKS
Flamed but like a pack of hemorrhoids
I am also skeptical of your credibility as you did a complete about face when questioned 8:38.
"but the Asian Fusion food truck would still be on the loop."
This truck can be found almost anytime on 14th Street between Third Ave and Irving Place. No big deal. Hey Rubes, get out of this "community” once in a while and check out the greatest city in the world. Take your kids; they will enjoy it as well. F*** this suburban/resort mindset. Listen, I am a “street meat” fan forever but for SPS management trying to promote food trucks as “gourmet” or “artisanal” is such a joke.
I was walking out of the PIG STY from my apartment today and noticed that they were putting mulch around the trees. Another resident noted that the mulch smelled like poop. I responded that it smelled the same to me as it always smells, simply because it did, I wouldn't have even known they were putting manure/mulch down if I hadn't seen them doing it. Thanks Rick.
"The way this shithole is these days, you really appreciate any time you find a shit-free section to walk along. It didn't used to be a remarkable experience."
So so true, and well said. I couldn't agree more and feel the same way. I try to avoid walking on the property as much as possible. I hate to say it, but most of the dog owners here are long time tenants. Obviously, with lower cleanliness standards than normal people.
>>Listen, I am a “street meat” fan forever<<
Depends what you mean by "street meat." One can get arrested for that. BTW, I am a long time New Yorker. I've lived in places around the city. Food trucks do not belong here, in Stuy Town.
>>I was walking out of the PIG STY from my apartment today and noticed that they were putting mulch around the trees. Another resident noted that the mulch smelled like poop.<<
Mulch again! At first I thought dog turds and the wind in the wrong direction. But it was mulch....
Oh, and thanks, Rick!
Does anybody know what happens when a longtime tenant moves out of a real rent stabilized apartment? Will they warehouse that apartment in the hopes that a challenger to the new rent laws is successful? Are they allowed to do that? I am wondering what they are going to do about those "inexpensive" units. I know the owners of this joint are money-hungry, subhuman parasites, so I don't see them letting a penny slip through their fingers if they help it.
"Depends what you mean by "street meat."
Dirty water dogs, "meat" on a stick and now the Halal trucks, one by the Mosque off First Ave and 11th Street and at least three on 14th Between Third and Irving. Total agreement that food trucks don't belong in the "Sty". That was a major Garodnick fail, to agree to allow the food trucks for "special events". BTW, I am a lifer here.
>>Does anybody know what happens when a longtime tenant moves out of a real rent stabilized apartment?<<
Blackstone will ram on, regardless. I expect a legal challenge in the courts to this new law, but that will take time.
Halal meat is cruel meat. Worse than Kosher. The animal's throat is cut (wish no stunning) and it slowly bleeds to death while choking on its own blood. It should be banned completely.
"Blackstone will ram on, regardless. I expect a legal challenge in the courts to this new law, but that will take time."
You think they will defy the new laws? I suspect they will warehouse the apartments.
I agree. Some of the residents here think all this crap is unique. It is all over the city. Food trucks, concerts, movies, etc. We don’t need these phony amenities here.
You can thank the beautiful grounds (minus the garbage thrown all over the place) to the Landscaping Depart. They do a wonderful job and make the property look like the Botanical Gardens. Too bad the slobs living here ruin it for everyone.
Great job wesley and Landscaping.
Edmund should run for Powers job! I'd vote for him.
OMG! That is so disgusting! Look at those mattresses. They look like they've been shitted and pissed on. If I was checking out this place with the thought of renting here and saw that I would run a fucking mile! Nice advertising Rick. You really make sure to add that touch of class to the property. You don't see shit like that scattered around the NYCHA buildings. That the sort of sight that might greet you in the most fetid backwater slum.
"Edmund should run for Powers job! I'd vote for him."
Me too. How about it Edmund? You know more about the that turkey Powers does. He only knows bribery and corruption.
"You can thank the beautiful grounds (minus the garbage thrown all over the place) to the Landscaping Depart. They do a wonderful job and make the property look like the Botanical Gardens. Too bad the slobs living here ruin it for everyone."
Wesley and his Landscaping crew are fabulous. And Wesley is a really, really nice guy who loves what he does. I hope he doesn't become disillusioned by the Philistines he works for because they don't know blossom from a dog turd.
Does anyone remember those weird cabbages that Tishman Speyer put all over the place, as well as the poor spindly shrubs which were dead by the time they were planted. If any of them lived they were pulled up a couple of days later. Their landscapers must have recruited off the street corners and were probably on drugs or drunk.
Maybe true but at least the grounds were not littered with trash and filthy mattresses. The prettiest landscaping is made ugly by filth and trash. Never seen this place look so bad.
Agreed. I have a tough time admiring the small amount of beauty that’s left when it’s surrounded by mattresses and filth. And the grounds crew does do a really good job. It’s not their fault that the yearly turnover is so extreme that dozens of mattresses are dumped all over DAILY.
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