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.
A couple of years back, there was a morning suicide of an older woman in Peter Cooper and a Stuyvesant Town suicide in the afternoon by a student brewing up killer drugs (others in the building were hurt).
We've had lots of suicides in the past many years.
This one, though . . . the police are killing themselves for the usual reason people kill themselves: don't want to live, don't want to suffer emotional pain, physical pain, loneliness, mental illness, etc. AND the police have become the most hated segment of the population.
We are in an especially ugly and worsening period of human life. It is only going to get much, much, much worse.
And for those of us who believe the pandemic is over: very far from it. Other countries are now experiencing REINFECTIONS and yet another variant (from India) which infects people who survived COVID-19, and people who were "fully vaccinated" as they love to tout, against the original virus.
Many of the hospitalizations are of young people this time around.
The "guidance" we are receiving from the CDC, which is being repeated, is incomprehensible, inane, and contradictory. Blackstone is right on board with it.
The Police are under terrible pressure brought on by the very nature of the job and the situations and people they have to deal with. This tragedy is probably not connected to the fact that he lived in Stuyvesant Town. May this young man’s soul Rest In Peace and may his family, friends and co-workers be comforted.
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They don’t appear to be too happy with the photographer...
ReplyDeleteSuicide rate does appear to be higher than normal here in Stuy Town. How many over the last few years?
Something I bet the chatty rental agents never mention on their tours.
A couple of years back, there was a morning suicide of an older woman in Peter Cooper and a Stuyvesant Town suicide in the afternoon by a student brewing up killer drugs (others in the building were hurt).
ReplyDeleteWe've had lots of suicides in the past many years.
This one, though . . . the police are killing themselves for the usual reason people kill themselves: don't want to live, don't want to suffer emotional pain, physical pain, loneliness, mental illness, etc. AND the police have become the most hated segment of the population.
We are in an especially ugly and worsening period of human life. It is only going to get much, much, much worse.
And for those of us who believe the pandemic is over: very far from it. Other countries are now experiencing REINFECTIONS and yet another variant (from India) which infects people who survived COVID-19, and people who were "fully vaccinated" as they love to tout, against the original virus.
Many of the hospitalizations are of young people this time around.
The "guidance" we are receiving from the CDC, which is being repeated, is incomprehensible, inane, and contradictory. Blackstone is right on board with it.
My usual advice: Wait. Just wait.
How sad.
ReplyDeleteHow truly sad.
The Police are under terrible pressure brought on by the very nature of the job and the situations and people they have to deal with. This tragedy is probably not connected to the fact that he lived in Stuyvesant Town.
ReplyDeleteMay this young man’s soul Rest In Peace and may his family, friends and co-workers be comforted.