Thanks to our "woke" City Council, e-bikes and e-scooters are legal. Good news if you want less cars in the city, but bad news, sometimes very bad, for pedestrians who are concerned and wary about crossing a street, almost hit, and hit by these bikes and scooters. Does the City Council actually walk the streets? Or do they use transportation provided by the city? They know, or should know, that rules for bikes and scooters are not followed unless a cop is right there. I could be a millionaire by now if I got one dollar for every such rule broken. There will be more accidents and injuries involving e-bikes and e-scooters because of the "woke" City Council. On this issue, they are idiots. How plain and simple is that?
Here in Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village, there is no enforcement of any rule concerning e-bikes and e-scooters unless one runs over the foot of a Public Safety officer. And even then!
When one crosses the street right outside, one has to be careful, as these e-bikes and e-scooters do not stop. To them, the pedestrian is just a nuisance. Get out of the way, slowpokes!
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1 – 200 of 588 Newer› Newest»As an avid cyclist of 40 years I'm obviously not against bikes but because e-bikes are heavier and usually ridden faster than 'normal' bikes they have the potential of causing greater harm if they hit a pedestrian or another cyclist.
I don't see cyclists ever having to get a license/insurance for riding any type of bicycle in the city.
Almost all delivery people are using e-bikes these days because they get make more deliveries in less time.
I've had issues with e-bike riders getting close to hitting me when I've been cycling and walking.
I always tell people to look both ways when crossing any street in NYC whether you have the light or not and keep looking as you're crossing the street.
I feel bad for the elderly or people with disabilities who have to cross these streets.
As far as no rules being enforced here for bikes or anything else it's no surprise.
I'm sure 'security' is told not to say anything to an offender unless it's really egregious.
I agree. I wonder, though, whether Manhattan proper is a good place for biking and particularly e-bikes. Manhattan has to be changed for biking to work. Biking should be a pleasure, rather than an obstacle course. When I used to watch 1st Ave from the Gracefully window in the mornings, bikes would always ignore the traffic law. And there is a school nearby, too. Best bet is the perimeter where bikes can go without car and pedestrian traffic. (Most of the time.) This is not small town USA, but one of the major cities of the world, congested, etc.
Cycling in NYC has always been tough. I'm used to it but now that I'm older I do prefer a bike trail without vehicles. The bike lanes are useful up to a point.
Distracted drivers as well as clueless pedestrians standing in bike lanes makes it difficult to cycle in the city.
I'm used to all of this and after so many years of cycling in this city I'm very good at defensive cycling though it does get mentally tiring at times.
We are all trying to use this limited space either as cyclists, drivers or pedestrians.
The city needs to get serious in fining and sometimes jailing offenders who speed or are dangerous on the roads. They are not. Fines are minimal if existent and actually jailing someone doesn't happen often. The usual excuse "I didn't see him/her!" at the time of an 'accident' usually is good enough to not go to jail unless the offender is drunk/high.
In most other countries the onus is on a motor vehicle driver due to the damage they can cause with their vehicle. In this country it seems the onus is often put on the cyclist or the pedestrian in an 'accident.'
Bottom line: Without proper enforcement and punishment expect things to only get worse. Sad but true!
It was not the city council that legalized e-bikes, it was the state legislature.
As a senior citizen, I am literally afraid to go outside these days. The bicycles (of all types) whizz around and go in every direction and on sidewalks, streets and just about in every direction, legal or otherwise.
Hayduk told PS to stand down because one cyclist threatened a lawsuit when he was stopped by PS for riding inside the Oval. Hayduk told me that himself. He totally castrated PS when it came to any kind of enforcement.
I personally wish that bikes of all kind could be banished within the City. Of course, that won't happen. It would be nice if the cops and PS started to enforce the laws for a change. I see cops and they totally ignore the cyclists on the sidewalks. These so-called "Progressive" politicians have turned the cops into wussy pussies.
I have considered carrying Mace to use on some of those kamikaze bike riders. They don't care about my life, why should I care about theirs? I hate to admit it, but when I hear of a cyclist coming a cropper I don't feel the slightest sympathy. I just think "That's one less of them."
>>It was not the city council that legalized e-bikes, it was the state legislature.<<
https://council.nyc.gov/press/2020/06/25/1997/
https://nypost.com/2021/06/15/e-bike-blood-on-hands-of-progressive-nyc-council/
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2020/06/25/city-council-passes-e-bike-legislation-but-more-work-remains-advocates-say/
https://www.ny1.com/nyc/manhattan/news/2020/06/25/city-council-expected-to-legalize-e-bikes-and-scooters
There's a lot more links....
De Blasio had a big, heavily-promoted "initiative" called Vision Zero to reduce the number of pedestrian/biker deaths in the city. Naturally, the number of such deaths then only increased each and every year this idiot was in office. And now, he wants to run for Congress....
One more way in which New York City and Stuy Town have become unlivable. Every idiot is on some kind of motorized vehicle and only cares about themselves. There are too many people and they all want to do anything they want without caring about their fellow humans. Why does everybody want to live on top of everyone else if they are so irritated by each other. As far as stuy town tricky Rick was a Nazi-like moron who only cared about profits for Blackstone.There is nofeeling of safety anymore in stuy town. You can do anything -- smoke pot, drink sleep in lobbies of buildings.
Mike
To Mike:
you are absolutely right! Spot on! Tricky Rick was a smarmy, smug LIAR and he helped turn this place into the dangerous, nasty shithole that it now is.
Carlina Rivera is on NY1 talking about her run for Congress. I wish that filthy, lazy slob would do something about the detritus on 14th Street between First and B. The human and garbage detritus is making it impossible to walk on that side of the street and is putting small businesses out of business.
Good news if you want less cars in the city
fewer
NYC deserves DeBlasio. Accordingly, I will vote for him right before retiring to a no tax on pension/IRA state.
dangerous, nasty shithole
Really?
I agree. Rivera is useless as a council person. What nerve running for Congress. She won’t get my vote.
Rick fooled people with his accessibility and good guy act, but I agree that he was a hypocritical, untrustworthy and ineffective manager. I always saw through him.
dangerous, nasty shithole
Really?
June 2, 2022 at 8:09 PM
Yes. Really. We have rampant theft here and bums sleeping in the stairwells. They steal the packages from outside the apartment doors (and from the lobbies because they know nobody monitors the cameras) and then sell the stolen property out on the street. We have a lazy, useless Councilman who shows "token" interest and a lazy, useless non-manager who does nothing except push the inane events that are supposed to serve as a distraction from the fact that the property is being run into the ground by incompetent fools with no experience in running a large residential property in a city like New York City. They should go back to their tacky resorts and Blackstone should employ competent personnel to run this property.
That is why it is a NASTY, DANGEROUS SHITHOLE.
I can't imagine why anybody with a brain would be willing to pay top dollar to live here. It bears absolutely no resemblance to the peaceful, well-run, clean and quiet place it was several years ago. The grounds were bucolic and peaceful then. The surrounding neighborhood was very unsafe (as it still is), but PCVST was a beautiful oasis and we felt very fortunate to live here.
Now, it's a train-wreck and "Management" are a bunch of poorly trained and ill-suited to their jobs incompetents. Maybe they're ok at running an amusement park somewhere down where they hail from, but they are not up to New York City standards of professional management. The thieves, hustlers, beggars and druggies outside do a better job doing what they do than do our educated but overpaid "management team."
On the subject of bikes - electric and peddle-powered - I think they should be required to be registered, taxed and insured. They use the roads (when they're not on the sidewalk!) and they cause no end of accidents, some of which are fatal or seriously disabling), so why shouldn't they have to buy insurance and pay for the right to use the roads. They need to be registered and display a registration plate. Most of the accidents they cause are of the hit-and-run type.
With so many of us doing online shopping these days, I wish the delivery people would bother to read the address on the box/package. My lobby is filled with deliveries meant for some other address and I get sick of trying to track down the people or schlepping over to another building. I know the delivery guys are underpaid and probably overworked, but what effort goes into reading an address?
I am also beginning to have an issue with them leaving my packages downstairs, including a fed ex with a bank card in it. Never had that problem before. Just recently. With all the crap living in these buildings now, you don’t want your packages downstairs. I already had 2 stolen over the years. Management did nothing with their cameras and all.
Didn't Hayduk say he was going to cancel the entry cards for those delivery people who leave stuff in the lobby? My lobby is full of stuff that went to the wrong address. Management needs to get a handle on this because we never had such a problem in the past. I refuse to pay Oval Concierge to hold my packages. I am already paying for delivery and they should be delivered correctly.
Where's you at, STR? Lot going on here. I have to say that I like the new Manager very much. Ms. Kennedy has more brains in one tooth cavity than the last three males had between them.
She knows what she's doing and she does it. She is running this property very, very well.
"Didn't Hayduk say he was going to cancel the entry cards for those delivery people who leave stuff in the lobby? My lobby is full of stuff that went to the wrong address"
Hayduk was all talk and no action. I have delivered (in person) so many packages that were delivered to my building because of dyslectic or stupid delivery guys, than I can count. Maybe I should start my own on-property delivery business?
We have such absolute f**king slobs living here. Somebody at 445 had a pizza party and left all the boxes in the recycling area - complete with left over pizza, dirty napkins and thrown on the floor. If we get any four-legged vermin infesting the building, it will because of the four-legged vermin. They rent to anybody with a pulse and a checkbook. Probably Mommy and Daddy's checkbook.
I miss the time when this was a clean building inhabited by decent human beings instead of the lowlifes we have living here now.
Another loud, obnoxious concert tonight. Disgusting.
Was trying to do a remote tutoring session in my apartment and the noxious noise from the oval concert or whatever it was interfered. Even after closing the window I could still hear the noise pollution. How dare they!
You ok, STR? I hope you are having fun and keeping well. You haven't posted in a while. xxxxx
I wonder who is the moron driving the white truck that comes onto the 14th Street Loop (Ave end) and honks very loudly to announce his presence at 5:30 AM? Asshole!
>>You ok, STR?<<
I'm okay, just very busy.
>>I have to say that I like the new Manager very much. Ms. Kennedy has more brains in one tooth cavity than the last three males had between them.
She knows what she's doing and she does it. She is running this property very, very well.<<
Are you joking?
Sad to say that whoever runs the property is moot. The damage is done: disgusting dorm and transient renters, obnoxious oval events, and the dog takeover. When the new manager stops the intrusive oval events I will consider praising her. But she will not. Same old incompetence and uncaring.
Blackstone is only interested in making money out of the property in order to please its shareholders. They don't give a FF how much misery they cause to the tenants here (especially the older tenants, who they would euthanize if they could). Buying up properties, driving older tenants out and tarting up the property (with cheap shit) to attract dopes who will pay ridiculous rent to live here is how they make a bundle of money for their shareholders who buy a stake in their property portfolio.
We are not dealing with decent people who have morals and ethics. We are dealing with the lowest form of life on the planet. Even drug dealers have more basic decency and morality.
"Sad to say that whoever runs the property is moot. The damage is done: disgusting dorm and transient renters, obnoxious oval events, and the dog takeover. When the new manager stops the intrusive oval events I will consider praising her. But she will not. Same old incompetence and uncaring."
The new manager is just another corporate clone. Don't expect any measure of decency from a Blackstone managerial employee. You can't have a conscience and work for these parasitic vermin.
The Oval "events" suck. They attract more outsiders than residents. I don't believe that any of the outsiders are likely to ever rent here.
Welcome back, STR. We missed you (though I'm sure Management didn't).
The Oval has been completely destroyed. It has been changed from being a beautiful, restful tree park that gave one a sense of well-being, and into a tacky, scruffy patch littered with garbage and garbage "events."
>>I have to say that I like the new Manager very much. Ms. Kennedy has more brains in one tooth cavity than the last three males had between them.
She knows what she's doing and she does it. She is running this property very, very well.<<
Is this from "The Onion"?
Just got a bulletin from the boss lady. Pic of the Oval littered with people on blankets and mats in front of a mega-sized screen. We would be much better off (were much better off) when the Oval was home to tall, majestic London Plane trees. Then some half-wit (who is long gone) had them all cut down. I hope Karma catches up with him and his ilk.
"StuyTown's Diamond Jubilee: See What's Going On for the 75th Anniversary
Siobhan Kennedy (living@stuytown.com)
Celebrating 75 Years of StuyTown & Peter Cooper Village
StuyTown has been around the block a few times. In fact, we’ve been around this block since 1947. We’ve seen a lot in that time—17 Yankees World Series, 11 Mayors, two, going on three, Knicks Championships (maybe wishful thinking).
One thing that hasn’t changed is our purpose. We’re a community, a place that so many have called home. Whole generations have laughed, cried, and fallen in and out of love here."
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We're a community !!!???
Again !!!???
YAY !!!???
We have so many packages left in the lobby and that is often because there is no apartment number on the address label. Therefore, it is impossible for a good-willed neighbor to deliver the packages to the recipients. This would not be the case if that half-wit, Haduk, had not made the decision to not update the directories in the lobby near the mailboxes. I believe that this is against NYS law. Also, because most the of the apartments are now occupied by "Welcome Home" and most listings on the directories are "Private," it is impossible to unite deliveries with recipients.
You certainly don't need to have even a modicum of intelligence, let alone common sense, to qualify to become a "Manager" working for Beam Living.
"Sad to say that whoever runs the property is moot. The damage is done: disgusting dorm and transient renters, obnoxious oval events, and the dog takeover. When the new manager stops the intrusive oval events I will consider praising her. But she will not. Same old incompetence and uncaring."
The don't recruit intelligence. Just the same old resort hacks who couldn't manage a bodega, let alone a multi-unit, multi-building apartment complex in NYC. They are the dregs of the resort industry and hired because they probably don't have the right to demand big salaries.
This pigsty is officially a dorm. Today on a visit to the laundry room, I found myself answering questions for not one, but two new student move-ins, one with his family. It appeared that they had very little orientation. Who knows if they are just moving into the dorm or on the leases. This place is a disgrace.
Police helicopters (!?) very low and continually flying over Stuy Town. Something is up.
"This pigsty is officially a dorm. Today on a visit to the laundry room, I found myself answering questions for not one, but two new student move-ins, one with his family. It appeared that they had very little orientation. Who knows if they are just moving into the dorm or on the leases. This place is a disgrace."
I'd be surprised if they even know who lives here. They put in more time, energy and expense in putting on those lousy, peace-destroying movies and events, most of which are attended by people who don't live here.
This was just reported but occurred last month:
https://thevillagesun.com/bike-path-bandits-rob-jogger-25-at-gunpoint-north-of-east-river-park
The crime happened on the bike path but you can clearly see these perps going through a Stuytown lobby and entering the building.
"Peace-destroying movies and events" -
Ugly, mainly naked, exhibitionistic jackasses not only on the Oval, but spreading their flesh on grass in so many of the formerly pristine areas in Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village. (Disclaimer: I was once young, with a pretty good and nice-to-look-at body, sometimes behaving a bit indiscreetly. The beach and private areas are where I displayed myself, if that was what I was going to do. I was part of the 60's hippie/love, etc. generation, but never behaved in the disgusting manner the young ones do today, and too many of the old and older ones do.)
Also, a new, but limited EVENT from the Office of Resident Harassment, Abuse, Neglect and Destruction, received as an e-mail blast today for 2 and 4 Stuyvesant Oval:
"We hope that you are doing well! Our laundry vendor (CSC) will be doing a tutorial and a walk-through of the new laundry equipment. Residents are invited to tour the room and meet the technician. This will be taking place on Thursday, July 14 from 9am - 11am.
"If you have any questions or concerns and are not able to make the Open House, please let us know! We are available to help by call/text (212-420-5000), email (residentservices@beamliving.com) or chat (stuytown.com). Thank you for your cooperation as we work to improve the building.
Best,
Malcolm Stansell
Resident Manager
Resident Services"
The idiocy, money-wasting, time-wasting, possible COVID-19 Spreading EVENTS expand. After all, they are "growing" our "resident experience."
There is a video on the Tenants (not TA) fb showing a bunch of thugs casually entering a StyTn lobby. Same bunch of thugs who had just assaulted and robbed somebody.
Our buildings are not safe. Not by any means are they safe. Anybody can (and does) get in. No wonder we have rampant theft from the lobbies and from outside our apartment doors. I am a victim of theft from outside my door, as are many other people in the building.
I wish "Management" would focus more on our safety and less on those friggin "events" that attract scum from outside and leave us vulnerable. We have NO protection in this rotten, mismanaged housing project. All Management cares about is money and hustling rotten, noisy "entertainment".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWgN80gFBjI
I don't understand why this is not on the TA page. As for Blackstone...?
This happened on June 19th. We are in July now. First I heard of this. Nothing from the officials at Stuy Town?
I would assume that the "punishment" is a joke, if they are caught. NYC moves on....
"This happened on June 19th. We are in July now. First I heard of this. Nothing from the officials at Stuy Town?"
Likely the media as well as the 13th precinct are 'paid off' by Blackstone. I noticed on ABC News no mention of 'Stuytown' in their video.
Maybe the perps or some of them actually live in Stuytown. I wouldn't doubt it these days.
There is a sure way to get attention. Vote out these "woke" politicians. What they are doing is destroying the city. Yet people vote for the same types over and over again.
I agree with you 100 percent about the 'woke' pols. They are definitely destroying this city and other 'liberal' cities. It would be good if the DA of Manhattan Al Bragg can be recalled.
He loves the criminal class. Change the bail reform law back to how it was. Cops are retiring in record numbers. Many are disgusted with these 'progressive' policies allowing apprehended criminals to go free the next day to commit more crimes.
I'm a native New Yawker of 61 years. Living in Stuytown for more than 40 years. Raised in a tough 'hood in the South Bronx. I remember the 1970s-90s well.
I am seriously considering leaving NYC and giving up my rent stabilized apartment in the next few years if things don't turn around for the better.
I only have so many years on this planet left and I want a certain quality of life as I continue to age. If I can't get that in NYC there are still many places around the country where the quality of life is so much better than what exists here now.
The video is now on the TA facebook. Can't believe that the f**king, uncaring "bread and circuses broad who is supposed to be managing this place didn't let tenants know about this. She MUST have known about it. I think this lack of transparency amounts to CRIMINAL NEGLECT. I am going to put this vid on my facebook page (and I have many, many friends on facebook and they are all over the globe) as a warning that NOBODY in their right mind should even THINK of renting here and should most definitely not allow their student offspring to dorm here.
All these avaricious bastards care about is churning the apartments and making more money. The woman who "manages" this dump belongs in the resort industry (low-end resorts) because she doesn't have the skills or caring to run this place as a residential property. Having said that, I doubt that Blackstone hires people who would know any better.
Likely the media as well as the 13th precinct are 'paid off' by Blackstone. I noticed on ABC News no mention of 'Stuytown' in their video. >>>>>>>>
There will be much mention of Stuytown when I and members of my family post this video and details of its location on social media in at least 4 states! It is absolutely disgraceful that this clear and present danger to the tenants of Stuytown was not addressed by Management. We have the dopiest and most cravenly corrupt people owning and running this property. Our local pols do absolutely nothing for us in this regard. How many times has Keith Powers whimpered that the shitload on 14th Street is on the head of Carlina Rivera and the 9th Pct? The 13th Pct is about as useless and corrupt as the 9th and the sleazy, self-serving politicians who represent the entire area.
What are they asking in rent these days for this dangerous, nasty dump?
You betcha I won’t be voting for any of these “woke” scumbags!
Not excusing what happened, but do you know of any real New Yorkers who’d go jogging in East River Park at midnight?
“Toto, I have a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.”
>>The video is now on the TA facebook.<<
Where? All I see is a cat, etc...
https://www.audacy.com/wcbs880/news/local/man-beaten-robbed-while-jogging-in-manhattan-4-sought?fbclid=IwAR1KMSP9N5ojlzk_se5bsaPLVAG1XTyOTwLWtKeO2P2FpqtZ40IujKM-GZM
STR, scroll down a bit on the TA and non-TA Facebook pages. You will see the video of the walking filth who entered a Stytown building and got into the elevator.'
https://www.audacy.com/wcbs880/news/local/man-beaten-robbed-while-jogging-in-manhattan-4-sought?fbclid=IwAR1KMSP9N5ojlzk_se5bsaPLVAG1XTyOTwLWtKeO2P2FpqtZ40IujKM-GZM
>>"The video is now on the TA facebook."<<
Where? I don't see it.
The marketing people at Beam are playing up the 75th anniversary of PCVST.
But what about the history that stated the purpose of building it was that… “this project, and others like it, that families of moderate means might live in health, comfort and dignity”.
Oh, uh… modest means? Have you seen our amenities?
I resent that term”woke”. I can easily use the term”extremist right” to describe some of the politicians people on this site are advocating. These are the ones who favor carrying of guns, anti COVID measures, and lean toward the concept of “a white Christian male society”. I try not to use those meaningless terms. Users of these terms should just say what they mean. I guess they mean freedom to carry. The guns are largely responsible for the violent conditions of big cities. Stick to the ST/ Peter Cooper area without making your “woke comments”. I am certain that you would not publish criticisms of the extreme SCOTUS and Roe v. Wade comments.. In addition, I can say that the subways are cleaner and better of late.
"The woman who "manages" this dump belongs in the resort industry"
Siobhan Kennedy (VP, Head of Resident Experience) is just a figure head. The real power (the true # 1 here-he's the COO of Beam Living) behind the the throne is Rei Moya. Go to their LinkedIn profiles. Both are from the hospitality /resort industry. As were the former # 1s here Nadeem Siddiqui and Rick Hayduk. As is our "Lifestyles" Director Robert Vasquez. If you go through the Beam Living managment lineup, so are many other recent arrivals here. They do not have a clue on how to run this place.
I saw a mention of the assault and robbery perpetrated by those four black youths on the TA facebook page way down on the feed. Now, however, it appears to be gone. It's not surprising that management makes no mention of it, but it's truly scandalous that the TA doesn't even pretend anymore to be concerned for the safety of stytown residents. No mention anywhere on the TA facebook page.
>>The video is now on the TA facebook.<<
Where? All I see is a cat, etc...
It's there. It was shared from the Tenants page to the TA page and Peter Stuyvesant, the page's admin. avatar, posted this in the thread:
"An alarming report about an incident that took place on 6/19 as reported on the tenants Facebook page. The suspects can be seen entering an ST building and elevator. We have no information about this from management. The post includes a link to a CBS report on YouTube."
I think Siobhan is doing a pretty good job.
They have removed the video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWgN80gFBjI
See if you can open this STR
"Now, however, it appears to be gone. It's not surprising that management makes no mention of it, but it's truly scandalous that the TA doesn't even pretend anymore to be concerned for the safety of stytown residents. No mention anywhere on the TA facebook page."
This is misinformation. For the TA page, all initial posts must be approved by the admin. before they are posted. And the TA approved the shared post. Just went to the TA page, it's currently the second thread on the page. The TA deserves some major criticism. But your criticism for this issue is bogus. Here is the FB link for the thread.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/Stuyvesanttown/posts/5053140991480718/
And as I already posted:
"It's there. It was shared from the Tenants page to the TA page and Peter Stuyvesant, the page's admin. avatar, posted this in the thread:"
"An alarming report about an incident that took place on 6/19 as reported on the tenants Facebook page. The suspects can be seen entering an ST building and elevator. We have no information about this from management. The post includes a link to a CBS report on YouTube."
>This is misinformation.<
No. I must be banned and maybe a few others, too. I still don't see it. I tried again just now. Sorry, but if I don't see it, I'm not going to waste my time trying to expose it, using this or that. Not my loss.
Another thing. While it can be permissible to ban someone from the other Stuy Town page, the resident one, it is not permissible to ban (meaning one can't read a post) on the TA page. There is one individual (I know him and have met him) who wants absolute control and if your opinion is different, he will ban you from reading his posts. You can still read the TA and resident posts, but not his or his buddy's posts. Worms.
The TA is a shell of its former self. What's their total membership these days? Probably less than one hundred people.
Likely the TA is getting money from Blackstone so you will rarely find info on their website critical of management here.
It's called corruption.
"Stick to the ST/ Peter Cooper area without making your “woke comments”."
If you don't like what people write you can read another blog. Typical of lefties trying to control the narrative by 'canceling' what people say. Did using the word 'woke' trigger you? Find a 'safe space' elsewhere.
"There is one individual (I know him and have met him) who wants absolute control and if your opinion is different, he will ban you from reading his posts. You can still read the TA and resident posts, but not his or his buddy's posts. Worms."
Is this individual on both facebook sites - TA and Resident?
If you cross the Dictator-in-Chief on the residents page, will block you from even being able to the see the page itself! He's like a little Putin!
>>Is this individual on both facebook sites - TA and Resident?<<
I think so. I could be wrong, though.
BTW, "woke" was a positive term, and can be used as such. But now it can used negatively.
https://microhabitat.ca/urban-farming-in-new-york/
Urban farming in Stuy Town? Well.... I had an idea about a year to two years ago that each building should have a mini-farm where residents of that building would partake of what's grown. The problem as I saw it is that the soil would have to be tested and vermin (both the scurrying kind and the human kind) would have to be kept away. It seems that Stuy Town will have an urban farming with Microhabitat. Of course, Beam will want to promote this as something wonderful for our community, but since they are bullshitters in part, it has to be examined realistically. If the produce will go outside of Stuy Town and Peter Cooper, then it may become too costly. And how much produce anyway? A tomato for one person? Maybe not even that. Something stinks about this idea. But we will see.
Speaking of "bullshitters," dogs will undoubtedly crap in any "farms" within ST. Who/what will keep dogs out? Public Safety? LOL.
I think he's a man with too much time on his hands. Constantly dictatorial on both facebooks. There's a woman who used to be just as bad, but she has quietened down and mellowed quite a bit.
And did Beam conveniently forget about those "kids" punching a biker and entering a building in Stuy Town? What about the carts that were burned a couple of months ago? If it wasn't for the frequent postings about the mess on 14 Street, this would be unknown.
Beam is all about innovation! They can't be bothered with the basics, like heat and safety....
"And did Beam conveniently forget about those "kids" punching a biker and entering a building in Stuy Town? What about the carts that were burned a couple of months ago? If it wasn't for the frequent postings about the mess on 14 Street, this would be unknown."
Which carts were burned? Hope they weren't our laundry carts!
Beam Living does not want us to know what crime goes on here. The want us to live in "blissful ignorance." Problem is, ignorance is not bliss because it can create a false sense of security and safety. This property has never been as badly run as it is now. Even Hayduk was better that whomever is running the joint now. I don't think they can find qualified people to fill the job. The current management is only interested in putting on those shitty super-spreader events. They don't have any experience or qualifications when it comes to running a residential property - especially one this size - and it shows. OMG! It REALLY shows!
I think Beam Living surpasses Compass Rock when it comes to ineptitude, indifference and downright incompetence. It is also CRIMINALLY negligent to not inform us about assaults on the property and thugs entering the buildings. What the F*ck are those cameras for if they are only for after-the-fact viewing?
The "golf carts"... One was burned and maybe another. Suspect was probably from one of the neighborhood schools. So....
I pray for rain every Wednesday from now until fall! The sound from the first movie tonight is deafening!!!
The movie was very loud last night and appeared to last until 9PM. They have some nerve plaguing oval residents with these crap events that they advertise as “amenities”. An acquaintance who lives in a not so great building in Inwood at least has a pool. That is what I call an amenity.
Point of Information:
Last night's movie (the "adult" one, that is) was the musical Bernstein version of West Side Story.
IT DID NOT END UNTIL 9:45 P.M. or A LITTLE LATER.
I was tempted to call 911 and report a Disturbance of the Peace.
I was fantasizing some much more direct action, which might have resulted in a long lasting solution.
These shitty movie nights on the Oval should be banned. I often wonder if the Shit that run this place get some sort of "nod and wink" from the City to do this because we do have noise ordinances and I'm pretty sure the deafening sound of those movies is in violation of the noise ordinances.
"As is our "Lifestyles" Director Robert Vasquez. If you go through the Beam Living managment lineup, so are many other recent arrivals here. They do not have a clue on how to run this place."
"Lifestyles Director?" Why the hell do we need a Lifestyles Director? If this was a mental institution or a facility for the aged and decrepit, I could understand them hiring somebody with such a title. This is a residential apartment complex in the heart of the most cosmopolitan and diverse city on the planet. We moved into Sty Town because we wanted to rent an apartment in a convenient location and it was a bonus to have a nice "backyard" to enjoy. We certainly didn't move here because we wanted "entertainment" or have our lifestyle directed by some idiot from Resort World. Living in a peaceful, verdant environment would have been more than acceptable. When we are dribbling into our oatmeal and wearing Depends we will seek a place with a Lifestyles Director.
Sheesh! They bend over backwards to insult the mentality and intelligence of those of us pay good money to live here. They should get experienced residential property managers, not resort hacks who are totally out of their depth when it comes to running the property the way it should be run.
Will they be having nobbly knees contests and glamorous granny contests? I remember (several years ago) seeing a comedy movie about the "Holiday Camps" they used to have in the UK in the 50s and 60s. I believe those places were called "Butlins." It made an hilarious movie theme, but not an experience that anybody with a brain would want in real life.
This dump is descending to that level.
I wish they would put a real supermarket into the space that was formerly occupied by Associated. I am sick of Trader Joe and Target. TJ does not sell any household products (apart from toilet rolls and paper towels) and Target has a very limited grocery selection. Both only sell their own brands.
I have to go to D'Agostinos and Morton Williams to get what I want for my and my family's needs. Both are a schlep and are overpriced. Not all of us want to order our groceries and household items on line, either.
It is very clear to me that this Management does not want families living here. This is made very obvious that most of the two or three bedrooms apartments are rented to people with room mates. They only want students and transients (and students are actually transients).
Associated was a very useful amenity. It may not have been the most answer to everybody's needs, but it sold most of what most of us want. Now I go to the Associated on Avenue C or the supermarkets further downtown. It's a pain in the ass and I have to take a cab home with the groceries, but it sure as hell beats the limited brand availability of TJ. As for Target - they have nothing beyond milk and a limited selection other food items.
The main demo that is occupying ST at this point get all its foods and other things from Amazon. Hence the ever-present piles of sloppily-delivered packages that get flung into our lobbies on a daily basis by LazyShip. Most of those "deliveries" are thrown into the wrong buildings, but who gives a crap?
Beam Living and its incompetent management types should be running a different type of property. They are out of their depth here. Hayduk was a total resort hack and his removing the directories and name-plates was evidence of this - along with other things that made him eligible for a "Resort Manager" badge.
Maybe Blackstone doesn't have any employees who are actually qualified to run a residential property of this size in a major city, and in that case they should get some or train some before they buy up such properties.
This morning there was a very high cloud of dust being raised by the leaf blowers around the screen area at the south of the Oval. I regret not having my cellphone to take pictures. I've never seen such a high and expansive cloud. Residents were passing by, including children. Some put on masks to not breathe in the dust. This is bullshit for Stuy Town to do this. Who is in charge? Really, who is in charge? And does this person care?
STR whoever is in charge, it's obvious that they don't care. And that's putting it nicely!!!
I guess the Paycheck is in charge. These people are saying and doing things for the Paycheck. Anything else is moot.
This lifestyle title is because they advertise these crap movies and events as so called amenities. Makes it sound like they are giving you something. A doorman or pool is an amenity, not this garbage
I agree that we need an all purpose supermarket here. Trader Joe’s is good for fruits and a few other things but is not the answer. You have to go to Target for household goods. Trader Joe advertises as “healthy” but many of their products TA are very high in salt and sugar. I am not a big fan. I wasn’t crazy about Associated but do miss it . Better than what we have here now.
"I guess the Paycheck is in charge. These people are saying and doing things for the Paycheck. Anything else is moot."
You got that right. Maybe the Lifestyles Director could do something about the leaf-blowers that are throwing dust and all kinds of crap into our lungs and the lungs of our children. Could be they have a Deathstyles Director in charge of that. So sick of having to put up with this shit-pile of a "Management." They are totally inept, unqualified and out of their depth.
I would have a lot more respect for this (or any) Management if they would focus more on our safety and comfort and less on the gimmicks and "events." The "events" are attended by a lot outsiders and nobody ever checks the IDs of attendees. On July 4, Public Safety was making everybody present their ID cards before they entered the property grounds, though this was only late in the evening close to when the fireworks started.
I think it would money very well spent if they were to station a PS officer at every entrance to the grounds. They used to do that years ago. The neighborhood we live in is NOT safe. It used to be very unsafe because the East Village was known as Alphabet City and was the worst drug-infested place in the world (or so I read). There were "shooting galleries" all along Avenues A and B and people would be lined up outside to go in and get their dose of "smack." There used to be quite a bit of violence too. The AIDS epidemic helped put an end to the drug parlors (as well as Rudy Giuliani's take-no-prisoners approach).
Then the developers moved in and gentrified the neighborhood and it somehow got the name "East Village" although the East Village had always been several block south of E. 14th. Sounded classier than Alphabet City, I guess. As Alphabet City the neighborhood was the unwashed asshole of New York. Not even the armpit. Living in Stuyvesant Town and PCV (especially PCV) was safe. At least the property was safe and we had a very visible and adequate presence of Security Officers.
Now the neighborhood is going back to the way it was 40 years ago and what do we have? The grounds are open to everyone and his pet dog and instead of Security we have poorly trained Public Safety "Officers" who are little more than mall cops. No wonder they can't rent the renovated apartments to anybody except students.
But to station an "officer [LOL] at every entrance to the grounds [isn't the correct term 'campus']" would hurt Blackstone's bottom line. Besides, most criminals are armed. And for those too young to remember, 14th Street and below was perfectly safe during Fifties and early to mid-Sixties, except maybe very late at night. There was also a (spotlessly clean) City playground near Avenue C that caused no problems; Murphy Park was its former name. Fortunately, left ST in 1985, when things started to go bad INSIDE. And even worse now, of course, from what I've read here.
I know the initial topic of this thread was E-bikes and that makes me wonder if there are any people here who charge those things in their apartments. I heard on the news that there have been several fires in NYCHA housing because of people charging E-bikes in their apartments. Probably, they've cause fires elsewhere too.
A few years ago there was some fad thing that caused a large number of fires from being charged in homes. I think they were a segway (or something like that). I see people zooming around on scooters and bikes that are battery run. Who knows what kind of danger we are in.
But not to worry, we've always got those dumbass events to take our minds of things!
Was sitting outside on a bench on the Oval pathway. No dogs allowed. Yet in about less than an hour, I saw walking this path a number of dogs with their owners. Signs on both sides about NO DOGS, but no one cares.
"Was sitting outside on a bench on the Oval pathway. No dogs allowed. Yet in about less than an hour, I saw walking this path a number of dogs with their owners. Signs on both sides about NO DOGS, but no one cares."
More proof that our "Public Safety Officers" are only for decorative purposes. They have been told to "stand down" when people are breaking the rules. Doesn't matter whether the rule-violators are residents or folk from outside.
STR, don't you know? THE RULES DO NOT APPLY TO THEM. I, too, was sitting outside on the Oval pathway yesterday. At one point I was watching a clueless woman blithely traipsing on the oval lawn trying to take video of her pup as he scampered around her. From what I could tell, she wasn't having much luck capturing the image, though.
My whole family is allergic to bees. If anyone gets stung I will own StuyTown!!
Dogs and students rule here. I venture to say that if someone with a rent stabilized apartment broke a rule, they would be treated more unfairly than a market rater with dogs or student/roomie paying over 4,000 for a shared apartment. This place is the dregs, especially in the summer when the oval becomes a beach blanket bingo dump with people picnicking and outsiders attending noisy, crappy movies and concerts. Classless and the dog barking has gotten really out of hand. Many people have two, not one dog. Oh, and they bring them into the produce market too.
Wouldn’t touch anything in that produce market with a ten foot pole.
"Was sitting outside on a bench on the Oval pathway. No dogs allowed. Yet in about less than an hour, I saw walking this path a number of dogs with their owners. Signs on both sides about NO DOGS, but no one cares."
Well what does security say when you brought this to their attention?
>>Well what does security say when you brought this to their attention?<<
PS says that dogs are allowed in that area if they are service dogs. The service dog excuse is used by people who are familiar with that excuse and that PS will not check. I have seen PS officers ignore this violation and repeatedly not ask at all. So, yeah, if you have a dog, no matter what size it is, you can say (if a PS officer asks--rarely), it's a service dog for emotional support, and no one will stop you.
A giraffe can be an emotional service animal, btw. An emotional service animal is not the same as a service animal which is used by someone with a disability. PS can stop most, if not all, of these dogs. But they don't.
These are the facts, ma'am: https://www.domesti-pups.org/emotional-support-animals.html
There was a major fire in the dumpster at the 20th St Loop. Major. No one was hurt, however.
No word yet on that major dumpster fire... Was it set on fire purposefully? Was it spontaneous combustion? Do residents have a right to know?
"PS will not check."
Well the next question to ask is "why are you not checking the authenticity of these claims"? Is there paperwork that these mutants should be carrying on their person?
Perhaps the service dog excuse is one used by Sty security guards in an attempt to shirk their responsibilities? If I were a sty security guard I certainly wouldn't want to be doing anything job related while on duty.
>>Well the next question to ask is "why are you not checking the authenticity of these claims"?<<
I am doing certain things which I am not at liberty to say over here. :-)
It is worse than I thought. Last night a report on the Citizen's App had a knife being used at 18 and 1st to rob. This compelled someone to post his experience at the bus stop on 1st and 23rd, around 3pm. According to him, a knife was pulled and his little son was threatened. "I'm gonna stab that little white boy." Thankfully, he knew what to do, and hid the incident from his son. Report was made to the police. BTW, two transit officers nearby did nothing.
There has to be a shakeup at Public Safety.
The property is not at all safe for us. The neighborhood on the 14th Street side of the property is absolutely vile. It's worse than it was when I moved in back in the 80s. Drugs, booze, beggars and all kinds of activities of the illegal kind! It doesn't stay on the street; it is coming into Stuyvesant Town (I don't know how it is at PCV) and we have almost no Public Safety. I'm surprised that parents let their college-age kids live here and I know I certainly wouldn't want my kid to live here in a dorm situation.
I wish that Management would spend the money to hire more and better "Public Safety" personnel and have them really trained and up to par like the old Security force were. Some of the old Security guys were a bit obnoxious at times, but they were well-trained MEN. Now, we have kids who are not well-trained and not mature enough for the job. They do their best, but they are just not up to protecting a sprawling property that is becoming infiltrated more and more by crime.
I think that the idiotic Hayduk neutered Public Safety to a large degree by telling them to stand down when they encountered somebody breaking the rules. I heard he said that Blackstone didn't want any lawsuits from people who got irate if they were told to stop doing whatever they were doing that they shouldn't have been doing. Well, what the f**k are the Public Safety guys there for? As for the lame excuse about lawsuits, are we supposed to think that Blackstone doesn't have a cage full of rabid, junkyard dogs with law degrees in its employ? I KNOW FOR A FACT that they do! I used to work for a law firm that numbered Blackstone among its clientele and I can tell you for sure that you would need both rabies and tetanus shots if one of those bastards bit you!
We don't have a real residential management company running this place; we have a bunch of hotels and resorts hacks. We also don't have a real Public Safety presence protecting us; we immature, minimum wage mall cops. Not their fault. It just is what it is.
(1) Safety (security, health, protection from criminal behavior) and (2) Management of people's rented HOMES in multi-tenant dwellings:
(The following block capped words are for emphasis. Were I able to bold or underline or color them, I would do that instead of having them appear as if I'm "yelling" at anyone.)
I've come to the conclusion, since Blackstone invaded us, that neither safety nor the provision of common, expected and legally-mandated services for rent-paying residents have ANYTHING TO DO WITH WHY THEY ARE HERE.
They have hired "hacks" from the "resort" and "entertainment" fields precisely BECAUSE some Blackstone geniuses decided to TURN WHERE WE LIVE INTO CHEAP, THIRD-RATE "ENTERTAINMENT' as well as a location for multiple and multiplying COMMERCIAL ENTITIES. This includes what is termed these days as "virtue signaling" by promoting disingenuous and distracting crap such as "beehives," "produce," "energy-saving" practices, inviting "artists" to further uglify Stuyvesant Town with "art" espousing "equity" (which word makes no sense these days), parades and events which present "awards" to Blackstone flunkies honoring who the hell knows what, and so on and so forth.
"Safety" of residents and ancillary folks patently has NOTHING to do with their "mission" here.
Blackstone/Beam are NOT "making mistakes," or misguidedly shoving schlock up every orifice of the true residents here. They know precisely what they are doing and whom they are hiring to administer their fiefdom here.
As far as I know, we have heard nothing from Management about various incidents here, including the entry of outsiders (?) into one of our buildings or the dumpster massive fire. Who is Management, anyway?
"Who is Management, anyway?"
That is a good question. We have some girl from the pubs and pies realm of hospitality and some addle-brained "Lifestyles Director" who needs to go. In short, we have no real "management" whatsoever. This crew of losers make Compass Rock look almost competent.
Just warn everyone who might be looking to rent in NYC to make sure they don't rent anywhere with the Beam Living name over the door! They haven't got a f**king clue as to how to manage a residential property. We are unsafe year round, freezing in winter and have to put up with a revolving door of all kinds of people as our neighbors, most of them students and transients. Those hideous super-spreader events ensure that the Covid Virus and its variants will thrive and kill well into the future.
It should come as no surprise that management wants to hide any crimes committed on the property. If you challenge them they'll come up with some 'alternative facts' or just outright denial!
I just can't believe how stupid this Kennedy woman is! She is an absolute joke! She never ever mentions the crime and the shit that goes on here, but she is forever pushing those ridiculous, totally irrelevant gimmicks and "events" at us. She is like a hotelier, but the kind of hotelier who, if the hotel was burning, would shove a tray of pastries in your face and say please take a seat and try some of these beautiful pastries.
This "management" is the stuff that dark comedies and sit-coms are made of! Alfred Hitchcock could weave a story about this place and its "management."
Siobhan Kennedy is our Head of Resident Experience. Before that (among other things), she had experience as the General Manager of the Dog & Fox Boutique Hotel and Pub in London. And before that (among other things), she was a Manager of the Rock N' Horse Steakhouse. Basically, she has been in the hospitality field, but has been employed by Beam Living for the last couple of years. Stuy Town and Peter Cooper Village has been falling apart, but that's our replacement for General Manager, which we still don't have.
I would assume that she is still in the hospitality field working for Beam Living here. Why would Beam hire anyone else?
Beam needs to hire people who know how to run a residential property. We don't need resort and hospitality people UNLESS the actual direction Blackstone wants to take the property in is that it becomes a resort/hotel enterprise and NOT a residential property. All of these events and gimmicks are form without substance. This is very much a short-stay hotel/hostel/dorm at this point. Only the long-term residents (who Management wants to hurry up and die) are real tenants. Everybody else is classified as a guest.
I wonder when we will start getting room service and housekeeping?
You can already get room service and housekeeping.
No one from the Real Estate/Property Management field will work for Beam Living. Thus they have to hire from the hospitality field.
It will likely continue as a city subsidized, dorm, short term roomie development. Five years from now maybe they will raze the whole place. It is nowhere near a resort type place. No pool, no doormen, nothing. Maybe it will become full time NYU housing. I predict that or razing the place 5-10 years from now.
They are also using the property as a short stay tourist option. So many different foreign languages spoken by people in my building who come and go. Who would want to stay here! I guess they give them a better rate than hotels in the city for a few weeks stay.
There's a guy walking around the property with a Rottweiler. What happened to the ban on aggressive breeds? Weight restrictions? Just sayin'.
It's amazing that we have a corporate entity, like Beam, which seems to bullshit us residents and not mention other things that can be dangerous to us. I was watching a blog on China, and the CCP stance of "social order" is paramount here. The CCP has a strong-arm enforcement of this policy, Bean doesn't, though I am sure Beam would like to!
"It's amazing that we have a corporate entity, like Beam, which seems to bullshit us residents and not mention other things that can be dangerous to us. I was watching a blog on China, and the CCP stance of "social order" is paramount here. The CCP has a strong-arm enforcement of this policy, Bean doesn't, though I am sure Beam would like to!"
I don't follow your drift, STR. What are you saying? Should be live like they do in China and have our every movement dictated to us? I just don't know what you are implying in your post.
I am implying that Beam would love to use tactics to quiet down whatever opposition is from residents. They can't. But they can control the narrative through Resident Services, Public Safety, etc. Only good news from Beam!
Gottit! In years in the past, when MetLife ran the joint, we didn't have much crime on the property, but when we did they would put up notices and (when available) photographs of the perp. There were the occasional nasty incidents whereby somebody was robbed in the doorway, hall or elevator. Not too often, but MetLife always made sure we were aware of what had happened and told us to report anything/anyone suspicious to Security. Back then we actually had Security. Well trained and enough of them for a property this size. They even used to do walk-throughs of the buildings at night. Those were the days when this was a really desirable place to live and had a waiting list of several years. We didn't have shitty entertainment and we didn't want or need it.
We also had a local/community newspaper ("Town and Village") and anything that happened here, good and bad, was reported in that paper. At one time it had a bit of a racist touch, but when the nasty old guy who owned it retired or croaked and his son took over the paper changed its tone for the better.
This City Council District had an effective person 1974-91. Town and Village denounced her as a Communist. They also didn't like Andrew Stein. Yes, both these former officials weren't perfect, but at least they didn't just sit on their asses during their whole time in office.
The guy who originally owned and published T&V, Charles Hagedorn, was a very nasty, vindictive man. He was very right wing and had a cruel streak. I remember he would run a "this week in 19.." section and he would reprint painful and embarrassing events that had happened to tenants in the past, e.g., falling down an elevator shaft because of being drunk; a lady witnessing her husband literally blowing his face off because he'd been fired from his job at ConEd and other embarrassing things such as being arrested for being drunk on the street, etc. Those people were still living in Stuyvesant Town and had to have their painful past thrown out for everybody to read about. He also declared war on some tenants who had sued MetLife over very noisy neighbors. There were a lot of nasty articles he published. When his wife died he called out every doctor in the hospital as to whether they had or had not (in his opinion) treated his wife well. He called out (by name the names of various relatives who had or who had not visited his wife in the hospital). Vengeance and spite were what he specialized in. He also paid a point of when reporting local crimes he would describe the alleged perp: "A male Black ...." "A female Hispanic ...." He would only mention the race or color if the perp was not white. An absolutely horrible man.
His son, Chistopher Hagedorn was a bit more decent, though his most cherished memory was of barging into a Co-oP City apartment to catch a photograph of a man jumping to his death from a rooftop or balcony. Decency and compassion didn't exist in the Hagedorn family! However, the paper did eventually get a bit more moral and decent over time when they employed some very good reporters, Sabena Mollot-O'Rourke comes to mind and the son and heir of the publisher mellowed out a bit. It started to cover crime without mentioning race and it started reporting non-political events. And, better still, it started writing in a more respectful manner without resorting to public shaming (which, in my opinion, is usually the vilest thing to do to anybody unless they have committed a really heinous crime).
I hope it comes back, but preferably without the Stain of Hagedorn.
"This City Council District had an effective person 1974-91. Town and Village denounced her as a Communist. They also didn't like Andrew Stein. Yes, both these former officials weren't perfect, but at least they didn't just sit on their asses during their whole time in office."
Was the "Communist" Carol Bellamy? Ruth Messinger? They sound like the kind of people Hagedorn The Horrible would go after.
Female Councilperson in question was the late Miriam Friedlander. A strong advocate for tenants, women, and gay people. Way ahead of her time. Hagedorn Sr. hated Democrats of any stripe (besides blacks, Hispanics, and Jews)--it was very obvious. Neither Hagedorn lived in or even near STPCV, of course; they just profited handsomely off of it. T&V's original offices/printing plant were on that part of East 14th Street where it's now unsafe to set foot, BTW.
@9:15 AM: Thank you for the info. I moved in to ST in the early 80s and got a complimentary copy of T&V and then decided to subscribe as it seemed interesting and useful at the time. I soon became disgusted with its editorial policies. It was very, very racist and had absolutely no respect for tenants. I tried to cancel it, but it kept coming! It did get a bit better editorially when the old man died. The son was not much better, but somewhat better and they did hire some good reporters/editors and focused on local events, rather than excoriating "bad" tenants.
It had its uses and I do miss it at this point.
I posted this on the wrong thread, so I'll try again. This a copy of something I saw on a Gardeners' FB page.
"Please, for the love of all things nature, if you’re thinking of getting a honeybee hive, consider the many other little lives you might be harming. Studies show time and again how much their presence can negatively affect native bees, but unfortunately I don’t need a study to tell me what I’m witnessing with my own eyes. Last fall, neighbors about a quarter of a mile down the road added two hives to their yard but didn’t plant any flowers to feed them. What has happened now is exactly what I predicted: Almost no other neighbors grow flowers, not even clover in their lawns, so the honeybees are coming to our habitat – en masse.
I like and appreciate honeybees, just as I like and appreciate all animals. But I don’t unleash them in my backyard for the same reason I don’t import a tiger or a hippo or a panda and plop them in the garden. Honeybees are imported, captive-bred, domesticated animals who must be tended to and fed, and they must be fed a LOT. In one month, a single hive takes away an amount of pollen that could otherwise have fed 100,000 progeny of the average solitary native bee.
Each year I look forward to the amazing diversity of wasps, flies, bees, beetles, moths and butterflies (all pollinators in their own right) on the mountain mint. There are so many that it’s hard to capture them all, and I’ve learned a lot of new species just by watching the action on the abundant flowers. But this year our extensive mountain mint patches are dominated by honeybees, and I’ve even been watching them knock other insects off the flowers because they move in such a frantic manner. I have to look long and carefully to see any native pollinators.
I haven’t seen any studies yet on how deprived wasps, flies, beetles, butterflies, and moths have probably become in the presence of honeybees; the research so far has focused on competition with native bees for floral resources. But clearly many of these other insects aren’t even bothering to try here this year, and I’m guessing that’s because the nectar is too quickly depleted.
Recently I heard someone from a local honeybee association say that he doesn’t encourage new beekeepers to plant flowers. “There are plenty of flowers around,” he said, noting the county’s parks. But he must not have even been thinking about native bees, most of whom can’t fly far at all for food; in many cases we’re talking mere feet/yards as opposed to the miles a honeybee can fly. If a honeybee colony is placed near a natural area or habitat garden, well, godspeed to all the little homebodies who have no place else to go. It’s like a beer-festival-sized crowd of thousands descending on a tiny little corner market.
I hope more people will become wild beekeepers instead by planting native flowers, leaving leaves and stalks for nesting and overwintering bees, avoiding pesticides, and spreading the word to those well-meaning but misguided folks who think they’re saving the bees when they’re actually actively displacing the ones who really need to be saved.
Pictured here: A honeybee and one of the only other insects I’ve seen this week on the mountain mint, a thick-headed fly (who mimics wasps but parasitizes bees) on mountain mint. (More on these cool flies later!)""
Please, people, remember that undiluted greed and avarice and intelligence don't necessary go together. In fact, they seldom do. Our so-called "landlord" and those in its employ are living proof of this. The rot starts at the top and just take a look at who is at the top. Also, remember Rob Speyer, the gullible, but craven, creature who bought this property from the con artists that MetLife eventually morphed into. Speyer didn't have enough intelligence that if it had been the equivalent of dynamite he wouldn't have been able to blow his hat off. He destroyed the property, destroyed many people's lives and then went into default.
Eventually, this bunch of parasites will be forced to eat their own shit, but for now just sit back and wait. Enjoy the finale.
At the end T & V became an arm of management. There was practically nothing in it and it ignored tenant issues and events unfavorable to management’s image. A real rag.
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Apitoxin; Apis venenum purum; Insect sting; Insect bite; Wasp sting; Hornet sting; Yellow jacket sting.
This article is for information only. DO NOT use it to treat or manage an actual poisoning from a sting. If you or someone you are with is stung, call your local emergency number (such as 911), or your local poison center can be reached directly by calling the national toll-free Poison Help hotline (1-800-222-1222) from anywhere in the United States.
Poisonous Ingredient
Bee, wasp, hornet, and yellow jacket stings contain a substance called venom.
Of these insects, Africanized bee colonies are very sensitive to being disturbed. When they are disturbed, they respond faster and in greater numbers than other types of bees. They are also much more likely to sting than European bees.
You are also at risk for stings if you disturb a wasp, hornet, or yellow jacket nest.
Where Found
Bee, wasp, hornet, and yellow jacket venom can cause an allergic reaction in some people.
Symptoms
Below are symptoms of a bee, wasp, hornet, or yellow jacket sting in different parts of the body.
EYES, EARS, NOSE, AND THROAT
Swelling in the throat, lips, tongue, and mouth *
HEART AND BLOOD VESSELS
Rapid heart rate
Severe decrease in blood pressure*
Collapse (shock) *
LUNGS
Difficulty breathing *
SKIN
Hives *
Itching
Swelling and pain at site of the sting
STOMACH AND INTESTINES
Abdominal cramping
Diarrhea
Nausea and vomiting
* These symptoms are due to an allergic reaction, and not venom.
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Home Care
If you have an allergy to stings from a bee, wasp, yellow jacket, or similar insect you should always carry an insect sting kit and know how to use it. These kits require a prescription. They contain a medicine called epinephrine, which you should take right away if you get a bee, wasp, hornet, or yellow jacket sting.
Call poison control or a hospital emergency room if the person who is stung has an allergy to the insect or was stung inside the mouth or throat. People with severe reactions may need to go to the hospital.
To treat the sting:
Try to remove the stinger from the skin (if it is still present). To do this, carefully scrape the back of a knife or other thin, blunt, straight-edged object (like a credit card) across the stinger if the person can keep still and it is safe to do so. If you are pulling the stinger out, it is important to not pinch the venom sac at the end of the stinger. If this sac is squeezed or broken, more venom will be released.
Clean the area thoroughly with soap and water.
Place ice (wrapped in a clean cloth) on the site of the sting for 10 minutes and then off for 10 minutes. Repeat this process. If the person has problems with blood circulation, decrease the time that the ice is on the area to prevent possible skin damage.
Keep the affected area still, if possible, to prevent the venom from spreading.
Loosen clothing and remove rings and other tight jewelry.
Give the person diphenhydramine (Benadryl and other brands) by mouth if they can swallow. This antihistamine drug may be used alone for mild symptoms.
Before Calling Emergency
Have this information ready:
Person's age, weight, and condition
Type of insect, if possible
Time of the sting
Location of the sting
Poison Control
Your local poison control center can be reached directly by calling the national toll-free Poison Help hotline (1-800-222-1222) from anywhere in the United States. They will give you further instructions.
This is a free and confidential service. All local poison control centers in the United States use this national number. You should call if you have any questions about poisoning or poison prevention. It does NOT need to be an emergency. You can call for any reason, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
What to Expect at the Emergency Room
The health care provider will measure and monitor the person's vital signs, including temperature, pulse, breathing rate, and blood pressure. Symptoms will be treated. The person may receive:
Blood and urine tests.
Breathing support, including oxygen. Severe allergic reactions may require a tube down the throat and breathing machine (ventilator).
Chest x-ray.
ECG (electrocardiogram, or heart tracing).
Intravenous fluids (IV, through a vein).
Medicine to treat symptoms.
Outlook (Prognosis)
How well a person does depends on how allergic they are to the insect sting and how quickly they receive treatment. The faster they get medical help, the better the chance for recovery. The chances of future total body reactions increase when local reactions become more and more severe.
People who are not allergic to bees, wasps, hornets, or yellow jackets usually get better within 1 week.
DO NOT put your hands or feet in nests or hives or other preferred hiding places. Avoid wearing bright colored-clothing and perfumes or other fragrances if you will be in an area where these insects are known to gather.
Can a person die from one bee sting?
About 40 people die each year from stings, and half don't know they're allergic. Millions of Americans live out their lives unaware that they are severely allergic to bee and wasp stings, so much so that a single sting can send them into anaphylactic shock and cause death.
I think TS was a better landlord than these bunch of clueless idiots. At least they planted trees instead of destroying them. True that Rob Speyer was the asshole of assholes, but definitely worse then the hillbilly bunch we have running the property (into the ground) now.
I don't think they can get truly competent people to work for Beam Living. It has a TERRIBLE reputation nationwide. The absolute pot scrapings of the resort industry are now playing at being property management.
"I think TS was a better landlord than these bunch of clueless idiots. At least they planted trees instead of destroying them. True that Rob Speyer was the asshole of assholes, but definitely worse then the hillbilly bunch we have running the property (into the ground) now."
I meant to say Speyer was "definitely NO worse than the hillbilly bunch ...."
They tell us not to feed nuts to the squirrels because some people have allergies. Nobody throws a nut at a kid or any other person. Many people are deathly allergic to bee stings, yet they are introducing them into the property. If somebody dies as a result of this totally ludicrous and dangerous plan, I think some of the cretinous morons who call themselves Director of This and That (you know who you are) will end up either in jail or worse.
Instead of "introducing" bees here, Blackstone should de-introduce their movies. That would improve QOL significantly for all actual residents. And in winter, they could re-introduce steam heat....
"And in winter, they could re-introduce steam heat...."
I second that emotion! The winters here are a nightmare. Those loud, shitty movies on the Oval are a public nuisance. Definitely DEintroduce them.
I agree. These concerts and movies infringe on my remote sessions with students and disturb be no end in my oval apartment. They continue them because they falsely list them as “amenities “ which is crapola. Heat, a necessity, is just shoved under the rug. People should not attend these oval events.
Heat alert day and unhealthy air quality does not stop Blackstone/Beam from torturing residents with crappy movies!!!
"I agree. These concerts and movies infringe on my remote sessions with students and disturb be no end in my oval apartment. They continue them because they falsely list them as “amenities “ which is crapola. Heat, a necessity, is just shoved under the rug. People should not attend these oval events."
I wish that people wouldn't attend these horrible concerts and events. The are super-spreaders of the Covid virus (I know someone who attended one while still sick with the virus) and they cause noise pollution in the apartments of those of us who are unfortunate enough to live near the Oval. I would be embarrassed if I were so desperate for entertainment that I felt compelled to attend one of these "events!"
This once was, and could be again, a very pleasant, peaceful, crime free (notwithstanding being situated in NYC) place to live. Unfortunately, opportunistic philistines have seen fit to try to turn it into a third-rate resort. At one time, to live here was to be the envy of most people you knew, not because it was luxurious or ultra modern, but because it was safe, bucolic and quiet and very, very affordable. Even though we didn't have air conditioning until maybe 30 years ago, and there were all kinds of rules and regulations about carpets, no dogs, etc., there were a thousands of people on a waiting list to get an apartment here and when your name came up on the waiting list, you felt like you had struck gold.
What is it now? Can somebody answer me that?
What a dump this place has become?
Transients galore,lobbies overflowing with boxes, noise, dog sh*t everywhere, horrible Oval "concerts", AirBnB, no heat in winter, brown water from taps, antiquated plumbing.
Shall I go on?
"What is it now? Can somebody answer me that?"
Black$tone transformed STPCV into an Oasis for Criminals.
I agree with everything you say but the resort part. I would not call it a resort in any way, not even third rate. It is a dorm dump.
Who would sit there in 90 degree heat to watch a third rate old movie! Unbelievable. I was sure they would cancel the crap.
"Who would sit there in 90 degree heat to watch a third rate old movie! Unbelievable. I was sure they would cancel the crap."
I agree! We sure have some morons paying through the nose to live here and they're the ones who suck up the "entertainment" put on by the hucksters who run this dump. The Covid virus likes them though because it sure can get around at these things.
Has anybody noticed that they are now sending us bulletins with advertisements for overpriced apartments in Kips Bay? Beam Living is the mismanagement at that place too. They never miss an opportunity to grasp for more money. I miss CW at this point. Bloodsucking bastards as they were, they were not as bad as this bunch of schnorrers. The property is going down the toilet, but all they can think of is sucking more money out of us.
I wonder what this Kennedy woman did before she came here? Head waitress at some resort?
On the resident blog, a resident has been showing the pile up of packages on one floor hall, some very large. Haven't been moved yet, even though PS and Resident Services have been called. Residents are wondering if this place (Stuy Town) is worse than it has ever been and badly managed. Well....
STR, I don't know who the "management" here bribes, sleeps with or whatever, but how they get away with violating each and every City law regarding our safety is beyond me. They ripped out the directories in the lobbies (understandable as this is a revolving door dorm/flophouse, but still illegal); they violate the nuisance and noise rules with their lousy movies and "concerts" and they flout just about every fire safety rule with the packages and general detritus that "tenants" dump in the halls.
When there is a (probably) fatal fire here or when someone gets seriously injured by falling over the shit in the halls or as a consequence of all the other bylaws that this garbage "management" that Blackstone vomited all over us, someone will go to jail. That won't bring anybody back from the dead or serious injury, but it will put a big dent in Blackstone's profits. I hope that nobody does get hurt or killed as as result of the total abnegation of all residential property rules, but I think it is inevitable. I've heard you can't even get affordable renters insurance now if you live in this shithole.
This Kennedy woman doesn't give a flying f**k about anything except collecting her paycheck. She just doesn't have a clue about running a property like this. No doubt she was given the job because they couldn't get a qualified Property Manager to fill the spot, but we have to suffer as a result of it. All they care about is money and I hope they soon learn that they won't be able to take it with them when the go to Hell. We are living in a dangerous, nasty cash cow and I don't see it getting better.
By the way, I have noticed that in their so called "news" bulletins, which are nothing but advertising material, they indeed DO push their other properties that they run [into the ground].
"On the resident blog, a resident has been showing the pile up of packages on one floor hall, some very large. Haven't been moved yet, even though PS and Resident Services have been called. Residents are wondering if this place (Stuy Town) is worse than it has ever been and badly managed. Well...."
If that happened on my floor, I would have a FDNY Inspector come and see it. I would be RELENTLESS in getting an inspector to come and see it. I would also take photographs and send them to every newspaper and news channel in the City.
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The bastards who run this dump don't give a rat's ass about safety. I dread to think what the hotels and resorts that Blackstone owns subject their guests to.
We don't have to be complacent and just take the lousy treatment that this scummy landlord dishes out. We have rights and this isn't Russia where nobody dare open their mouth! We have the right to complain and draw the attention of the legal authorities and media. Remember that huge fire in a complex a few months ago? Do we want to end our lives the way those poor souls did? Or like the survivors who were left with NOTHING but pain and sorrow? I certainly don't and I won't.
I think the Fire Dept was notified, too!
Best comment on the residents Facebook about the stuff that goes on in Stuy Town: "The place has gone to shit."
The other day, I saw "suits" going into the security office. They were laughing and having a good time, so I don't think it was to correct the problems here. The "suits" visit Stuy Town regularly. And nothing is stopping this place from going downhill. What does that tell you?
If some horrible incident does occur, as some here have predicted, Blackstone will finally be able to demolish the whole place. Which is their long-term goal. The rest will just be "collateral damage." Schwarzman will arrange things so that HE doesn't have to go to jail himself.
The place with not be demolished for a long time. They have to start bit by bit anyway.
That is what a TA is for and ours is a joke, a nasty bunch of do nothings who do not help and lash back when criticized. Anyone who pays dues is insane. This TA is an arm of management.
Definite fire hazard with all the packages just strewn about.
Why don't they just put names and numbers on apartment doors and on list by mailboxes?
Grossly ILLEGAL what Management is doing.
is there a recourse?
"The "suits" visit Stuy Town regularly. And nothing is stopping this place from going downhill. What does that tell you?"
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We are bearing witness to Blackstone successfully executing MetLife's original STPCV sale offering plan. That plan never changed.
Blackstone is successfully raking in the same multiple billion dollar windfalls that Speyer's idiot son tried and failed to rake in.
Blackstone is successfully raking in the same multiple billion dollar windfalls that for more than five years (2010-2015) our corrupt NYC Councilman Dan Garodnick and his captured STPCV TA Board needlessly promised and failed to deliver to our incredibly conflicted TA Board's secret business partner, Brookfield, a major REBNY predator that invested and lost $25 million supporting and cheerleading Speyer's failed attempts to destroy our historic, world renowned, STPCV middle class community. For more than five years Garodnick and STPCV TA Board tried and failed to bail out Brookfield's foolish, completely wiped out $25 million investment loss supporting Speyer.
Blackstone is now successfully raking in those same multiple billion dollar windfalls that, after getting bitch-slapped by corrupt NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio, our corrupt, by then illegal 3rd term NYC Councilman Dan Garodnick and his captured STPCV TA Board needlessly, meekly, without a whimper handed over our community and our homes to Blackstone, the world's most notorious financial predator on a global rampage devouring millions of middle class homes and destroying middle class communities wherever corrupt politicians and community representatives will betray their constituents electing them in exchange for dirty, filthy Blackstone bribe money (bribery legal/illegal - no difference).
But Dan wrote a book that he brokered a deal that saved Stuy Town. You mean to tell me that he wasn’t being honest?
Opened packages, clearly stolen, strewn about staircase in xx Stuyvesant Oval.
Security called.
Officer said, almost disinterestingly, "oh, happens all the time".
"Opened packages, clearly stolen, strewn about staircase in xx Stuyvesant Oval.
Security called.
Officer said, almost disinterestingly, "oh, happens all the time""
Translation:
We (Security) don't give a flying f**k because (a) I personally don't care; (b) I used to care, but I hear this all the time and cannot do anything to help any of you . . . so I turned myself off; (c) even if I did or DO care now, I can do nothing about it BECAUSE MY PAYCHECK COMES FROM VILE, DESPICABLE ASSES WHO WILL FIRE ME IF I GET INVOLVED. Please know that "hands off" is the unvarying policy from the bastards who own this place.
The sound checks for tonight's event are already deafening! It's gonna be a long hard night in the hood😢
"The sound checks for tonight's event are already deafening! It's gonna be a long hard night in the hood😢"
you betcha. can hear it all the way over to 14th Street. If I lived on the Oval I would want a rent discount for all the annoyance from the movies and the muzak from the Shit Caff.
Terrible noise pollution. Glad I missed most of of it. Hear the pounding in my apartment now. People sitting in 85 degree humid temperatures to hear a second or third rate band. Lots of people from outside.
I believe the big 75 by the Oval fountain alludes to the average rent of $75k/yr that our landlord collects on apartments which were expressly built as affordable housing for middle class New Yorkers.
Next year it’ll be 85.
When talking on my phone, friends cannot believe the noise of this concert and I'm sitting on my couch not even near the closed windows!!!
What time does that shit on the Oval end? It's 9 pm and I can hear it over on 14th Street though I have the windows closed, the air conditioning on and the tv on! Isn't there some City ordinance against noise pollution?
This is really unacceptable. I pity the poor souls who live close to the Oval. Their lives must be hell. People move into this property (or at least used to) because it is known to be "bucolic" and "peaceful." What a joke! What a slap in the face for those who rented for the sake of living in a quiet and pleasant location. I think the tenants around the Oval should get up a class action lawsuit against these hucksters who are running this dump. I hate to call it a dump because it never used to be such and most of us never dreamed that we would be using that word to describe it. These lousy Pub People are the absolute asshole wipings of the "hospitality" industry. They're slum lords with smiles.
Since my windows were open, I did hear the concert after nine. And I'm facing the north and away from the Oval.
I live on the oval and the pounding noises from that despicable concert came through over my TV and AC. The nerve of this management. And it didn’t end until after 9.
I'm the human being who begged people to organize here years back to end the assault and torture enacted on the Oval during the summer "events."
I'm the human being who organized the visit to Keith Powers years ago, invited others, and joined with two other human beings to confront Powers in his midtown office about exactly what happened on the Oval last night (invasion, destruction, desecration of bodily integrity by reason of pounding, penetrating vibrations forced into it through illegally and damaging sound waves).
There were likely more than 100 of my species of ignorant, stupid vermin screaming, shouting, eating, drinking, littering, trampling on the land.
There were fatuous self-celebrating, destructive morons of the pseudo-music/pseudo sound-production variety producing unholy, deafening sounds.
The decibel levels were taken at two points during said illegal and life-disrupting occurrence: While Puente was on: between 97-104. The next audio atrocity battery/assault/attempted murder by criminal sound, overwhelmed human and other life forms with 97-104 decibels.
I just found "Sounds exceeding 85 decibels are considered dangerous to human hearing" along with the advice to wear ear plugs if exposed to such racked. It is at:
https://decibelpro.app/blog/how-loud-is-60-db-compared-to-other-volumes/#When-Hearing-Protection-Is-Required
Class action? You bet! Refusal to pay rent? You bet.
Anyone FINALLY want to put your money where your poor DELIBERATELY ASSAULTED EARS are?
Write to me at standupandfight@google.com
Why doesn’t the TA start a lawsuit against the noise pollution? Those lousy shitty “concerts” are excruciating and mostly attended by people who comes in from outside who are DEFINITELY NOT prospective renters!
Somebody in City employ gets major bucks under the table for turning a blind eye and a deaf ear to the shit that goes down in ST. From the removed directories in the lobbies to the deafening Oval shitfests and all the other health and safety infractions, somebody is getting paid handsomely to look the other way and bury any complaints.
Two giant Great Danes on the Oval today.
They took a massive shit on the grass. Did the owner pick up?
Surely you jest?
Never did trust Schumer:
https://tyt.com/stories/4vZLCHuQrYE4uKagy0oyMA/4cT2ujAfxnCGLp66xOn2MH
Stuyvesant Town as a literal Sh*t House:
The dog waste all over is unconscionable.
My floor, in * Stuyvesant Oval, never had dog urine on it. Now it seems that one or more of the geniuses on my floor with a dog (at least 3) has a dog peeing near the elevators. Hell, I have friends of the more decent persuasion of mind who trained dogs who needed it to go on wee-wee pads in the house if they couldn't go out, or couldn't hold it. NOT THE HALLWAYS, STAIRCASES, ETC.
Well, on Friday morning, after the "concert" of hundreds of jackasses and musically and emotionally illiterate creeps who polluted the Oval, I was shocked and disgusted to see right in front of me 2 portable toilets. Like we were a construction site with no toilets.
Porta Potties - 2 of 'em. Security told me it was "for the concert."
Shit House. Shit development. I rest my case.
You have to be kidding. This TA is an arm of management. They do nothing. Our councilman, Powers, would do nothing about it.
It is a crap dump. Though many outsiders attend these rotten noisy concerts, some residents do attend. I know a few of them. As long as people attend, they will continue.
So nice of Blackstone to install portable toilets for all those NON-residents attending the horrid concert. And Schumer is totally in bed with them, per link at 3:31 PM.
This really is a SHITHOLE now. Dog shit everywhere, including stairwells, hallways and elevators. The problem is that this place is managed by SHIT. The are the lowest tier of the "Hospitality Industry." They don't have a clue about managing a housing complex. A "housing complex" as in a place where people pay major dollars to rent a HOME.
The walls and windows-penetrating noise from those "concerts" and movies on the Oval is in violation of the City's noise and nuisance laws, but because the SHIT in local government is paid to look the other way we are stuck with it.
Most of the morons who attend the Oval shitshows are people who come in from outside because it's free and it gives some of them the chance to roam around and see what they can steal and who they follow with a view to getting into the buildings to steal whatever they can. Nobody with any self-respect (or who actually has a life!) attends those things. I don't think that even management's favorite demo, students, attend those things. They would be embarrassed to do so. Those of us who wouldn't be caught dead at such crapfests are forced to listen to it because of the illegal sound level. This is noise pollution and is an affront to people who want to spend the evening peacefully in their apartments - which we are paying through the fucking nose for.
That proves that they welcome outsiders. Residents have access with their cards to a bathroom where the rent drop is. Totally disgusting.
Nothing says High Class like a port-a-potty or two!
I’m expecting a crew of young drunks stumbling home at 4am to overturn them.
Forget the urine in the elevator. Child's play.
How about the dog shit in the stairwells?
Real class, huh?
Unbelievable mess left by clods who attended so called "concert" on Oval Thursday night.
What a disgrace!
Received a notice today that a mature oak tree next to our building (622 E 20) is being cut down and removed tomorrow.
It’s pretty much dead now, so understood. But what they’re not saying is the cause of death - it’s roots were cut through when the contractors were digging a trench for the CHP pipelines, work that was abandoned over two years ago.
Nice going, geniuses…
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