tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post2203544415802239041..comments2024-03-28T00:08:11.164-04:00Comments on The Stuyvesant Town Report: Yes, We Live in the ProjectsStuy Town Reporterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05538426011607971633noreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-78086414144123503672014-06-11T11:26:21.750-04:002014-06-11T11:26:21.750-04:00The plan is to renovate EVERY single apartment and...The plan is to renovate EVERY single apartment and charge as much as you can, REGARDLESS of who the tenant is. End of story.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-313163461796457282014-06-11T10:50:52.183-04:002014-06-11T10:50:52.183-04:00Oh they are a crafty bunch this current company we...Oh they are a crafty bunch this current company we have @ our helm--<br /><br />Our good friends (older 40 yo residents who left ny for work and had to return for work) were recently given a lease of a new renovated flat and not only is the rent MR but they are charged for a/c units and mdi fees (he showed me lease). Two of them, monthly. So CWC gets a rental increase of over 2500+ per month for putting in new sinks and a dishwasher , adds mci's to it and now a/c charges. What's next? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-10094728463010396652014-06-11T09:52:53.226-04:002014-06-11T09:52:53.226-04:00Just my three cents but city politicos don't g...Just my three cents but city politicos don't give an F about Stuytown or the residents. I might add also that what can they actually do this late in the game anyway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-3699293141230722502014-06-11T06:57:53.542-04:002014-06-11T06:57:53.542-04:00How do we get the word out to prospective tenants ...How do we get the word out to prospective tenants that the leases are fake, bogus and they'll not be getting the lower rent for very long? How can we spread this rapidly?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-56061370919888070872014-06-10T20:15:37.408-04:002014-06-10T20:15:37.408-04:00addendum, given that Dan G had said rs is a thing ...addendum, given that Dan G had said rs is a thing of the past then ta went pragmatic into the Brookfield ideology.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-75070645238339277652014-06-10T20:07:54.027-04:002014-06-10T20:07:54.027-04:00BK is Brian Kavanaugh who advised the same as abov...BK is Brian Kavanaugh who advised the same as above when some one, maybe yourself, wrote him about tpu investigation. His response is quoted somewhere here.<br />Also I have read tpu is not well funded.<br />Given those limitations, "protocols", thinking outside the box is needed. Countless people spent thousands of dollars retaining attorneys when faced with management eviction machinations.<br />If the mayor & city council truly wants to prevent the erosion of rs here and elsewhere perhaps there has to be an allocation of funds for an independent investigation unit to address issues tpu cannot, and cause for a class action law suit. We don't need politico talk, but action to walk the talk.<br />Again, I ask, where did this figure of 25% of apts. being rented to nyu come from? If this is the case what does it do to rs rent history rolls? Or is this a black box that can't be opened? Seems to me that this has a bearing on something to be pursued. That's a lot of apartments! <br />Everyone here has been going around in circles and maybe's, meanwhile we're hanging on by our fingertips as the wagons are forming around like vultures, So any creative ideas or questions should be given in this forum and not shot down.<br />Just like you,I'm a rational skeptic. Fortress at the moment seems like a done deal unless somehow the city politicos can intervene to at least stall and figure out a negotiation tactic.. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-22216934586616064382014-06-10T19:19:56.119-04:002014-06-10T19:19:56.119-04:00Noone SAID THERE SHOULD BE THIS, THERE SHOULD BE T...Noone SAID THERE SHOULD BE THIS, THERE SHOULD BE THAT. We're looking for affordable homes. We're not all bankers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-77426589565367352732014-06-10T13:32:38.194-04:002014-06-10T13:32:38.194-04:00You never answered the question of what is
bk????...You never answered the question of what is<br /><br />bk??????? Why can't you answer the questions properly with form numbers if there are. Not sure there are. NPAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-30413696510519180272014-06-10T13:31:44.821-04:002014-06-10T13:31:44.821-04:00To get your entire building or several residents t...To get your entire building or several residents to claim overcharges is typical and unfair. Why do I need my neighbor to help me in what's right or wrong.<br /><br />Another crooked agency in Nyc. Nothing new here folks. Like one is going to knock on the doors asking for signatures for overcharges.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-31744309498381888892014-06-10T10:51:01.176-04:002014-06-10T10:51:01.176-04:00June 9, 2014 at 7:53 PM
There should be this. The...June 9, 2014 at 7:53 PM<br /><br />There should be this. There should be that. There should be a lot of things but they don't just happen because you think they should.<br /><br />I'm the one who initially brought up the TPU after discussing with a new tenant how the tenant before him was paying $1100/month and he is paying some $3600/month. <br /><br />The TPU is a gov't agency so there is a specific protocol required to generate a specific action. For, I hope, the last time, the TPU does not accept individual suggestions for audits. Their audit decisions are based upon data collected; if a particular building or landlord receives numerous complaints, the TPU would perform an audit. <br /><br />The appropriate overcharge complaint form can be found here: http://www.nyshcr.org/Forms/Rent/#tenant .<br /><br />The TPU will do squat about rents and renewal rates charged here. They will, however, audit cost of renovations of vacated apts looking for fraud if there are enough complaints. Maybe. (1) It's not certain that they have the financing to cover all of the 5,000 or so units that have been renovated in ST-PCV. (2) The Roberts settlement may make the issue moot for those ST-PCV apts affected by Roberts. Or maybe not. That's an issue for an attorney.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-52713914878794433202014-06-09T20:55:35.705-04:002014-06-09T20:55:35.705-04:00If the projects were opened up to anyone who wante...If the projects were opened up to anyone who wanted to live there I would bet you that rents in those projects would rise and the amenities along with it. The PJs are even more rent controlled the StuyTown.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-825300554348567692014-06-09T19:53:24.974-04:002014-06-09T19:53:24.974-04:00What is BK?
There should be a full blown investig...What is BK?<br /><br />There should be a full blown investigation by TPU into the rates being charged for Market R units --- Not to mention the renewal rates which add that much salt to the wound. IF they renew. There is some talk about eminent domain amongst some residents lately. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-11703759662635012014-06-09T16:49:47.009-04:002014-06-09T16:49:47.009-04:00It seems to me the tpu and attorney general should...It seems to me the tpu and attorney general should be involved in investigating the depletion of rs units here. With the bleeding out of rs units affordable housing (whatever that is!) will never catch up.<br />Someone else here suggested this and the response from BK, but to explore exceptions or precedents in court to counteract inadequacy could be a way to fight back if the city was behind the effort to save us and others.<br />Gov. C on the tpu website claims 10,000 units returned to rs status rolls. Is this a political fabrication?<br />I'm curious where the stat of 25% of apts are rented to NYU came from; is it accurate? How are these apts. treated in rental histories? Could this not be a tpu investigation to delve into?<br /><br />Interesting Dan G some time ago stated the end of rs here was a given. His reality take; now we're experiencing maybe the real estate wish for such.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-29996438951728233142014-06-09T13:38:22.537-04:002014-06-09T13:38:22.537-04:00Did we get an Mci for door scratches?
I hear many...Did we get an Mci for door scratches?<br /><br />I hear many people talking about metering now as well. We'll be getting the bill for the shitty a/c, lighting and oven use. <br /><br />Woohooo. All this for $4300 a month.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-8833840366580091072014-06-09T11:58:45.828-04:002014-06-09T11:58:45.828-04:00My favorite part is the men who work in the buildi...My favorite part is the men who work in the buildings, blasting music and ogling at all the girls as they get off the elevators.<br /><br />Yeah - nice place. Happy to send my college aged daughter here ---not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-69583110210167169672014-06-09T10:38:16.297-04:002014-06-09T10:38:16.297-04:00I bet the projects have better laundry facilities ...I bet the projects have better laundry facilities than we do. Certainly couldn't be worse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-28159725948958621522014-06-09T10:04:40.961-04:002014-06-09T10:04:40.961-04:00I have complained to management about the severe s...I have complained to management about the severe scratches on the<br />front doors to my building and still nothing has been done for over a month, AND, I am paying for these doors with my FOREVER MCI'S. I am just not going to care anymore and let this place disintegrate to a slum neighborhood. What a joke! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-91747947293238704742014-06-09T09:33:51.438-04:002014-06-09T09:33:51.438-04:007:10 PM
It's not worth $4.7B. That's the ...7:10 PM<br /><br />It's not worth $4.7B. That's the problem. Analysts peg it's value at $3.5B, tops. That's already due to the already over-inflated rent roll.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-71681328441833078582014-06-09T09:31:24.558-04:002014-06-09T09:31:24.558-04:008:32 PM Judging by the turnout for the mid-lease p...8:32 PM Judging by the turnout for the mid-lease protests, the answer to your question would be "no."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-91931782472783009572014-06-09T08:32:52.592-04:002014-06-09T08:32:52.592-04:00Ain't no chimneys in the projects!Ain't no chimneys in the projects!Tommyboyardeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-24643349219232831032014-06-08T21:04:51.239-04:002014-06-08T21:04:51.239-04:00"understand the predicament and the realistic... "understand the predicament and the realistic solutions"<br /><br />?<br /><br />MetLife ran this property as its crown jewel in a portfolio. Its value was measured in means beyond just money. And any of these owners have a huge portfolio of properties - having one that is a crown jewel or architecturally renown or ahead of the curve in terms of healthy city living while others are turning enormous profits and others having other benefits is the beauty of a portfolio. With these guys as Extell, Brookfield, Tishman, and somewhat Fortress - No one property carries the burden of sole income provider. We do not need to measure the predicament of this property in isolation as it is part of a bigger portfolio. PCVST strengths and what it brings to the portfolio has potential to be legacy and not just money churner if the new owner has any sensibility.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-92663806807423852014-06-08T20:32:10.185-04:002014-06-08T20:32:10.185-04:00"we're paying the employees to sit and ch..."we're paying the employees to sit and check KEY CARDS at the basketball courts but I see them letting in kids who do not live there. Fine by me, can we just stop paying CR employees to do nothing?<br />June 8, 2014 at 4:20 PM"<br /><br />Let's go guerrilla on their asses--aren't there enough commenters here to organize a posse to intercept the interlopers? That goes for basketball abusers, sun bathers, and dog walkers. Patrol the perimeter and file complaints with appropriate agencies. Take back our space. It shouldn't be difficult to distract Public Safety.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-77888649675829329672014-06-08T20:11:01.591-04:002014-06-08T20:11:01.591-04:00Or as PCVST is now called (as per a post on the TA...Or as PCVST is now called (as per a post on the TA FB page and one on a Yelp review), the "Campus". How fitting. Hey, why does NYU have to schlep all the way up to the Bronx, just have their graduation event at the Oval?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-638303857976647232014-06-08T19:10:37.150-04:002014-06-08T19:10:37.150-04:00Anon at 504. You are technically correct except th...Anon at 504. You are technically correct except there appears to be no way to acquire STPCV at a price that would help ensure affordability if the $4.7 billion bid by Fortress materializes. Any TA bid would have to be at least that much. Reason that STPCV is worth this amount today is the rapid turnover of apartments and rising rents in recent years. No one can unring that bell. And an owner now knows ( since the Roberts settlement) that a significant percentage of apartments (currently estimated at 40% and rising every year) will no longer be subject to rent stabilization in only 6 years at which point income from property will be able to rise dramaticallyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-21741393769263384212014-06-08T18:01:43.372-04:002014-06-08T18:01:43.372-04:00I agree with you STR that condo conversion is prob...I agree with you STR that condo conversion is probably not a great idea. But it may be the lesser of two evils. With the present CWC and CR, we are totally and completely fucked and this time it will be far worse than TS. We will be wishing for the TS days - of this I'm sure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com