tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post2615161038647845439..comments2024-03-28T00:08:11.164-04:00Comments on The Stuyvesant Town Report: The Saturday Tenant Association Meeting Concerning MCIsStuy Town Reporterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05538426011607971633noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-50960273580248969492013-11-07T18:00:57.427-05:002013-11-07T18:00:57.427-05:00As per the letter dropped today - or in the last f...As per the letter dropped today - or in the last few days - at the doors of tenants who have NOT yet signed the Public Pledge:<br /><br /><i>"Tenants not participating in a PAR by signing a pledge will incur retroactive charges while the PAR is being decided. PARs can take months or years to decide, so this can add up to a considerable amount of money"… The Public Membership Pledge is your safety net against paying retroactive charges needlessly, so do sign!"</i><br /><br />If you don't sign the Public Pledge and you start paying the retroactive part now and the MCI rent increase amount is eventually decreased or the MCI application is denied entirely by DHCR, good luck figuring out what your correct rent bill should be!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-65126020574414907932013-11-07T17:42:30.951-05:002013-11-07T17:42:30.951-05:00As per the letter dropped today - or in the last f...As per the letter dropped today - or in the last few days - at the doors of tenants who have NOT yet signed the Public Pledge:<br /><br /><i>"Tenants not participating in a PAR by signing a pledge will incur retroactive charges while the PAR is being decided. PARs can take months or years to decide, so this can add up to a considerable amount of money…The Public Membership Pledge is your safety net against paying retroactive charges needlessly, so do sign!"</i>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-60027796082837815242013-11-07T17:17:53.279-05:002013-11-07T17:17:53.279-05:00Retroactive payments are the amounts owed between ...Retroactive payments are the amounts owed between the effective date and the issue date of the DHCR order granting the MCI. They represent a temporary increase until the full amount is paid. The tenant isn't required to pay the retroactive portion in a lump sum. It's paid in equal monthly installments. However, <b>the combined retroactive and permanent prospective MCI rent increases cannot exceed 6%</b> of your rent in any one year (see the DHCR's fact sheet #24, decision in **Bryant Avenue v. Koch**). <br /><br />As Dan G reminded us all in the meeting, the retroactive charges are temporary. It's the permanent monthly increase that gets factored into our base rents and that's what CW Capital <b>really</b> cares about: the permanent increase would inflate the property’s rent roll (ie: property value). Retro active charges are a CW Capital scary sideshow. They probably aren't even what any negotiations will be about. Reductions in the permanent charges probably will be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-30646115404628561492013-11-07T13:44:56.000-05:002013-11-07T13:44:56.000-05:00Concerning the Public Pledge, you can withdraw it ...Concerning the Public Pledge, you can withdraw it at any time.Stuy Town Reporterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05538426011607971633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-31916921278875557412013-11-07T13:43:41.585-05:002013-11-07T13:43:41.585-05:00>>Has any Roberts class action member receiv...>>Has any Roberts class action member received an MCI notice from the DHCR?<<<br /><br />I don't believe so. Check TA Facebook page. I believe someone responded with the same answer.Stuy Town Reporterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05538426011607971633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-10099216223334739022013-11-07T13:29:16.925-05:002013-11-07T13:29:16.925-05:00Has any Roberts class action member received an MC...Has any Roberts class action member received an MCI notice from the DHCR?<br /><br />I have not received any notices for my Stuy Town apartment. <br /><br />I asked the Roberts class action attorneys and they have no guidance.<br /><br />Any help would be appreciated (not on Facebook or Twitter so cannot see those TA pages).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-65861484929820824362013-11-07T13:14:19.081-05:002013-11-07T13:14:19.081-05:00If you don't sign the Public Pledge and join t...If you don't sign the Public Pledge and join the Master Par, you will not be covered by the TA's lawyers with regard to the retroactive balance and will have to start paying it now instead of waiting for DHCR to issue another finding if they decide to Rescind & Reconsider the MCIs.<br /><br />Not sure of the validity of this statement. If what STR posted about the retro portion not kicking in until later, then this post would be totally wrong and nothing more than a scare tactic. I am 99% sure that if the MCI was rescinded or reconsidered and the DHCR changed the MCI then everyone gets the break not just those who signed the pledge. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-21179107002098743812013-11-07T11:14:09.176-05:002013-11-07T11:14:09.176-05:00@ 11:57 Skyline Windows is still very much in busi...@ 11:57 Skyline Windows is still very much <b>in</b> business. Not sure where you got your info. In our building, 22 apartments had one or more windows implode. It was a disaster.<br /><br />@STR, Happy to have reminded you. Since many here are quick to pillory the TA for their ineffectiveness (often through no fault of their own), I thought it might be nice to remind all that they do try to fight the good fight. If the government agencies and blood sucking RE industry has a mightier hand (stuffed with cash), it's hardly their fault. Credit where credit is due.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-14974672684215128052013-11-06T23:57:53.963-05:002013-11-06T23:57:53.963-05:00The window rebate was because the windows started ...The window rebate was because the windows started to implode in many apartments, including mine, (scared the pooh out of me while I showered, I thought someone was shooting at me) They had to go around and remove the gas in between the panes of glass in all the windows. They were no longer worth anywhere near what we ended up paying for them. (We're still paying for them.) It was a major debacle. There should have been lawsuits but the company quickly went out of business.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-40997013869773610622013-11-06T18:33:55.817-05:002013-11-06T18:33:55.817-05:00Thanks for jogging my memory on that, Anon 5:34pm....Thanks for jogging my memory on that, Anon 5:34pm. I completely forgot about that rebate.Stuy Town Reporterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05538426011607971633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-8636127682734932732013-11-06T18:10:39.185-05:002013-11-06T18:10:39.185-05:00If you don't sign the Public Pledge and join t...If you don't sign the Public Pledge and join the Master Par, you will not be covered by the TA's lawyers with regard to the retroactive balance and will have to start paying it now instead of waiting for DHCR to issue another finding if they decide to Rescind & Reconsider the MCIs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-50542658690335165662013-11-06T17:34:06.875-05:002013-11-06T17:34:06.875-05:00After the windows' MCI kicked in and we'd ...After the windows' MCI kicked in and we'd even begun to pay on the retro portion, that MCI <b><i>was</i></b>, in fact, partially overturned. The TA led that challenge and conducted a door to door survey documenting faulty & dangerous windows and installations. As always, PARs were submitted with several of those tenants' objections. <br /><br />In that case, the DHCR allowed a partial recoup for Met Life's (the landlord at the time) improvement, HOWEVER-- a huge number (at the time), was rescinded and awarded back to the tenants [I'm not positive but think I remember something like a $1.4 million rebate]. At any rate, it's not like they'll write you a giant check; instead they simply knock it off of your monthly rent bill for a month (or maybe more). Not sure how it would be handled in the event of someone who had been paying the increase and then vacated. Still, if it's found against the landlord you <b>do</b> get a rebate (never heard it called a refund, but same diff).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-91945173481488597272013-11-06T15:47:27.287-05:002013-11-06T15:47:27.287-05:00MCI overturned ??? Refunds ?? LOL !!!
Wake up an...MCI overturned ??? Refunds ?? LOL !!!<br /><br />Wake up and smell the coffee. After all the bullshit that went down here, including Roberts and all the other ridiculous scams, do you honestly think that THE MAN will let you slide on this ??<br /><br /> sorry for the pessimism, but I've seen too much for too long. Go count your MCI refunds and carry on... Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-66958230829166491142013-11-06T15:25:07.591-05:002013-11-06T15:25:07.591-05:00You can also ask this question on the TA Facebook:...You can also ask this question on the TA Facebook:<br /><br />https://www.facebook.com/groups/358760671689/Stuy Town Reporterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05538426011607971633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-7923365543354406862013-11-06T15:22:25.861-05:002013-11-06T15:22:25.861-05:00I'm not a lawyer and I don't play one on t...I'm not a lawyer and I don't play one on television or even on the internet, so I can't answer the question. Logically, it would seem that if an MCI is overturned tenants would get money back, but I'm also assuming the "overturning" part would occur BEFORE the MCI is added to one's rent bill.Stuy Town Reporterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05538426011607971633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-61717635785287494112013-11-06T14:00:48.771-05:002013-11-06T14:00:48.771-05:00The permenant part is collected first. So if this ...The permenant part is collected first. So if this amount, or ANY amount is paid for, say the next 5months and an MCI is overturned, aren't we legally entitled to our money refunded whether or not one signed ANY document?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-58785168384824861082013-11-06T13:50:23.074-05:002013-11-06T13:50:23.074-05:00That still does not answer the question, if one is...That still does not answer the question, if one is legally entitled to your money back from CW if a particular MCI is completely overturned, after paying them for example after 3 months. This pertains ONLY if one has decided NOT to sign off on this Public Membership Notice. Can someone please re-clarify?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-82444441268817346152013-11-06T12:55:24.192-05:002013-11-06T12:55:24.192-05:00From the TA meeting, I took away the "fact&qu...From the TA meeting, I took away the "fact" that the retro payment kicks in much later in the MCI process. So one shouldn't worry about retro payments now.Stuy Town Reporterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05538426011607971633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-47636115216149412112013-11-06T11:20:33.455-05:002013-11-06T11:20:33.455-05:00WHAT HAPPENS IF ONE DOES NOT SIGN THIS PUBLIC MEMB...WHAT HAPPENS IF ONE DOES NOT SIGN THIS PUBLIC MEMBERSHIP NOTICE, PAYS THE RETRO FOR A FEW MONTHS,<br />THEN SUDDENLY THE MCI IS REVERSED?<br />ARE WE LEGALLY ENTITLED TO OUR MONEY BACK FROM CW?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-28751541548868422072013-11-04T14:29:48.117-05:002013-11-04T14:29:48.117-05:00I guess the nanny sleeps in a bunk. 4 bunk bed...I guess the nanny sleeps in a bunk. 4 bunk beds, parents in living room.<br /><br />ya think?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-31920375636864238762013-11-04T14:28:48.158-05:002013-11-04T14:28:48.158-05:007 people or maybe 6. But all but one are related....7 people or maybe 6. But all but one are related.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-48975588585119294322013-11-04T13:55:42.755-05:002013-11-04T13:55:42.755-05:00Diapers and politicians need to be changed often a...Diapers and politicians need to be changed often and for the same reason!<br /><br />Anyone but Garodnick!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-181975559425860672013-11-04T13:10:26.773-05:002013-11-04T13:10:26.773-05:00Highly doubt that 7 people in a space the size of ...Highly doubt that 7 people in a space the size of a one bedroom is legal. Contact Council member Dan Garodnick's office. They'll tell you for sure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-79890591556005736492013-11-04T12:27:33.647-05:002013-11-04T12:27:33.647-05:00As a lawyer, I thought Tim Collins did an excellen...As a lawyer, I thought Tim Collins did an excellent job<br />As for Carolyn Maloney I agree wholeheartedly that she is an empty suit that should retire. Plus her screeching into the microphone actually hurt my ears.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-4704876014729436322013-11-04T11:54:18.964-05:002013-11-04T11:54:18.964-05:00>>Was this stated by the TA attorney? I woul...>>Was this stated by the TA attorney? I wouldn't think MCI decisions would be related to Roberts but maybe...<<<br /><br />That's the explanation I heard. It was a bit convoluted, however.Stuy Town Reporterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05538426011607971633noreply@blogger.com