tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post5321008460891877384..comments2024-03-19T04:15:46.480-04:00Comments on The Stuyvesant Town Report: Dan Garodnick and Vornado Realty and Rising Rents in ManhattanStuy Town Reporterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05538426011607971633noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-70711196199562289342012-02-08T11:11:58.609-05:002012-02-08T11:11:58.609-05:00"I just thought of the way in which dog owner..."I just thought of the way in which dog ownership will be controlled and diminished. It can only happen if conversion takes place. Then when owners see people letting dogs to their thing on the lawns they will yell at them because turning this place into a dog run will lower property values. Yelling & harassment stemming from ownership. That will do it. When dog #1 dies, people will think...should I get another one? Then they'll think to themselves...I'd like to, but I can't stand the yelling & the harassment."<br /><br />Oh how I wish I could agree with you. I agree though that the conversion is the ONLY hope we have at improving things. THe way I see it, there's only so much improvement possible with the dogs. How Are you going to stop them from waking you up in the morning? Disturbing you at night? Perhaps they will build fences around all the lawns to prootect the plantings? I don't know. Isn't it amazing how owners will let their dogs into flower beds and urinate and defecate right on the flowers. I mean, wouldn't common sense dictate not to do things like that?<br /><br />I'm willing to accept that it's over as far as this being a livable place for the long term anymore, but that's why I support conversion. I will buy, wait for the flip tax regs to disappear and then sell so I can get the hell out of here. With the proceeds I will be able to buy something else in manhattan. It's not the worst thing in the world. Sure I would love to stay. I'll give it a go and see what happens, but I doubt some of these QOL issues will be resolved. Everything comes to an end.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-39740636177352070862012-02-06T06:37:38.497-05:002012-02-06T06:37:38.497-05:00You are so right STR regarding scandal of Roberts....You are so right STR regarding scandal of Roberts. Disgusting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-83790043445283193592012-02-05T10:03:37.001-05:002012-02-05T10:03:37.001-05:00I just thought of the way in which dog ownership w...I just thought of the way in which dog ownership will be controlled and diminished. It can only happen if conversion takes place. Then when owners see people letting dogs to their thing on the lawns they will yell at them because turning this place into a dog run will lower property values. Yelling & harassment stemming from ownership. That will do it. When dog #1 dies, people will think...should I get another one? Then they'll think to themselves...I'd like to, but I can't stand the yelling & the harassment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-71676424573125086492012-02-01T09:30:06.257-05:002012-02-01T09:30:06.257-05:00Anonymous 2:05p.m.: If your previous rent was pref...Anonymous 2:05p.m.: If your previous rent was preferential, that is, lower than what RS would allow, on renewal the landlord can bring it up to the full allowable RS amount, even if that is a higher percentage than the RGB guidelines. Did you get a month free on your last lease or some other reduction? You may need to check your rent history. Of course this is all complicated by Roberts not being settled.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-379265956712037422012-01-31T14:16:04.260-05:002012-01-31T14:16:04.260-05:00I think the tardiness in the Roberts situation and...I think the tardiness in the Roberts situation and the "creative bookkeeping" are real scandals. This is the kind of crap that The Man can get away with.Stuy Town Reporterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05538426011607971633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-12203780105998545812012-01-31T14:05:16.729-05:002012-01-31T14:05:16.729-05:00Got my new lease and new rent. Roberts case my ...Got my new lease and new rent. Roberts case my ass... stabilized renewal rate my ass too. <br /><br />How the F do they raise us almost 10%?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-18059847909629429562012-01-31T12:23:57.739-05:002012-01-31T12:23:57.739-05:00Just because someone doesnt agree with the TA and ...Just because someone doesnt agree with the TA and their approach to things doesnt make one evil as some of the TA's defenders suggest. Other people involve themselves in the issues in different ways. <br />No, I didnt board a bus and head to Albany. I couldnt, I have a job and people who rely on me to support them. However, I did attend a check party thrown by a group of former TA members. Each person attending the party brought a $50 check made out to one of 3 organizations supporting Rent Stabilization (including the TA, however, not one check was made out to them). Over 30 people attended so over $1500 was raised to help the cause. I also sent hand written letters (not mass produced cards) to legislators. I followed those up with e-mails and phone calls, as did many others.<br /> Remember it was a group of tenants, not the TA that got the zoning issues on the front burner finally lighting a fire under Councilmember Garodnick who along with the TA did nothing about this issue until they saw tenants organizing without them. <br />I give credit to the TA where credit is due, I do not hold them or Dan Garodnick in awe and think they walk on water.<br /> I do not support their conversion plan. In fact, I do not think that they have any right to hold themselves out as representatives of the tenants in regard to a sale of the property when their membership is only a small percentage of tenants. And yes, I did sign a unity pledge, some 5 to 6 years ago. And no I did not give the TA my approval to negotiate a deal for the sale of my home by signing that form so many years ago. I wonder if one could take the TA to court and have them cease and desist as representatives of tenants in this regard? Hmmm.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-24287700296476339792012-01-28T22:34:42.439-05:002012-01-28T22:34:42.439-05:00Stop posting about others thinking they're bet...Stop posting about others thinking they're better or not. what are you talking about?????? NO ONE SAID THEY WERE ENTITLED TO BE HERE.<br /><br /><br />moderator: these are ridiculous ranting posts from a troll no doubt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-13297263704884547642012-01-28T20:44:15.553-05:002012-01-28T20:44:15.553-05:005:00 p.m. No you don't. I don't believe yo...5:00 p.m. No you don't. I don't believe you. The blanket certainty that you are better than every other tenant makes me believe that you are probably one of the more inconsiderate tenants here. <br /><br />You are no more entitled to be here than any other tenant. Indeed, your attitude makes you less desirable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-35108546247673959142012-01-28T17:53:55.996-05:002012-01-28T17:53:55.996-05:003:48--The TA really does work hard! Thank you all!...3:48--The TA really does work hard! Thank you all! <br /><br />I can't believe the lack of gratitude and appreciation on this site. So grouchy and complaining, no acknowledgement of all the good the TA has done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-30504711312172968622012-01-28T17:00:47.652-05:002012-01-28T17:00:47.652-05:00Hi sweetie. Um, no, you or any other neighbor doe...Hi sweetie. Um, no, you or any other neighbor does not hear us 'walking'. we are considerate and never step foot in our place without taking our shoes off. And yes, we clean up after ourselves, not leaving it for our porters to do so in the laundry room and also we happily recycle properly so .<br /><br />too much trouble for you dear?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-51582261607584949292012-01-28T15:48:33.514-05:002012-01-28T15:48:33.514-05:00@Anonymous January 27, 2012 10:58 PM said:
"...@Anonymous January 27, 2012 10:58 PM said:<br /><br /><i>"I didn't notice any zest from the TA this past June when it came to fighting for strengthening the rent stabilization laws. They were too busy salivating at the prospect of buying. That seems to be all they are focused on:</i><br /><br />Perhaps then you are one of those lazy, complacent RSTs living in your apartment with your head in the sand. <br /><br /> Which means you missed that fact that the TA began the campaign for strengthening and renewal in Dec of 2010 carried the torch until the very end when the laws actually expired, but were ultimately renewed and strengthened for the first time in decades.<br /><br />Its activities included conducting two postcard campaigns which involved two complex-wide stuffings, collecting over 1,100 signatures on a petition to governor cuomo. Participating in rallies outside his midtown office, sending buses to Albany to advocate for renewal, and launched two phone and email campaigns calling on the governor to not just renew but to strengthen rent regulations. <br /><br />I might add that Council Member Garodnick and Assembly Member Kavanagh were with us all the way.Whoppernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-43113786030716541022012-01-28T14:23:28.818-05:002012-01-28T14:23:28.818-05:00Thank you 1:01 p.m.!
10:58 p.m--could you be any ...Thank you 1:01 p.m.!<br /><br />10:58 p.m--could you be any more ungrateful and clueless? And what did you do? <br /><br />God, you people are old cranks! All you do is bitch and moan and criticize what other people are or aren't doing. Look to your own behavior. I'm quite sure I hear you walking, see you leaving unwashed recycling, etc. You are NO better than or more entitled to be here than any other tenants. You just aren't.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-70346528600602208582012-01-28T13:01:24.615-05:002012-01-28T13:01:24.615-05:00"I didn't notice any zest from the TA thi..."I didn't notice any zest from the TA this past June when it came to fighting for strengthening the rent stabilization laws."<br /><br />So I guess I didn't notice you when the TA marched with signs to the Rent Guidelines Board hearings. And I guess I didn't notice you on the buses that went to Albany to fight for the renewal of RS. Several TA board members were on it (including one very enthusiastic proponent of ownership), as was Dan. Steve Sanders and Brian Kavanagh shepherded us to various meetings there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-52641145153724642792012-01-28T10:40:51.033-05:002012-01-28T10:40:51.033-05:00"Without rent protections laws this place wou..."Without rent protections laws this place would have been sold to the highest bidder and all the RS tenants would be out on their ass."<br /><br />1. We are ALL RS tenants.<br /><br />2. I fully expect that this place WILL be sold to the highest bidder. If the bidding gets even mildly frothy, you don't want to win that bidding contest. The last six years have taught us that lesson.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-35254318485080227492012-01-27T22:58:02.418-05:002012-01-27T22:58:02.418-05:00"You mean the kind of zest that the TA used i..."You mean the kind of zest that the TA used in partnership with other housing groups around the state this past June to successfully strengthen and protect rent regulations? UMM YUP!"<br /><br />I didn't notice any zest from the TA this past June when it came to fighting for strengthening the rent stabilization laws. They were too busy salivating at the prospect of buying. That seems to be all they are focused on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-29671416419001476352012-01-27T20:55:08.275-05:002012-01-27T20:55:08.275-05:00"Disrupting that line actually gives the othe..."Disrupting that line actually gives the other bidders a leg up on us so so I call BS: CW Capital is really not acting "neutral" in this case. At all."<br /><br />Actually, Rog, that says to me that they are acting in a neutral fashion. And let me add that I'm not really sure what you mean by "gives the other bidders a leg up on us." <br /><br />Who is us? The TA and their supporters?<br /><br />Have "we" decided that the Brookfield bid is our only viable option?<br /><br />I've seen precious little going on around here that is worth praising but favoring one bidder over another would certainly not be on that list.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-49205070830797452642012-01-27T17:42:23.045-05:002012-01-27T17:42:23.045-05:00Stuy Town Reporter said...
>>I'm the RSA...Stuy Town Reporter said...<br />>>I'm the RSA is quite relieved that our Tenants Association is distracted by the ownership discussions and probably won't be taking up the cause for the preservation of rent regulations with the zest that they have shown in the past.<<<br /><br />You mean the kind of zest that the TA used in partnership with other housing groups around the state this past June to successfully strengthen and protect rent regulations? UMM YUP!<br /><br />The TA deals with many things, conversion is just one and it believes is the only shot at preserving long-term affordability. Without rent protections laws this place would have been sold to the highest bidder and all the RS tenants would be out on their ass.Whoppernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-274662871733289502012-01-27T15:00:15.445-05:002012-01-27T15:00:15.445-05:00That's only if Adam Rose is telling the truth ...That's only if Adam Rose is telling the truth STR, but leave it to you to draw the wrong conclusions.<br /><br />If I'm recalling that televised forum (can't remember the name and host) with a panel of real estate moguls and Dan Garodnick correctly, the opinion was unanimous that ANY deal would have to go through the tenants as long as we remained united.Roger Roundlynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-11073546633794689552012-01-27T14:53:33.307-05:002012-01-27T14:53:33.307-05:00I'd bet a few bucks CW does not accept the TA ...I'd bet a few bucks CW does not accept the TA bid. Anyone else?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-52098657234644723962012-01-27T14:17:33.109-05:002012-01-27T14:17:33.109-05:00From NYUdormquad#27
And Mr. Rose, can we thus hav...From NYUdormquad#27<br /><br />And Mr. Rose, can we thus have the phone number for CW Capital to report noise problems, sanitary problems and other issues?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-20170535387416940322012-01-27T13:28:18.651-05:002012-01-27T13:28:18.651-05:00>>CW Capital is really not acting "neut...>>CW Capital is really not acting "neutral" in this case.<<<br /><br />If so, that should tell us something important, no? And, therefore, perhaps we're taking this TA/Brookfield thing WAY too seriously.Stuy Town Reporterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05538426011607971633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-14202400110903053972012-01-27T12:13:05.234-05:002012-01-27T12:13:05.234-05:00"Blame me for something that I have control o..."Blame me for something that I have control over, and I will provide substantive answers, as I have done all along."<br /><br />Trash in the basement.<br />Trash on the sidewalks.<br />Piles of rotting leaves "composting."<br />Defective, filthy laundry facilities.<br />Illegal Oval enterprises.<br />Short-staffing of building maintenance.<br />Pressure-walling and student housing.<br /><br />I think there's a word limit so I'll just stop here and wait for progress on one of these issues before writing more.<br /><br />No one really expects you to manage the condo perversion process. Just get cracking on the above list and we'd all be impressed. We'd be surprised, too.<br /><br />You always seem to have an explanation but never a solution.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-21849418384466160252012-01-27T11:10:48.067-05:002012-01-27T11:10:48.067-05:00Boy I wish I could blame my boss for all my custom...Boy I wish I could blame my boss for all my customer's problems. Wouldn't that be a sweet job!nyudormquad#4noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-29552317195408156262012-01-27T11:00:23.464-05:002012-01-27T11:00:23.464-05:00I don't personally find it "amusing"...I don't personally find it "amusing" to "blame" Adam Rose for anything. What I find do amusing is his spin on why the special servicer says 'no more' to allowing our Tenants Association to use Oval Concierge as a pick up/drop-off point for tenant-related printed material. Complete neutrality? Telling ST-PCV businesses that they can no longer do business with our Tenants Association looks more like a ham-handed attempt to disrupt a critical line of communication between the TA and tenants. Disrupting that line actually gives the other bidders a leg up on us so so I call BS: CW Capital is really not acting "neutral" in this case. At all.Roger Roundlynoreply@blogger.com