tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post5367945361281328787..comments2024-03-29T08:59:31.586-04:00Comments on The Stuyvesant Town Report: Democrats to Control State Senate - What We Must DoStuy Town Reporterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05538426011607971633noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-34600255067399585282008-11-11T09:06:00.000-05:002008-11-11T09:06:00.000-05:00To get affordable rents, you should be fighting ag...To get affordable rents, you should be fighting against the high paying jobs and the employers who offer them. The reason there is a demand for high priced housing in Manhattan is because there are so many people in this city that EARN high incomes. Eliminate the high payings JOBS and rents will plummet. You follow this logic in your comment that that downturn in the economy will give relief to the middle class.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08494250722749124810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-22407605507370889652008-11-10T19:50:00.000-05:002008-11-10T19:50:00.000-05:00Yes, I realize that other boroughs have cheaper re...Yes, I realize that other boroughs have cheaper rents. I'm focusing on Manhattan, as it's here where I live and work. And it's here that I witness the gradual loss of the middle class and the speedy, dramatic change in neighborhoods. (A speed which may be lessen due to the downturn in the economy.) So for me, and for others like myself, it is clearly a matter of self-interest to try to make Manhattan remotely affordable. Otherwise, it will be a place solely for the rich, where the peasants (the middle class) are shipped in and out to make their days' wage and keep Manhattan going. I guess the vision of a Manhattan stuffed with wealthy people (both U.S. citizens and foreigners), sons and daughters of wealthy people who attend universities here, and tourists is not a vision I find warming and engaging.Stuy Town Reporterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05538426011607971633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-20826242231453621762008-11-10T12:45:00.000-05:002008-11-10T12:45:00.000-05:00Middle class is not disappearing from New York Cit...Middle class is not disappearing from New York City--remember that the Bronx, Queens and Brooklyn are all included in "New York City."<BR/>The median income in the Bronx is $30,000. Queens is not much higher and many parts of Brooklyn are also very low. There are thousands of affordable apartments out there...they just might not be on Manhattan island. Not to mention the rest of the country is affordable compared to Manhattan. I agree that Manhattan is a unique place and we should do what we can to preserve that. But I'll repeat what I said: No one, including me, has the RIGHT to live on Manhattan island. Real estate ownership is the means to gain rights to real estate.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08494250722749124810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-54747924362824705452008-11-10T09:24:00.000-05:002008-11-10T09:24:00.000-05:00Because Manhattan is Manhattan, I think that even ...Because Manhattan is Manhattan, I think that even the absence of rent control may not significantly lower rent prices. The world wants to live here. I agree that 300K is pushing it to be considered middle class--well, it's perhaps the upper middle class. My concern is that the true middle class is rapidly disappearing from Manhattan, as are neighborhoods with a unique character.Stuy Town Reporterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05538426011607971633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-22267070354271412752008-11-10T08:38:00.000-05:002008-11-10T08:38:00.000-05:00I support tenant rights because I am a tenant. But...I support tenant rights because I am a tenant. But I must say that I don't believe anyone has the RIGHT to live in New York City. Furthermore, how can anyone claim to be "middle class" that is earning $175k or more? If everyone is fighting to raise that number to $300k+ a year--sounds like a bunch of rich brats trying to have it both ways--high income and low rent. The reason this city is so damn expensive to live in is because of low supply and high demand. The low supply is a direct result of rent control.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08494250722749124810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-77909090208293548392008-11-07T00:05:00.000-05:002008-11-07T00:05:00.000-05:00Tishman Speyer gets away with a lot of illegal act...Tishman Speyer gets away with a lot of illegal activity and we all know why. They have Bloomberg's blessings to do whatever they want, no matter how abusive, to the residents of Stuyvesant Town in order to make our lives unbearable and prompt us to move out. These people are evil to the bone.AnnieMaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18110217785245446241noreply@blogger.com