tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post7322240499147412745..comments2024-03-28T00:08:11.164-04:00Comments on The Stuyvesant Town Report: Come One, Come AllStuy Town Reporterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05538426011607971633noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-48835447154436496832012-07-23T18:36:31.098-04:002012-07-23T18:36:31.098-04:00I have encountered parents that don't know wha...I have encountered parents that don't know what cauliflower is. GrowNYC has a big educational component, so teaching and connecting kids to the source of their food is a good thing. I think it's great!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-44606716084822784472012-07-23T10:10:02.953-04:002012-07-23T10:10:02.953-04:00My granddaughter enjoyed the coloring:). Be happy!...My granddaughter enjoyed the coloring:). Be happy!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-46937020899307614442012-07-21T22:14:23.147-04:002012-07-21T22:14:23.147-04:00Another brilliant idea from Lady Maya - draw your ...Another brilliant idea from Lady Maya - draw your favorite fruit? She gets PAID to think this dumb shit up???<br /><br /><a href="http://www.pcvstbee.com/2012/07/kids-day-july-22-to-color-in.html" rel="nofollow">Kids day July 22 to color in Greenmarket at Stuyvesant Town Oval</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-4884791597482373712012-07-21T15:55:24.419-04:002012-07-21T15:55:24.419-04:00Has anyone had any luck negotiating their rent inc...Has anyone had any luck negotiating their rent increase? My husband and I are about to be forced out by another 10% rent increase, when it's clear they are cutting deals for the 20-something's moving in. It's very upsetting and yet we feel like there is nothing we can do, other than move and and let some 22 year olds build walls and move in.Making room for partiersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-73720544965124288312012-07-20T14:00:54.986-04:002012-07-20T14:00:54.986-04:00from 11:27 AM: Of course, I meant "use"...from 11:27 AM: Of course, I meant "use" and abuse re the market rate tenants.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-7220021470779240432012-07-20T11:27:20.273-04:002012-07-20T11:27:20.273-04:002:27 AM. You are absolutely right. MetLife is ve...2:27 AM. You are absolutely right. MetLife is very culpable in this matter. They sold the Speyers a bridge and a yarn. They told them that half the RS tenants were here illegally and the other half had one foot in the grave and the other on a banana skin. The stupid Speyers did not do their homework, but jumped in, with dollar signs glittering in their cunning eyes and avarice drooling from their hound-from-hell jaws. Then reality dropped a shit bomb on them and they skulked away while MetLife gloated and counted the shekels. Meantime, we tenants (most of us not here illegally or ready to croak any time soon) are left with the aftermath. Combine that with the bandaid on the severed jugular "remedy" of cramming in as many students, transients and hotel guests as possible; seeing genuinely interested young professional well-intentioned market raters as cash cows to us and abuse so they can churn baby churn the apartments, and we are in the situation we are in. May the bondholders never get their money because they were complicit in this scheme of Madoff proportions that MetLife and Speyers tried and failed to pull off.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-27918999476590365422012-07-20T11:12:59.107-04:002012-07-20T11:12:59.107-04:00I don't think anyone can hold the TA responsib...I don't think anyone can hold the TA responsible for the demise of our community. That honor belongs to the slumlords.<br /><br />That said, the TA has really done precious little about it. They have fallen short in the "activist" column. They didn't cause the problem but they really haven't done anything material to solve it, either. And don't forget to send in your check...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-5090574855869753572012-07-20T02:27:02.324-04:002012-07-20T02:27:02.324-04:00"No person, group or company is MORE RESPONSI..."No person, group or company is MORE RESPONSIBLE for the decrease in QOL in PCVST than the TA."<br /><br />The people responsible are MetLife and Jerry and Robbie Speyer. Once TS paid way more than the property was worth, it became impossible to maintain it properly. That, plus MetLife's telling them how many RS tenants could be expected to die in the near future and starting the harassment/eviction process. Even if tenants weren't too timid to demand that the property be kept up, it's clear that the rent roll isn't enough to maintain the property <i>and</i> service the debt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-19811770898252116152012-07-19T18:01:07.374-04:002012-07-19T18:01:07.374-04:00"No person, group or company is MORE RESPONSI..."No person, group or company is MORE RESPONSIBLE for the decrease in QOL in PCVST than the TA. As a result if CWC chooses Brookfield there will be years of litigation before any deal is done. Can you say collusion??"<br /><br />That is the stupidest remark I have seen on this blog so far.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-52533719063190558022012-07-19T17:40:28.784-04:002012-07-19T17:40:28.784-04:00"The reason the TA doesn't fight any of t..."The reason the TA doesn't fight any of these QOL issues is that they don't want to get on CWC's bad side."<br /><br />Well, if that's their aim, they certainly are going about it the wrong way!Stuy Town Reporterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05538426011607971633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-75548313674044316782012-07-19T14:45:28.765-04:002012-07-19T14:45:28.765-04:00"You keep talking about how the TA could orga..."You keep talking about how the TA could organize and stop some of these things that you are complaining about, but what you may not grasp is that most people here don't dislike at least some of the things you find offensive. Obviously, everything on a case-by-case basis, but seriously, have you given thought to the idea that the TA really is representing the interests of the majority of the residents here and your feelings may be the minority opinion?"<br /><br />Then explain why less than 5% of the population are dues paying members of the TA. The reason the TA doesn't fight any of these QOL issues is that they don't want to get on CWC's bad side. They are in the tank with them so they wont hurt Brookfield's chances of getting chosen as buyers. No person, group or company is MORE RESPONSIBLE for the decrease in QOL in PCVST than the TA. As a result if CWC chooses Brookfield there will be years of litigation before any deal is done. Can you say collusion??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-62319011236842455462012-07-19T13:19:19.041-04:002012-07-19T13:19:19.041-04:00"How about some appreciation for the TA, whic..."How about some appreciation for the TA, which initiated the investigation, organized all the volunteers who took the time to go to every floor, open and shut both doors, and then collated the information so the TA could make a comprehensive complaint that would cover every building, including yours."<br /><br />Should have been done years ago. Who was asleep at the TA? These are not new issues. They have been detailed here and on LL for so long it is a joke by now.<br /><br />Only the action is new. They have squandered the last year or more working on their Quixotic secret bid to buy the place.<br /><br />Care to talk about outrage? I find that outrageous.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-49040240230160129032012-07-19T13:09:47.204-04:002012-07-19T13:09:47.204-04:00To Jul 18 1048p
You left out Councilman Dan Garo...To Jul 18 1048p<br /><br />You left out Councilman Dan Garodnick.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-78730171787680111842012-07-19T11:29:46.440-04:002012-07-19T11:29:46.440-04:00Anonymous said...
"The Tenants Association is...Anonymous said...<br />"The Tenants Association is also outraged that, in addition to the safety findings, the volunteers found substantial evidence of alcohol, tobacco, and drug use in the stairwells as well as indications that people have been using stair landings to relieve themselves and their dogs."<br /><br />The TA is outraged? Where have they been? This has been common knowledge for years and they never spoke out about it. Would have been funnier if they said they were "shocked!"<br /><br />July 19, 2012 10:17 AM<br /><br />Where have <i>you</i> been? Photos have been posted online for years, calls to Management have been made, BUT ROSE HAS REFUSED TO DEAL WITH THE ISSUE. How about reserving some of your outrage for them? A previous management group installed bar codes inside compactor chute doors and electronic checkpoints at entrances. Security guards regularly used to check these places to make sure they were OK. Lotta money spent and they haven't been used for years. No security checks, no maintenance.<br /><br />How about some appreciation for the TA, which initiated the investigation, organized all the volunteers who took the time to go to every floor, open and shut both doors, and then collated the information so the TA could make a comprehensive complaint that would cover <i>every</i> building, including yours. <br /><br />And yeah, I'm one of those volunteers, and I encourage you to walk <i>both</i> your stairwells to see what's doing. Then call the management office and make your complaint. Maybe if Rose heard directly from all of us, we'd get more action.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-3443228001274520832012-07-19T10:17:37.252-04:002012-07-19T10:17:37.252-04:00"The Tenants Association is also outraged tha..."The Tenants Association is also outraged that, in addition to the safety findings, the volunteers found substantial evidence of alcohol, tobacco, and drug use in the stairwells as well as indications that people have been using stair landings to relieve themselves and their dogs."<br /><br />The TA is outraged? Where have they been? This has been common knowledge for years and they never spoke out about it. Would have been funnier if they said they were "shocked!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-32011470964863490052012-07-18T22:48:24.445-04:002012-07-18T22:48:24.445-04:00If I was ever going to check out any activity on t...If I was ever going to check out any activity on the Oval (which I never have, but often meant to when time allowed), I am now totally put off by the posts on the Brooklyn Vegan blog. If we are going to be invaded by these nasty lowlifes, then my children and I will never go near the Oval. We live in PCV (which has its own issues of QOL reductions) and don't go near ST as we don't need to. Now we know what goes on there, we'll stay away! My wife has gone over and checked out the farmers market there once or twice and reported that it is not worth the schlep because the produce seemed inferior and overpriced. Why is Rose doing this? The joint complexes were really nice before all this nonsense started. We moved in in 2000 (before we had kids) and loved it. Now it has changed so much and become so ridiculously expensive that I doubt we will renew our lease again even though we love the spaciousness of our apartment. Stable families like us are being driven out by the landlord's insatiable greed and the desire to pack as many people into each unit as is humanly possible. I'd rather rent a nice, roomy apartment in one of the boroughs than a Black Hole of Calcutta in Manhattan. Rose, Bloomberg, Tishman Speyer, CW Cap are all the living embodiments of unrestrained greed and avarice and not a morally decent bone in their collective bodies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-17953014300970937312012-07-18T17:37:50.721-04:002012-07-18T17:37:50.721-04:00>>We live on the Oval and were not "gla...>>We live on the Oval and were not "glad to be awakened to his music" as you were. In fact, we fled the neighborhood because it was so loud and disturbing.<<<br /><br />As I stated, consideration must be given to Oval residents.Stuy Town Reporterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05538426011607971633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-7090297294745505492012-07-18T14:42:33.518-04:002012-07-18T14:42:33.518-04:00There's a new Brooklyn Vegan listing on the TA...There's a new Brooklyn Vegan listing on the TAs Facebook page. We all need to leave comments at Brooklyn Vegan and tell them to remove the listing!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-89709780944586584762012-07-18T12:40:53.027-04:002012-07-18T12:40:53.027-04:00Sounds like the Oval concerts are attracting a rea...Sounds like the Oval concerts are attracting a really classy bunch of people. Just the type Bloomberg is trying to attract to the City. I guess we're lucky they're coming here and not going to the free concerts in Central Park where such high class behavior as pooing till blood comes out of your butt is not exactly welcomed. We definitely lucked-out in attracting this classy bunch. Thank you Adam and Lady Maya. So good to see you raising the tone of the old homestead.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-80768031929580361842012-07-18T09:45:33.227-04:002012-07-18T09:45:33.227-04:00STR:
We live on the Oval and were not "gla...STR: <br /><br />We live on the Oval and were not "glad to be awakened to his music" as you were. In fact, we fled the neighborhood because it was so loud and disturbing. <br /><br />I can't imagine being "glad" to be "awakened" by such awful sounds as you were, but to each their own.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-79864976012604199552012-07-18T08:08:07.535-04:002012-07-18T08:08:07.535-04:00You keep talking about how the TA could organize a...You keep talking about how the TA could organize and stop some of these things that you are complaining about, but what you may not grasp is that most people here don't dislike at least some of the things you find offensive. Obviously, everything on a case-by-case basis, but seriously, have you given thought to the idea that the TA really is representing the interests of the majority of the residents here and your feelings may be the minority opinion?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-4001234148452829322012-07-18T08:04:08.995-04:002012-07-18T08:04:08.995-04:00I think the acts this year have been a considerabl...I think the acts this year have been a considerable step up. I was passing by the recent Garland Jeffreys event and thought it good enough to actually go on the Oval Lawn and listen to the rest of the numbers he performed. I'm glad I had a chance to be awakened to his music. Last week's performer was also fine.<br /><br />As I've stated on this blog in the past, I am not automatically against music events on the Oval; I just think there should be only a couple of them, perhaps one for each of the summer months, and that's it. And only for Stuy Town/PCV residents and their guests.<br /><br />Plus consideration MUST be given to those who live around the Oval and who can't escape the sounds coming from it during a musical event. When I attend an Oval music event, I make the choice to be there, Oval residents do not.Stuy Town Reporterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05538426011607971633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-88037010650317479022012-07-18T02:27:25.014-04:002012-07-18T02:27:25.014-04:00I am a music producer that lives here in Sunny Stu...I am a music producer that lives here in Sunny Stuy Town and I really really feel bad for people who live in the oval young or old...these acts they chose are all horrible. Sorry guys. You should complain and try to get some free months rent or something. I've never been happier to live far away from that Oval.Richie Berettahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15734381955061231837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-46430348726346945572012-07-18T01:36:30.924-04:002012-07-18T01:36:30.924-04:00"Time is money to these folks. They want to m..."Time is money to these folks. They want to make a quick sale at top dollar. Every year they are delayed literally costs them hundreds of millions of dollars.<br /><br />I don't know about you folks, but I am patient...."<br /><br />Yes, delay is probably hurting CW and the debt holders they represent, but CW can't be here forever. They have only about another three years to deal with the property (there is a time limit to their arrangement). They're going to have to make a move soon. <br /><br />In the meantime, they keep churning the apartments (a couple paying market rent in my building just moved elsewhere to a more expensive apartment because they thought this place was a dump), putting money into things like the ice skating rink, and new landscaping. That plan has at least a year to go. I was told by the contractor that one of the lawns will be redone possibly not for another year.<br /><br />And I disagree that nothing can be done about all the intrusions being visited on us. If the TA fulfilled its organizational and leadership role, they could organize those of us who are willing to deal with these situations.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-85932269888320775122012-07-17T22:54:50.500-04:002012-07-17T22:54:50.500-04:00The guy in the original post is right: we live in ...The guy in the original post is right: we live in Manhattan. This isn't the suburbs. And it never will be what it was during the "golden years". So, we either need to find a way to buy this thing so we can control the future... or admit we don't have control here, and get ready for whatever the owner does. Threatening to sue at every single change isn't going to stop things for long--look how much change already happened!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com