tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post844197083393194635..comments2024-03-28T00:08:11.164-04:00Comments on The Stuyvesant Town Report: Read This and Weep for NYCStuy Town Reporterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05538426011607971633noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-33764070065790801112015-02-06T06:49:49.393-05:002015-02-06T06:49:49.393-05:00Thanks for the NYTimes article on Vanderbilt / Gra...Thanks for the NYTimes article on Vanderbilt / Grand Central. <br /><br />S L Green owns many of the REBNY political puppets and are getting away with murdering NYC. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-5301610527397095002015-02-05T17:41:46.178-05:002015-02-05T17:41:46.178-05:00http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/05/nyregion/law-pro...<a rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/05/nyregion/law-professor-opposes-grand-central-tower-plan.html?ref=nyregion</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-23704968463528612582015-02-04T13:35:15.498-05:002015-02-04T13:35:15.498-05:00This thread is hijacked.
Anyone else pick up on t...This thread is hijacked.<br /><br />Anyone else pick up on trolls attempting to hijack STR threads to distract attention away from Garodnick and TA malfeasance?<br /><br /> A constant stream of extraneous comments press various emotional hot button issues they hope will inflame Old RS against New RS generation warfare. Another phony theme repeatedly hyped is that only Brookfield can save us from imminent bulldozer apocalypse.<br /><br />Garodnick and the TA need to divide and pit tenants against tenants. Don't be suckered into their false narratives. We are all victims of their Brookfield scam.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-44800576419777787592015-02-04T10:37:18.636-05:002015-02-04T10:37:18.636-05:00Management harasses us by withholding heat. They ...Management harasses us by withholding heat. They want us to move or die.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-2977306047674990302015-02-04T08:34:41.455-05:002015-02-04T08:34:41.455-05:00How would or could you know this 7:28? You couldn&...How would or could you know this 7:28? You couldn't possibly know this but you do seem to want people or someone to think it. I don't believe you can make your claim or anyone could make such a claim as you are because it is impossible to know EVERYTHING going on between 30,000 people. It seems more like you are trying really hard to dispel something from being revealed. Which makes me want to dig deeper. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-47390790613316725102015-02-04T08:31:59.796-05:002015-02-04T08:31:59.796-05:00That is a really good point Feb 3 at 6:26. It is a...That is a really good point Feb 3 at 6:26. It is a scam costing tenants and profiting developers that needs to disappear. Maybe its not a troll at 8:51 / 11:43. Look at how fast with name calling, a denial, defensive, guilty-sounding this is:<br /><br />"Anonymous said...<br /><br /> What? I'm MR and never got an invite to that. In fact, we fully support our RS neighbors and want them to stay RS. You are lying.<br /> February 3, 2015 at 2:27 PM" <br /><br />Unless February 3, 2015 at 2:27 PM knows everyone who lives here and what happens to everyone who lives here and what everyone who lives here does -- they cannot possibly make their claim. Now I believe there are wannabe buyers harassing RS and I hope there is a way to stop this scam against working class tenants here. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-80039746366657830162015-02-04T07:28:45.789-05:002015-02-04T07:28:45.789-05:00No one harasses RS tenants on property except --YO...No one harasses RS tenants on property except --YOU KNOW WHO. That's a lying troll. WTF.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-72742296326821512752015-02-03T18:26:39.535-05:002015-02-03T18:26:39.535-05:008:51/11:43 - must be a troll. either that or the ...8:51/11:43 - must be a troll. either that or the idea of really voting out the slate that's on the TA board now is unsettling to someone. Think about it. The whole Brookfield deal would disappear.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-8321626824909536972015-02-03T17:33:41.345-05:002015-02-03T17:33:41.345-05:00Our residential community was registered as a comm...Our residential community was registered as a commercial enterprise last month<br /><br />http://www.trademarkia.com/the-ice-at-stuy-town-86479442.html<br /><br />note the batting cages!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-90273375604371390422015-02-03T17:06:48.361-05:002015-02-03T17:06:48.361-05:00New Yorkers really need Preet to thoroughly invest...New Yorkers really need Preet to thoroughly investigate Cuomo and his RE deals. de Blasio's proposal for Sunnyside Yards is exactly what NY needs and within seconds Cuomo shot it down. To me, that says de Blasio's idea for Sunnyside Yards is a good idea for New Yorkers! Cuomo shot it down and already "promised" it to Robbie Speyer and Tishman already filed for permits. REBNY owns Cuomo.<br /><br />http://queens.brownstoner.com/2014/11/permits-filed-for-tishman-speyers-mega-development-in-long-island-city/<br /><br /><br />http://nypost.com/2015/02/03/cuomo-sunnyside-yards-not-available-for-de-blasio-housing-plan/<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-10830347656916498432015-02-03T16:52:41.204-05:002015-02-03T16:52:41.204-05:00
Did he pretty much admit affordability in Stuy-To...<br />Did he pretty much admit affordability in Stuy-Town is a foregone conclusion, forever gone? How much time do the rest of us have before Glen and Garodnick and NYU kick all the RS out and how many more MR do you think there are in the market who will pay those rents for apartments in buildings without 24hr doormen? <br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/04/nyregion/new-york-mayor-bill-de-blasios-state-of-the-city-address.html<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-77398874687659615992015-02-03T16:47:39.700-05:002015-02-03T16:47:39.700-05:00Brooklyn knows all to well the truth behind the li...Brooklyn knows all to well the truth behind the lie<br /><br />"rezoning, building affordable housing for a new generation" or in another words (written by same authors) "new stabilizers"<br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/04/nyregion/an-obstacle-to-mayor-de-blasios-affordable-housing-plan-neighborhood-resistance.html?contentCollection=nyregion&action=click&module=NextInCollection&region=Footer&pgtype=article<br /><br /><br />An Obstacle to Mayor de Blasio’s Affordable Housing Plan: Neighborhood Resistance<br /><br />By VIVIAN YEE and MIREYA NAVARROFEB. 3, 2015<br /><br />Just not buying it. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-35786690926837677912015-02-03T16:19:51.510-05:002015-02-03T16:19:51.510-05:00Vanderbilt is destroyed. REBNY has NYC in a chokeh...Vanderbilt is destroyed. REBNY has NYC in a chokehold. Garodnick is a problem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-22205037896157623242015-02-03T15:22:34.888-05:002015-02-03T15:22:34.888-05:00Management here also rents out One BR apartments t...Management here also rents out One BR apartments to families with 3 kids. Our own floor has this. There are 6 people (a nanny) living in a one bedroom here. It's hard to fight the argument of too many NYU students in a one br when everyone does this. There is one bathroom for 6 people. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-87245406418143425422015-02-03T14:27:37.004-05:002015-02-03T14:27:37.004-05:00What? I'm MR and never got an invite to tha...What? I'm MR and never got an invite to that. In fact, we fully support our RS neighbors and want them to stay RS. You are lying.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-34225509890414284202015-02-03T14:13:29.899-05:002015-02-03T14:13:29.899-05:00Preet Bharara
“As today’s charges make clear, the...Preet Bharara<br /><br />“As today’s charges make clear, the show-me-the-money culture of Albany has been perpetuated and promoted at the very top of the political food chain,” Bharara said.<br /><br />“And as the charges also show, the greedy art of secret self-reward was practiced with particular cleverness and cynicism by the speaker himself,” he said. “Politicians are supposed to be on the people’s payroll, not on secret retainer to wealthy special interests they do favors for.”<br /><br />http://www.jta.org/2015/01/22/news-opinion/united-states/silvers-arrest-a-2nd-strike-for-n-y-orthodox-power-brokersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-8013668650272185242015-02-03T14:10:41.729-05:002015-02-03T14:10:41.729-05:00I read the blog, I did weep for NYC, then I got an...I read the blog, I did weep for NYC, then I got angry and saw how RE controls the political puppets. Is Ratner the other developer in bed with Shelly?<br /><br />"Rapfogel’s wife, Judy Rapfogel, is Silver’s chief of staff. After her husband’s arrest, Judy Rapfogel claimed she had no knowledge of her husband’s criminal malfeasance, and she remained on Silver’s staff.<br /><br />Silver and William Rapfogel lived in the same neighborhood and went to the same shul, the Bialystoker Synagogue on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. The two men often sat together in the sanctuary on Shabbat morning...<br /><br />Rapfogel’s eldest son, Michael Rapfogel, works for real estate developer Bruce Ratner, who has been on the receiving end of numerous favorable decisions by the Public Authorities Control Board, over which Silver has significant control. In 2006, Silver’s intervention helped secure a lucrative tax break for Ratner’s Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn, even though that tax break actually was being phased out, The New York Times reported.<br /><br />The criminal complaint filed this week against Silver by the U.S. Attorney’s Office alleges that Silver was “on retainer to a mammoth real estate developer” while his office was passing legislation affecting that developer’s business, meeting with lobbyists paid for by the developer and “deliberately keeping secret from the public any information about this lucrative side-deal, in violation of the law.” The complaint does not identify the real estate developer by name."<br /><br />http://www.jta.org/2015/01/22/news-opinion/united-states/silvers-arrest-a-2nd-strike-for-n-y-orthodox-power-brokers<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-57440766701633774972015-02-03T13:58:02.427-05:002015-02-03T13:58:02.427-05:00The other developer in the Shelly case Ratner?
At...The other developer in the Shelly case Ratner?<br /><br />Atlantic Yards, Bruce Ratner, De Blasio having a 50th birthday party with another developer (his 53rd was with developer Robbie Speyer) and the value of De Blasio's word<br /><br />"The basketball arena is finished, but none of the affordable apartments have been completed. The first residential building, with 181 subsidized units, is scheduled to go up next summer.<br /><br />Meanwhile, some opponents and critics of Atlantic Yards say de Blasio has done little to fulfill the pledge he made in the 2006 public hearing – that he would make sure the community benefits agreement is fulfilled. In fact, in June 2011 Bruce Ratner, CEO of Forest City Ratner, had co-chaired a 50th birthday fundraiser for de Blasio.<br /><br />“He just says things like, ‘Government must make sure there is accountability,’” said Norman Oder, a journalist who has chronicled the project on his blog, The Atlantic Yards Report. “And I’m thinking, what is he? Chopped liver? I mean he’s government as well. He has a bully pulpit.”<br /><br />Letitia James, a city councilwoman from Brooklyn who opposed the project, has tried to rally other public officials to support measures like a special board to oversee the project, but she said de Blasio has given her little support.<br /><br />“So many elected officials gave to that project and were instrumental in getting it financed,” said James, now a Democratic candidate for de Blasio’s job, the public advocate’s office. “Not one has made any comment with regard to the fact that New Yorkers and taxpayers were basically duped. And that includes the current public advocate, Bill de Blasio, and others.”<br /><br />http://www.wnyc.org/story/316327-de-blasios-support-atlantic-yards-helped-old-ally/<br /><br />Sure and Shelly is a "man of integrity". Its beginning to look like that may have been a PR statement made for ulterior motives.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-47714767544915525972015-02-03T13:48:47.161-05:002015-02-03T13:48:47.161-05:00I'm really curious. What could any MRs hope t...I'm really curious. What could any MRs hope to gain by stalking and harassing RSers. That's nuts. Seriously...how could that possibly benefit any MRs?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-54219337830152218692015-02-03T13:48:14.475-05:002015-02-03T13:48:14.475-05:00RE has the dirtiest of corrupt criminals. A revita...RE has the dirtiest of corrupt criminals. A revitalized real estate business sector profits the business and the 1% with no benefit to the 99% working class. <br /><br />Is Developer #2, in Preet's case with Shelly Silver, Ratner of Atlantic Yards development that still has not made good on their promises to De Blasio in exchange for his blessing the development despite his Brooklyn neighbor's opposition?<br /><br />"Once the three men connected over the site’s future commercial possibilities, their bonds strengthened. As was the case with Taub (mesothelioma kickbacker), family favors were the norm. Rapfogel’s eldest son, Michael, a lawyer, went to work for Ratner. <br /><br />The NY Times summed up the happy coincidence of interests:<br /><br />"In 2006, the Public Authorities Control Board, over which Mr. Silver has significant control, approved Mr. Ratner’s Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn. Intervention by Mr. Silver and others enabled the project to retain a lucrative tax break, even as that break was actually being phased out.<br /><br />In 2008, Forest City Ratner, which compared to other developers makes few political contributions, gave $58,420 to the Democratic Assembly Housekeeping Committee, which is controlled by Mr. Silver.<br /><br />That same year, Mr. Ratner helped raise $1 million for Met Council and was honored at a luncheon given by Mr. Rapfogel and Mr. Silver. “Bruce is responsible for much of the development and growth that’s gone on in Brooklyn and in Manhattan,” Mr. Silver said at the event. “He is a major force in New York City for the good.”<br /><br />When I read about these corrupt bastards, I can’t help but be reminded of how criminality is embedded in the capitalist system. They keep saying that a true recovery in the USA hinges on a revitalized real estate sector. But it is exactly that sector that led to the 2008 meltdown, just as it did in Spain."<br /><br />http://louisproyect.org/2015/01/23/sheldon-silver-caught-with-his-hands-in-the-cookie-jar/<br /><br />"In any case, speaking from a purely reformist perspective, I am tickled pink at the prospects of Sheldon Silver, Dr. Robert Taub and Bruce Ratner going to prison. I hope they put them in cells next to Bernie Madoff as a reminder that connections made through a Jewish old boy’s network are okay just as long as they don’t victimize people who don’t belong to the club, especially Puerto Ricans on the Lower East Side."<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-56443837086397216132015-02-03T13:09:57.267-05:002015-02-03T13:09:57.267-05:00"I'm MR and if my post is strange it is b..."I'm MR and if my post is strange it is because I thought it very strange and very disturbing when a group of MR neighbors invited me to their meeting to do what I can only describe as stalk and harass RS tenants. Their pitch to me was full of trashing the RS neighbors. They are trying to divide us."<br /><br />What you say is very disturbing. Can you provide some details, please? You don't have to "out" anybody, but please tell us what was the nature of the stalking and harassing of RS tenants. If you are being truthful (and I think you are) this has to be a new low for even this property. We know CW/CR would kill the RS tenants in their beds if they could, but MR tenants? Why would they do this unless they feel that maybe RS tenants would impede a possible conversion? <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-25097857936303133012015-02-03T12:46:08.372-05:002015-02-03T12:46:08.372-05:00Judy Rapfogel Is Woman in the Middle of Two N.Y. S...<br /><br />Judy Rapfogel Is Woman in the Middle of Two N.Y. Scandals<br />Sheldon Silver's Chief of Staff Is Also Willie's Wife<br /><br />Read more: http://forward.com/articles/213710/judy-rapfogel-is-woman-in-the-middle-of-two-ny-sca/#ixzz3QhldNLfl<br /><br /><br />More to come.....<br /><br />http://failedmessiah.typepad.com/failed_messiahcom/2014/10/more-arrests-possible-in-rapfogel-scandal-former-board-members-may-be-targetsag-says-234.html<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-22618088800756426012015-02-03T11:34:16.549-05:002015-02-03T11:34:16.549-05:00I'm MR and if my post is strange it is because...I'm MR and if my post is strange it is because I thought it very strange and very disturbing when a group of MR neighbors invited me to their meeting to do what I can only describe as stalk and harass RS tenants. Their pitch to me was full of trashing the RS neighbors. They are trying to divide us. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-40561839520456443432015-02-03T09:58:23.194-05:002015-02-03T09:58:23.194-05:00STR...Actually, you could ask what good does getti...STR...Actually, you could ask what good does getting press (publicity really) do anybody? In my observation it works out about 50-50. I've seen the TA mentioned, quoted in Crain's, Bloomberg, DNAInfo and other places. It takes focus, persistence and a good message to make a good impact. I have not seen the current TA Board acting with all 3 at once in the last 3 years. Only your site has taken off as an alternative to the TA Facebook page. And there seems to be no real alternative for organizing other than the TA. For sure, pessimism is no alternative. So when the time for TA Board elections comes, I do hope to see people interested in running explaining themselves at your site. <br />And to 8:51 again...who says candidates would only be current bloggers? And what's wrong with anyone deciding to run making themselves known here. I have to say...that 8:51 post...very strange.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-85920539838323063692015-02-03T09:49:24.553-05:002015-02-03T09:49:24.553-05:00Shelly's neighborhood gang is a criminal enter...Shelly's neighborhood gang is a criminal enterprise of NYC's (including de Blasio's "best and brightest") along with the RE, REBNY, and REBNY PAC money moving millions, billions into their pockets in this intricate Shelly Silver web of deceit. No bus ride persuades an already bought decision. No more begging. From here forward it should only be "demanding" from our electeds. <br /><br />This article details the difficult and hard work by Preet and the NY AG (who the jury is out on how badly the AG is betraying us with REBNY / Kane - it is either bad or really really bad) before him who took out Shelly's chief of staff's husband Rapfogel for his greedy crimes. <br /><br />It is an astonishing must read although the punishments for these greedy people does not match the crimes or damage they did to the people. It directly ties Shelly's Assembly's votes and how they failed the people of NYC every year especially 2011. <br /><br />It goes from deep money RE corruption - through a few "non-profits" that seem more like laundering - through a child's summer camp - to the darkest sinister crevice of hell that rivals Rome's Catholic church scandals -- if you read through the last paragraph of the article.<br /><br />"Runes represents Litwin — the state's single largest political contributor, who's dropped $10 million in various campaign kitties since 2005 — in negotiations over state laws affecting rent regulations and tax subsidies.<br /><br />The complaint alleges that unidentified Glenwood lobbyists met Silver to discuss pivotal real-estate legislation in 2011, when the Goldberg firm's payments to Silver soon soared from a mere $800 one year to $240,994. Silver then suddenly became "considerably more favorable" to real-estate interests on the bill "than expected," according to the Bharara complaint.<br /><br />(Runes was listed on Cuomo's schedule as one of the two Glenwood lobbyists that met with him to talk about the same legislation at that time.)"<br /><br />The last paragraph<br />"OHEL is notorious for allegedly covering up child sex abuse and for running a sex offender program structured in a way that allowed sex offenders to walk out of that program without completing it and go back into haredi and Orthodox society still completely dangerous while OHEL did not report them to police or the DA or warn the community.<br /><br />Perhaps Silver's downfall will finally lead to OHEL's."<br /><br />http://failedmessiah.typepad.com/failed_messiahcom/2015/02/will-its-close-ties-to-indicted-pol-sheldon-silver-bring-ohel-down-123.html<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com