tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post9110691530551204437..comments2024-03-28T00:08:11.164-04:00Comments on The Stuyvesant Town Report: This Could Be Stuy Town/Peter Cooper Village in the FutureStuy Town Reporterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05538426011607971633noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-28655626581872525232014-09-13T18:39:54.746-04:002014-09-13T18:39:54.746-04:00I've heard rumors that Verizon has a deal with...I've heard rumors that Verizon has a deal with PCVST that pays them for each new Fios customer here, which purposely keeps TWC out. Isn't that kind of....ah....illegal? What about the poor TWC sales guy that's trying to get new residents to sign up. Oh I'm sorry, that happens to be......me!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-64393440007125768652014-08-08T08:54:38.880-04:002014-08-08T08:54:38.880-04:00OFCOURSE THIS IS US.OFCOURSE THIS IS US.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-17618893308391207742014-08-06T18:46:30.012-04:002014-08-06T18:46:30.012-04:00But this is us str. How is it that this is not ...But this is us str. How is it that this is not unilaterally known?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-22468568947678316912014-08-06T18:31:36.365-04:002014-08-06T18:31:36.365-04:00I read Seth Shire's informative Town & Vil...I read Seth Shire's informative Town & Village article on Verizon and the three comments. I agree with them.<br /><br />http://town-village.com/2014/07/18/my-verizon-fios-renewal-nightmare/<br /><br />I also agree we should boycott Verizon to protest the Oval concerts. <br /><br />It is clear Verizon has damaged our community. Which is why I do not understand Senator Hoylman's article on Verizon in Town & Village.<br /><br />HEADLINE: Hoylman is here to help<br /><br />To the Editor:<br /><br />I was dismayed to read in the July 17 issue about Seth Shire’s unfortunate experience when he sought to renew his Verizon FiOS contract (“My Verizon FiOS Nightmare”).<br /><br />I want to remind readers that I am a resource when you experience customer service issues, and you should feel free to contact me at (212) 633-8052 or hoylman@nysenate.gov.<br /><br />I can help you cut through the red tape and ensure your problem gets the attention it deserves.<br /><br />Sincerely,<br /><br />Brad Hoylman,<br />New York State Senator, 27th district<br /><br />http://town-village.com/2014/07/24/letters-to-the-editor-july-24/<br /><br />Here is what I don't understand.<br /><br />Does the Senator help with all customer service issues with any company or only Verizon customer service issues? <br />If it is only Verizon then he is helping Verizon with customer retention and not helping constituents with customer service issues.<br /><br />Why then is he helping Verizon keep business in PCVST? <br /><br />Is help with shady customer service practices something a Senator usually does or just Senator Hoylman? <br /><br />What is the deal with Verizon and who is involved in the relationship? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-22068676763002356702014-08-06T15:17:40.541-04:002014-08-06T15:17:40.541-04:00The Moreland Commission had been looking into a st...The Moreland Commission had been looking into a state law that was approved in January 2013, which carved out tax breaks for specific Manhattan-based luxury developments.<br /><br />"Five developers who got tax abatements for five developments—that ordinarily would not have qualified for them, except for this special law that was passed in January—donated heavily to Governor Cuomo and other members of the state legislature," said Jaron Benjamin of the Metropolitan Council on Housing.<br /><br />The tax break is known as a "421-A abatement." Normally, developers can only qualify if they agree to build a certain amount of affordable housing, which these did not.<br /><br />One of the projects is One 57, the luxury high rise currently under construction across the street from Carnegie Hall.<br /><br />According to a report from the Metropolitan Council, in 2012 before the bill was approved, the developers gave more than $440,000 to the legislature and political parties.<br /><br />The developers gave $150,000 to Governor Cuomo, who signed the bill.<br /><br />The companies gave a total of $1.5 million to the governor and lawmakers between 2008 and 2012.<br /><br />"We testified to the Moreland Commission. We gave them all of our research that went into making the report, unfortunately it seemed like nothing happened," Benjamin said.<br /><br />A subpoena to the real estate board known as REBNY, was ordered pulled back by Cuomo's top aide. <br /><br />- See more at: http://rochester.twcnews.com/content/news/758476/moreland-commission-was-looking-into-real-estate-contributions-before-shutdown/#sthash.oW29L5AX.dpuf<br /><br />Let's hope Preet picks up where Moreland dropped off.......Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-89580725403820387332014-08-06T15:14:57.119-04:002014-08-06T15:14:57.119-04:00Everyone in a renovated apartment take the few min...Everyone in a renovated apartment take the few minutes to go to DHCR to fill out the form for an audit on the brazenly grossly overcharged renovations! The worse that could happen is you get a few thousand dollars back. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-89149660471753130852014-08-06T14:31:32.168-04:002014-08-06T14:31:32.168-04:00Anony 10.31 AM . Please read "Other People...Anony 10.31 AM . Please read "Other People's Money" by Charles V. Bagli, ASAP. This urban myth, that the new school MR RS tenants (RS until 2020) subsidize the old school LT RS tenants, like the one that RS tenants have BMWs and Hampton houses, must be corrected all the time on this blog and others. It’s the debt........Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-33693237422809145582014-08-06T14:08:31.638-04:002014-08-06T14:08:31.638-04:00Maybe Dan has also realized we're outnumbered,...Maybe Dan has also realized we're outnumbered, beaten & no one is really stepping up to take on what needs to be done - Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-76014743021319484142014-08-06T12:04:00.682-04:002014-08-06T12:04:00.682-04:00Why the hell does the DHCR need two or more tenant...Why the hell does the DHCR need two or more tenants to dispute and investigate the renovation charges on renovated apartments? <br /><br />Has anyone been investigating this? Have MR tenants filed the claim form?????????????? No one doing anything but whining.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-34164135596159920702014-08-06T12:00:39.458-04:002014-08-06T12:00:39.458-04:00"4:08 thanks for the article on Murray Hill. ..."4:08 thanks for the article on Murray Hill. It used to be sophisticated and reserved. What a frat slum! Dan Garodnick what are you doing to the 4th district?"<br /><br />Getting rich and helping his RE friends get rich. That's what he is doing.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-30701563179654688622014-08-06T11:59:13.794-04:002014-08-06T11:59:13.794-04:00Sadly, we are now encumbered with a load of debt w...Sadly, we are now encumbered with a load of debt which was created by the failed, greed-fueled sale to Tishman Speyer, et al. When the property was 100% RS and still turned a profit, there was no debt to pay off. Of course, it doesn't help that we have a greedy "Special Servicer" paying itself astronomical fees and putting its dirty hand in the cookie jar.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-82908888147292599542014-08-06T10:34:38.452-04:002014-08-06T10:34:38.452-04:00Anony 8.20. You’re welcome. This was the key text ...Anony 8.20. You’re welcome. This was the key text in the article:<br /><br /> <" For further research, we did what every local frat boy in trouble is scared to do—call up the nationals for help. Matt Glick, a New York based leadership consultant for Alpha Epsilon Pi said of his members, "Most often they end up in Murray Hill or places like Stuy Town." ><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-31961358778246374382014-08-06T10:31:15.182-04:002014-08-06T10:31:15.182-04:008 15 pm?
You are serious or is that a joke? Ev...8 15 pm?<br /><br /><br />You are serious or is that a joke? Everyone knows this. It's math. MR pay for everything here. And no, i'm not a MR tenant.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-2480623510750607632014-08-06T10:24:46.950-04:002014-08-06T10:24:46.950-04:00So the politicians are helping the landlords to di...So the politicians are helping the landlords to displace the Yorkshire tenants - outrageous! <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-43484909865704112392014-08-05T20:20:08.411-04:002014-08-05T20:20:08.411-04:004:08 thanks for the article on Murray Hill. It use...4:08 thanks for the article on Murray Hill. It used to be sophisticated and reserved. What a frat slum! Dan Garodnick what are you doing to the 4th district? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-1380865871436180532014-08-05T20:15:02.401-04:002014-08-05T20:15:02.401-04:003:05 Market Rate tenants are paying only for the o...3:05 Market Rate tenants are paying only for the overpriced dead weight that is bloating the property. <br /><br />Stuy Town Peter Cooper was completely sustainable and profitable when it was 100% RS. <br /><br />The Market Rate is only covering the greedy excess on top of the actual value we should be priced at. <br /><br />We don't need any Market Rate rents to run profitably.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-48234811613376767722014-08-05T16:08:29.409-04:002014-08-05T16:08:29.409-04:00This link is from 2011. It’s three times worse now...This link is from 2011. It’s three times worse now. <br /><br /><br /><br />“http://www.theawl.com/2011/07/murray-hill-frat-city<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-44973875286368867132014-08-05T15:05:56.600-04:002014-08-05T15:05:56.600-04:00Don't worry, all the Market rate tenants are g...Don't worry, all the Market rate tenants are going to pay for it all. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-17756987965587068652014-08-05T12:18:45.858-04:002014-08-05T12:18:45.858-04:00Time to end the Bloomberg legacy of turning our be...Time to end the Bloomberg legacy of turning our beloved NYC into the world's #1 money launderer and get back our reputation of the city where small town dreamers came to because if you can make it here you can make it anywhere dreams can come true in the many enterprises from Broadway to Madison Avenue to Wall Street to Brooklyn Artisans to Queens Restaurateurs to Staten Island and Bronx. 5 Boroughs of local excellence and not global commercialization sameness. That would be a legacy. <br /><br />To return NYC to New Yorkers and New York businesses. <br /><br />All who live here, work here, raise our families here.<br /><br />To return PCV ST to the Middle Class Community - and not assets of global corporations so I can raise my family here and not get priced out. <br /><br />We are counting on you Mayor de Blasio. Generations of us across all 5 boroughs,including in ST. <br /><br /><br /><br />http://www.thenation.com/article/180516/how-new-york-real-estate-became-dumping-ground-worlds-dirty-money#<br /><br /><br />Since 2008, roughly 30 percent of condo sales in pricey Manhattan developments have been to buyers who listed an international address—most from China, Russia and Latin America—or bought in the name of a corporate entity, a maneuver often employed by foreign purchasers. Because many buyers go to great lengths to hide their interests in New York properties, it’s impossible to put a number on the proportion laundering ill-gotten gains. But according to money-laundering experts as well as court documents and secret offshore records reviewed by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, New York real estate has become a magnet for dirty money.<br /><br />Public officials and real-estate operatives in New York have mostly applauded the city’s influx of mega-rich homesteaders from overseas, with former Mayor Michael Bloomberg leading the chorus during his time in office. “Wouldn’t it be great if we could get all the Russian billionaires to move here?” he told New York magazine in September.<br /><br />Combine that give-us-your-rich ethos with state and local policies that lavish tax breaks on Manhattan’s wealthiest homeowners and federal policies that let real estate agents off the hook, and the results are predictable: New York is a magnet for the super-rich homebuyers from other lands bearing money of sometimes dubious provenance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-72852487284678404722014-08-05T11:41:21.416-04:002014-08-05T11:41:21.416-04:00"Did Verizon really set up so management / la..."Did Verizon really set up so management / landlord et al can view our internet data? Can they track our phone and what we watch on television too?"<br /><br />Why on earth would you think that? That is real paranoia, my friend!<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-44727693089051961722014-08-05T11:23:48.787-04:002014-08-05T11:23:48.787-04:00Investigating the PCVST Scandal potentially could ...Investigating the PCVST Scandal potentially could restore 11,000 RS apartments to Mayor de Blasio's affordable housing plan, expose the few key players instigating a city-wide corruption that is destroying NYC middle class - catapulting local Politicians to higher offices even National recognition because what is taking place in PCVST not only effects all NYC it exemplifies what is happening to the middle class across the country. Address it in PCVST to show the country how to address it everywhere! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-75377377344298939182014-08-05T10:39:55.961-04:002014-08-05T10:39:55.961-04:00The largest third party leasing over priced renova...The largest third party leasing over priced renovation wall partition chopped dorms deal <br /><br />Bob Scaglion<br /><br />The common denominator thread<br /><br />Citihabitats - Rose - PCVST - CW - Brookfield<br /><br />FirstService Residential announced that industry veteran Robert Scaglion has joined the company as executive managing director.<br />Scaglion brings tover 25 years of experience during which he earned the reputation as a noted authority on real estate sales, marketing and leasing.<br />As part of the FirstService Residential executive team, Scaglion is responsible for business development, pre-development consulting for new rental developments, re-positioning existing rental assets, as well as developing a marketing and leasing platform for rental properties.<br />As senior managing director for Rose Associates, Scaglion previously was responsible for developing the largest third party leasing and marketing service for private owners, institutional investors and REITS in New York City.<br />Before that, as director of business development for Citi Habitats, he was responsible for the creation of the company’s on-site leasing and marketing department.<br /><br />http://www.rew-online.com/2014/06/12/whos-news-andrew-mathias-named-to-sl-green-board-carlton-group-hires-leasing-director/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-1758581638341288762014-08-05T10:28:41.131-04:002014-08-05T10:28:41.131-04:00Did CitiHabitats place the fake Yelp reviews becau...Did CitiHabitats place the fake Yelp reviews because NYU is paying CitiHabitats to give students a discounted brokers fee for placing students in Stuy Town dorms? <br /><br />The following resources are available for University affiliates who are searching for rental housing in New York City: <br /><br /> NYU Off-Campus Housing Office<br /> The NYU Off-Campus Housing Office provides assistance to current and newly-admitted NYU students, faculty, and staff who are not eligible for or not interested in NYU sponsored housing. Extensive information is available on the website and at the Off-Campus Housing Office. The office has an online database of available apartments and has entered into a cooperative agreement with CitiHabitats, Inc. to offer a discounted apartment broker commission to the NYU community. Contact the Off-Campus Housing Office for details.<br /> NYU Law School Off-Campus Housing Guide<br /> The NYU Law School maintains a very helpful website for its affiliates that includes a wealth of information about finding an apartment in New York City. Please note that the services offered by the Law School are designed for Law School affiliates only. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-17434155039454433092014-08-05T10:21:55.180-04:002014-08-05T10:21:55.180-04:00Dear NYU
Stop bragging about the "quantity&q...Dear NYU<br /><br />Stop bragging about the "quantity" of space you take up and start focusing on the "quality" of your education by investing in your professors / students and not land / lame bloated executives!<br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1837176580996082182.post-17540365779913186922014-08-05T10:14:46.299-04:002014-08-05T10:14:46.299-04:00The situations are different for RS vs MRs. For R...The situations are different for RS vs MRs. For RS, it's more of an uphill grind influenced by MCIs and the Rent Guidelines Board. For the MRs, it's just a matter of hitting the right economic trigger. If that trigger gets hit, then the rents on every upcoming lease renewal will skyrocket.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com