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April 10, 2009
Slumlord advertising hotel
There's a slumlord on my block with a very unsightly building. I found out he's advertising this building as a hotel on the web! A friend suggested I tell my local councilperson because this is clearly illegal--it's a residential neighborhood. This guy is bad news...any suggestions?
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Mind your business nosey body
Posted by: slumlord at April 11, 2009 7:11 AM
Find some really blatant safety issues. The FDNY will vacate the building within hours. Great fun to watch.
Posted by: modsquad at April 11, 2009 7:23 AM
You can call 311 or go to your local congressman's office. If he is advertising illegally as a hotel then a complaint of some kind can be filed. The tenants of the building should get together and make some complaints. If there are no violations and the taxes are paid, the city won't care much about what goes on.
Posted by: premadas at April 12, 2009 11:14 AM
Are you talking about the place on 12th St between 4th & 5th that calls itself the "Little Princess Hotel"? It looks like a complete fire trap to me, and I've also been wondering if it was legal.
Posted by: Park_loper at April 13, 2009 2:58 PM
Call 311. Then call your community board with the complaint number. The community board office will follow up on this until resolution.
Posted by: BrooklynIsHome at April 13, 2009 4:10 PM
That was my first thought.
What is your situation? Have you been living there all your life? Why does this bother you?
Posted by: dutchman at April 14, 2009 9:44 AM
Thanks for the comments, OP here. Park loper, you are correct--it's the "Little Princess." I don't want to share more details here but let me know if you want to email me directly--I would love some backup to do something about this problem. I will call 311 and follow up with community board.
Posted by: ssloper at April 14, 2009 10:02 AM
I'm not sure I can help you very much. I only know about the place because I was interested in the house next door when it was on the market last year. The fact that the two buildings were attached to each other was a huge concern for me and my wife - and ultimately why we didn't pursue the deal further. From the back it's even more frightening, with exposed insulation falling out of holes around the windows, tangles of wires, etc. My gut feeling was I just couldn't take the risk of living next to a building like that.
Posted by: Park_loper at April 15, 2009 11:57 AM
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