No Water for Two Months in Bed-Stuy Building
The residents at 274 Malcolm X Boulevard in Bed-Stuy have gone nearly two months without running water, ever since a pipe sprung a leak in July and the city shut it off. The Daily News reports that the city would not turn the water back on until the landlord repairs the pipe, but the landlord,…
The residents at 274 Malcolm X Boulevard in Bed-Stuy have gone nearly two months without running water, ever since a pipe sprung a leak in July and the city shut it off. The Daily News reports that the city would not turn the water back on until the landlord repairs the pipe, but the landlord, Carl Plata, died last year. Tenants of the eight units now get their water from a hydrant across the street. Connie Peters, 57, told the News: “I’m pulling my hair out. We need water.” The Department of Environmental Protection insisted that the water had to be shut off, but the Department of Housing Preservation and Development said it would repair the pipe. According to spokesman Eric Bederman, the agency has hired a contractor and work will begin once it receives a permit. The News also points out that other problems have plagued this particular building: last winter, the electricity was shut off due to illegal wiring. Additionally, a partial vacate order exists for the building due to an illegal conversion of the second and third floors. GMAP P*Shark DOB
No Water for Two Months! [NY Daily News]
Photo by Gregg Snodgrass/PropertyShark
Sorry but I can’t imagine anyone poor or rich paying thier hard earned money to live in that dump, because that’s exactly what it is, a dump.
I can’t even begin to think that somehow the inside of the apartment was even remotley nice even when the LL was alive.
MM, I don’t buy what you say….
calcutta right in the heart of the stuy….magnificent
dibs, you live right near us. Okay, you don’t know me since I’m mostly a lurker on this blog, although I do sell at the flea occasionally. It’s nice to find someone in this corner of bed-stuy- been here for over four years.
“fsrg, as usual, you miss my point. Renters in many of these ratholes don’t own a computer, let along have ever heard of Craigslist.”
Exactly, MM. And they sure don’t have high-speed internet. Hell, they don’t even have WATER!
fsrg- we can agree on that. And I never had a problem giving my ss# to my bank. I do object when a doctor’s office asked for it and I refused. I had insurance, they had my info. More than that and paying my bill I owe them nothing.
Bxgrl – most LL can run a credit check with your DOB, past addresses. And if you were calm in explaining your reluctance to give out your SS# you probably could get by without it (or at least the last 4 #s) but I acknowledge that if I was looking at a prospective tenant who refused to provide a SS# like you state – I might be reluctant to rent to them since it appears that you are somewhat hostile to LLs (in general) and may prove to be a problem tenant (for me and the other residents – to whom I owe an obligation of quiet enjoyment)
Regardless of the law stating that SS#s are only suppossed to be used for SS (is that even still the law???) – the law (if it is even valid) is no longer enforceable – since virtually EVERY company, and municipality require it (or at least part of it) to verify identity – and none of those uses have ever been prosecuted.
I seriously doubt you took such a (no) SS# stance at your bank (who needs to KYC in order to satisfy Federal Law), your utility company, your credit card company, your school of higher education, etc, etc, etc.
I do not assume that everyone has $ or that ones credit, health, etc are all within ones control (some of it is, and some of it aint) ALL I said is that it is incorrect to assume that everyone living in buildings like this (effectivly abandoned) – are helpless souls who can’t do anything about their situation – many people make calculated decisions and could (if they choose) find more suitable housing – not that housing like this should be tolerated anyway – it shouldnt. And not that the alternative is a penthouse apartment on the park – it isnt.
But very few working people in the city are ‘forced’ to accept housing like this…and BTW – I dont think non-working people should have to live in housing like this either – no one should
Didn’t mean do not have an ss#- but don’t feel like handing it out to every tom, dick and harry. Considering by law you don’t have to, and id theft, my ss# is not a landlord’s business. As to all the rest, I find when people have money, they seem to assume everyone else has it or should live like they have it. It’s all well and good to say everything is within our control, but it ain’t. And I can speak from sad experience.
If there are no heirs, deed the building to the tenants and turn their damn water on. Ridiculous.
Bxgrl – “How many landlords would rent to someone without soc sec #’s, credit checks, references”
=NONE
but how many working people legitimately dont have a SS#?????
As for credit checks – I said that if you have bad credit/LL/Tenant court problems you are not going to be able to get one of these “nice” low rent apartments – but hate to say – that is somewhat within the prospective tenants control.
as to references – no intelligent LL cares about references – especially from a prior LL – if a problem tenant wants to leave a building, most LL would write anything to assist them – thereby making their reference useless or worse.