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Dave, I never seriously thought you were giving legal advice. Just using your post as a rhetorical foil. I have no doubt the owners will seek leave and will brief it quite well. That’s quite a roster of comepetent counsel they’ve got. But the 1st Dep’t or the Ct. App has to agree that the case should even be heard by the Ct. App. Without two dissents, there is no guarantee. All they have now is the NYS equivalent of a cert. petition.
I agree with you that NY favors tenants. I don’t mind that as much as you do, though. I find that most debates over rent control or stabilization are argued in terms more appropriate to whether it should have been done in the first place (e.g., is it a good or bad thing based on economic theory), not what to do now. Almost any owner of stabilized units bought knowing of the legal circumstances and presumably paid a price reflective of the income limits that result. Just as rent control sometimes benefits those who really do not need it, decontrol sometimes produces a windfall to the owner who underpaid for the property. If Tishman’s assumptions were based on a misreading of the law, that is their problem, not an indictment of the system. There are many good arguments about the flaws in the system, and you have made them well, but I don’t think this case is a poster child for them.
my dog smells like fritos (corn chips) actually. it’s weird. my roommates dog who is super old smells a zombie.
*r*
rob,
the pantry I work at is stocked with unbelievable things from Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods, They send tons of stuff there every week. Items that are a few days from expiring. I mean good stuff, no need to eat beans, not in this city.
The sisters would love to see you. really.
“id like to know what gives?”
ditto, is it “what gives” or “what takes” or “what brings”? 🙂
By the way, ditto, your comments of late (here and in other threads today) have been hysterical. Thanks for the laughs.
Rob,
I bet your dog is stinkier than all my cats combined!
We’ve been through this before. Cat’s are NOT stinky. Cat boxes are stinky if they are not maintained. An cat’s that hasn’t been spay/neutered will spray and that is incredibly stinky.
However, I have never in my life know anyone who would have an cat that hadn’t been fixed in their home.
yes glass joe from mike tyson’s punch out on nintendo! hahaha. i wouldnt go as far to call myself ignorant.. i just wear a different pair of glasses than most people. plus im originally from jersey (we really are a totally different kind of peoples)
*r*
thanks mckenzie. i dont think it has to come to that though. rice and beans are super cheap and can make a ton of meals 🙂
*r*
Cats probably think the same of you, rob.
And don’t dogs have that “doggy” smell?
“id like to know what gives?”
I can’t help it, Rob. I tried to lay off, but honestly, I can’t recall the last time I read as many idiotic, immature, inane and ignorant (I could go on) comments come out of a single person, and I’ve been around for a while. I’ll admit, it’s fascinating to me! And you keep coming back for more! You’re like a boxer who can’t fight at all, but LOVES to box, and so climbs into the ring time after time, only to get repeatedly FLATTENED, Glass Joe style (perhaps you’ll appreciate that reference). Even worse, you pop up off the mat EACH time, with a goofy Lucky Charms grin, ready for more! Dave is right….it’s too easy.