Wednesday Links
City Seeks New Powers in Fight Against Homelessness [NY Times] Despite Pleas for a Freeze, Stabilized Rents to Go Up [NY Times] Rent Hikes OK’d As Board Squabbles [NY Post] Strike Threatened at City’s Biggest Power Plant [NY Daily News] Another Burglary at 55 Washington Street [Brooklyn Paper] Post-Game Analysis of ESDC Meeting [AY Report]…
City Seeks New Powers in Fight Against Homelessness [NY Times]
Despite Pleas for a Freeze, Stabilized Rents to Go Up [NY Times]
Rent Hikes OK’d As Board Squabbles [NY Post]
Strike Threatened at City’s Biggest Power Plant [NY Daily News]
Another Burglary at 55 Washington Street [Brooklyn Paper]
Post-Game Analysis of ESDC Meeting [AY Report]
Partial Building Collapse In Bed Stuy [WPIX]
Photo of Green-Wood Cemetery by bklynflea.
Snarkslope,
When somebody you know living in a prewar tenement building has the roof cave in because the landlord couldn’t afford major structural reconstruction, I bet you won’t be making the same sarcastic posts on Brownstoner.
Actually, there are far more than 1,000,000 rent stabilized tenants since many apartments are occupied by more than one person.
And it’s not just my buildings that need extensive costly brick repairs, it’s the majority of NYC prewar housing. Ask any roofer/masonary repairman and they’ll tell you it’s the same for all prewar tenements across the city.
Without major investment over the coming years, the rate of building collapse is certain to increase rapidly.
I sure as hell wouldn’t spend big bucks on a prewar coop or condo. At least with a townhouse, you own all the land and not just a fractional share.
I bought an apartment building with rent stabilized tenants. Of course the purchase price reflected that fact, but yet I will whine about it endlessly on the Internet.
signed,
NickelNuts
ironballs- there is a great deal of unfairness. On that I certainly agree with you. But I do object to landlords demonizing tenants (full disclosure- am a tenant and did live in an rs unit for a long time)as leaches. Sure there are many who abouse the system but blame the system. Would you, as a consumer, go into a store and buy a big ticket item without researching it and looking for the best price? Tenants are consumers. And I think landlords would be surprised at how many tenants really are struggling, and not making 90,000 a year.
My main point is that someone needs to rethink the whole approach because by making tenants and landlords adversarial, the pols and agencies keep the spotlight off of the people who could and should be making the changes. While we’re each pointing fingers at the other, the officials are hoping our mutual antagonism covers their butts- they play both ends against the middle. Yes- there are 1,000,000 tenants, but landlords can exert a lot of political pressure too. But keep landlords and tenants fighting with each other, and the officials think all they need to do is sit back and watch.
wow Iron, that’s scary what you said about your tenement building. That means our 1953 co-op at some point will need to go through complete restructuring and relaying of brick. I hope that’s in 30+ years when I am out of there with my own house to worry about.
“It’s a rational assumption for anybody buying a regulated building since WWII to assume that eventually the
“temporary emergency rent laws” will end.”
“Who do you think has more sway with politicians, 25,000 landlords or 1,000,000 rent stabilized tenants?”
Although I agree the system is unbalanced, Petebklyn is right. The owner makes an investment with knowledge of the associated costs. I’m a landlord myself, but I can’t disagree w/that.
Who do you think has more sway with politicians, 25,000 landlords or 1,000,000 rent stabilized tenants?
I would expect the tenants to have 40 times the clout of 25k landlords. Or do you think being landlord should give you oversized say in matters? Why not just bring back monarchy and feudal system.
Yeah Pete, but originally the rent laws were enacted to protect families from being evicted while fathers/husbands were off fighting WWII. They were meant to be TEMPORARY.
It’s a rational assumption for anybody buying a regulated building since WWII to assume that eventually the
“temporary emergency rent laws” will end.
The fact that leaching tenants have been able to keep the “temporary emergency rent laws” alive for so many years is insanly unfair to landlords no matter when they bought their buildings.
I need to ask everyone here a question- Why was Dave allowed to use the “N word” without any repercussions from the Brownstoner readers???????!!!!
I will await your answers…
The What (Reaches for the Rocket Launcher)
Someday this war is gonna end…
“Yes, Kens, “faggot” is as bad as “nigger.” Both are typically used in the same tone and for the same effect. Both will get you an upgrade to a hate crime when assault is involved. Oddly though, both are used by repective members of both groups amongst themselves.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at June 23, 2009 11:25 AM”