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.
“Courts don’t want to hear these cases now because the city is trying to squeeze as much money out of co-ops as possible to make up for the obvious losses in tax revenue.”
Is not the Judicial system independent from the city government????
greenwood, really? my buildings’ property taxes went up 20% and we tried to challenge the assessment in court and lost. Courts don’t want to hear these cases now because the city is trying to squeeze as much money out of co-ops as possible to make up for the obvious losses in tax revenue.
Joe, I am asking about apartment building, not single houses.
Property taxes are soaring? Not everywhere. Tax rates are going up but due to decreased assessed value, the property taxes in the apt. building I live in has gone down 20% from last year and is down over 30% from two years ago.
Are you asking if there are any buildings in existence that have been built before 1850? I grew up in Marine Park, one of the “newer” built up parts of Brooklyn (1930’s). There are at least 3 wooden houses from the colonial/Revolutionary period (late 1700’s), many of them having went long periods of little-to-no upkeep. As for Labor Unions DIBS, they created the American Middle Class, Market Derivitives destroyed it.
Interesting thought Iron and Biff. I just don’t get how wood houses in Amsterdam stand for over 300 years while our keep on collapsing. Is it because they’re not looked after? Do we have buildings in NYC that are still standing for say 1850s (excluding single family that is)?
oh please, “union members’ sense of entitlement is despicable.” – how about article that citi is giving big raises – DOn’t want to lose ‘talent’….otherwise known as don’t want the corporate management to take any paycut for mess they have created- all using taxpayer money.
Want to talk entitlement – just peak into any corporate boardroom.
IB, I agree with you that the numbers don’t add up. The rents aren’t sufficient to make required repairs and unfortunately I really do think we are going to see more and more of these collapses. Let’s just hope something is done before more serious injuries and deaths occur.
I often disagree with Iron Balls on things, but not this issue. This is what amounts to a free ride undesrved by many gaming the system. A major accounting of the incomes of these tenants is necessary. This is an example of this city at its worst.