'Slumlike Conditions' in Foreclosed Slope Building
The Daily News had an article on a group of tenants who live in 294 Fifth Avenue in the Slope and say conditions in the rent-controlled building have deteriorated since the property went into foreclosure a couple years ago and a receiver was appointed to take care of it. The building’s boiler, for example, didn’t…
The Daily News had an article on a group of tenants who live in 294 Fifth Avenue in the Slope and say conditions in the rent-controlled building have deteriorated since the property went into foreclosure a couple years ago and a receiver was appointed to take care of it. The building’s boiler, for example, didn’t work for three weeks this winter, and the front-door lock is broken. Public Advocate Bill de Blasio held a news conference yesterday to support the tenants in seeking a court order that would force the receiver to make repairs. According to the article: “The slumlike conditions at 294 Fifth Ave. spotlight a growing concern: smaller apartment buildings that fall into disrepair in part because the building is overleveraged. ‘We think this is a growing problem around the city that the banks and lenders are not taking responsibility for,’ said de Blasio.”
Park Slope Tenants, de Blasio Team Up to Force Building Repairs [NY Daily News]
DeLepp- I’m allowed to generalize, as is everyone. I didn’t aim it an anyone and if you took it personally then you must feel guilty about something. Mention rent control anytime on Brownstoner and the threads are always the same. Some people are massively offended by rent control.
As for the rest of my comments to you- what do you expect when you personally insulted me? It’s hilarious that you are now playing the victim card. You took the bait? Sure- you threw it out there. Now you can eat it.
stargazer- MM discussed that, not I. I may be a pain in the ass but I’m no bigot like you.
what-ever !!!
shakes head from side to side and snaps a finger or two.
149.00, fix the damn lock yourself.
Legion- please quote me where I said anything about you or your comment on the door lock. really- quote me. Or learn to read.
DH-I’m harping on DeLepp. And yes, you’re right.
FSRG- I call stargazer a bigot based on some comments he made last week describing someone as a “greedy Jew.” I called DeLepp’s insult to me “worthless.”
FSRG;
What do you think the odds are that (Hack) DiBlasio, after posing for that photo in the Daily News showing his “concern”, went across the street to Cafe Martin for a couple of hours to sip down a double cappucino and yuck it up with his pal Martin?
bxgrl,
“They’re too busy foaming at the mouth over the horror of some elderly lady having a rent controlled apartment.”
People were making suggestions and I found your missive offensive.
The rest of your comments to me have been you usual barrage. My fault for taking the bait.
Jeez calm down – “bigot” “worthless” “class warfare”
Leave the hyperbole to Diblasio
why are you all harping on the stupid door lock?
the landlord didn’t provide heat for 3 weeks during the winter. were the tenants supposed to hire a contractor to replace the boiler, and perhaps fix the cornice while they were at it?
“I made a one sentence response to DH and it is accurate. You and DeLepp come out of the woodwork snarling and yapping. And proving my initial point as well.”
Snarling bxgrl?
I only suggested that somebody change the damned lock and you went all Dickensian on me.
(I never claimed to be the “sage” of Brownstoner but I do think I deserve extra blog points for using Dickensian in an argument?) ;o)
stargazer- MM discussed that, not I. I may be a pain in the ass but I’m no bigot like you.
DeLepp- again- you started it. You had to make it nasty and personal. Man up and take responsibility. Although I won’t hold my breath for that.