Gothamist: East Village Developer Using Homeless as a Weapon!

Not amused !

Tue, 27 Jun 2006 09:01:25 -0500

I think the Douchebag/Scumbag/'s plan was to get your attention. Plan executed and then some!!!!!

Dave H.

Fri, 23 Jun 2006 19:55:41 -0500

I remember when Trump tried something like this back in the '80s. He had a bunch of recalcitrant rent-protected tenants in one of his luxury buildings, so he promised to turn it into a halfway house for homeless people, with promises of defecation in the hallway and Night Train bottles in the stairwells. I believe the courts forced him to keeep diry homeless people on the streets where they (apparently) belong. No one got out of that fracas clean. It was a disgusting mess of greed and inhumanity.

Mé

Fri, 23 Jun 2006 18:42:23 -0500

McWaters is right. That is not really going to scare anyone. What a ridiculous notion. I would much rather have a shelter than more NYU-ers. Andrew, very well said.

Duderinoo

Fri, 23 Jun 2006 18:29:59 -0500

You know what amazes me? The city can steal people's homes for building basketball stadiums, but why can't they reclaim this building using "imminent domain"? Just claim they need it as a school and pay Singer 3.1 mil plus interest. Kick him out, lock him out, and tell him to go fuck himself.

stop the bashing

Fri, 23 Jun 2006 17:29:03 -0500

im outraged by the anti-Semitic tone of these comments, it has to stop now!

Duderinoo

Fri, 23 Jun 2006 17:20:58 -0500

Andrew - The landmark status/stripping issue was addressed in a Times article recently (I think); it has something to do with the fact that Singer bought the building under Giuliani, and there were some grandfathered rights he inherited in terms of what he could do... I could be wrong though. I really like the points you made though; just what I was thinking but worded perfectly.

korona bear

Fri, 23 Jun 2006 14:36:04 -0500

Is this guy related to the nutjob and his lost sidekick. both are vile, vengeful miscreants.

Tim N.

Fri, 23 Jun 2006 14:22:49 -0500

I just read the Villager piece and they guys seems, well, kinda nuts.

C

Fri, 23 Jun 2006 14:19:39 -0500

This is such a fucking ruse. Who the hell would house parolees with domestic violence victims? The whole website is creepy with its faux sincerity. If he is doing this all for spite, this man Singer has some serious rage issues.

trashvelopment

Fri, 23 Jun 2006 14:02:54 -0500

I wouldn't really call Singer's building a "development," considering that most of the universities in the area (his supposed tenents) are on record saying they won't touch the project if it ever gets off the ground. Singer's just in it for spite now - I hope it costs him a fortune.

Tim N.

Fri, 23 Jun 2006 14:02:27 -0500

Huh. Well said, Andrew.

smitty

Fri, 23 Jun 2006 13:54:31 -0500

That building was cool. It's really sad it's being ruined.

Andrew J. Lederer

Fri, 23 Jun 2006 13:35:19 -0500

Doesn't the landmark status protect the architectural details? If not, what good is it? At any rate, guys like this should be stripped of their right to develop in this city. And can't we find a better word than "development"? Nobody's against development. We're against the destruction and aesthetic trivialization of a great city.

joss

Fri, 23 Jun 2006 13:23:19 -0500

There was a drug rehabilitation center/homeless shelter in the middle of St. Marks and 2nd/3rd Aves for a long time, and it was heartbreaking to see it turn into a big ugly condo complex. It seems fair that on the other side of the park, the reverse is going to happen. It's like a miracle. And in my opinion, the people buying shoddily made, overly expensive apts. deserve to be in the middle of a nasty old dive block like St. Marks off 2nd Ave., instead of on the sweet residential side, where this new center will be. Hip hip hooray.

realist

Fri, 23 Jun 2006 13:19:46 -0500

Hey Um, er...yeah I know. But do we want/need another one? The anti-development nimbys in the neighborhood make me sick.

#7 is an idiot

Fri, 23 Jun 2006 13:16:41 -0500

Hey, is that you, Gregg Singer(you_wannabe-socialist-assholes)? Shut up and try to comprehend what you're reading for once.

celebrityspotter

Fri, 23 Jun 2006 13:08:55 -0500

Is that Natasha Lyonne?!

you_wannabe_socialist_assholes

Fri, 23 Jun 2006 12:46:02 -0500

You holier than thou east village douchebags - since when is it wrong to participate in a free market, buy depressed property, and have the gall to choose how you develop it? In less than 10 years each and every one of you will be crying that the value of the condo you bought isn't appreciating fast enough for you to afford the private school you want to send your spawn to for fear of the public school your zoned for. if you're so fed up I'm sure Hugo Chavez will welcome you!

mothra

Fri, 23 Jun 2006 12:43:29 -0500

seriously, bring 'em on. the neighborhood has a long history of sheltering and caring for the sick and homeless. another one isn't going to hurt anybody. if anything, it'll provide a little reality to all those nyu trust-fund rugrats who think they own the place.

um

Fri, 23 Jun 2006 12:39:36 -0500

"I don't agree with putting a drug treatment center there." - You do realize there are already numerous existing inpatient and outpatient rehab programs throughout the East Village, right?

scott

Fri, 23 Jun 2006 12:32:07 -0500

What a douchebag that guy is.

archie tech

Fri, 23 Jun 2006 12:30:57 -0500

I'm glad he's stripping out the architectural details either way. Fuck things that look interesting.

Tim N.

Fri, 23 Jun 2006 12:19:19 -0500

I love how battered women are bums to this guy. I'm sure her wounds are real and I'm sure she's just overjoyed that those wounds are being used to drive up fear in the neighborhood. Developers are scumbags. Sorry for the generalization. But developers are scumbags.

realist

Fri, 23 Jun 2006 12:12:25 -0500

I live in the east village and I don't agree with putting a drug treatment center there. I'd rather have nyu-ers.