Giuliani Livid Over Bringing 9/11 Trials to NYC
FIT Students Busted For Drug Dealing Get Probation
House Cat Terrorizes Family In Dramatic Hostage Situation
Oreo The Dog Is Dead, Blame Game Is Not
Pregnant Woman And Two Men Shot In Clinton Hill Drive-By
Speaking of landlord-tenant disputes, the one at 200 Fifth Avenue and 1107 Broadway - two buildings that make up the "The Toy Building" - is pretty intense. The NY Post reports that developer Joseph Chetrit has been playing hardball in trying to get tenants to vacate as he readies the space to be converted to, what else, condominiums. Chetrit, who bought the buildings last year, has allegedly turned off the A/C, forced tenants to provide their own power, not replaced lightbulbs and toilet papers in bathrooms, and shut off many elevators. The tenants are suing him for harrassment, and one affidavit stated, "It seems intentional, as it is beyond comprehension how urinals could suddenly break or the handles in the elevators can suddenly break." Yes, urinals that suddenly break would be mysterious. While Chetrit's lawyer says that the suit has no merit and that a judge is allowing demolition to proceed, the Post had a telling quote from Justice Barbara Kapnick during a hearing regarding the buildings: "In the old times, they used to send people to beat the crap out of people [to get them out]. We have gotten a little past that but not as much as I would like."
Developer Not Toying Around with Building
add to stumble upon
add to reddit
tweet this
post to facebookComments (15) [rss]
Post a comment (Comment Policy)
Tips
Newsmap
Contribute
Latest Tip:
years of isiah thomas stories in chant form
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/college/2009/11/14/20
[more]
Sounds a bit like how my office building is right now. It's getting converted into (what else?) Luxury Condos, so the building owners either bought out or forced out every other tenant in the building.
We're the ONLY ones left. And guess what? Our bathrooms stink, especially on hot days, no soap, no paper towels. Did i mention hot days? We had heat coming into the office up until the beginning of this month. My desk is right next to a radiator, and there's nothing more that i love than 90 degree weather inside and outside of our building.
How many condos does the city need?
I mean, for Pete's sake, it's not like there's lines of rich folks trolling the streets looking for jacuzzi-equipped, central-aired, wi-fi-ready units, are there?
Just wondering where the saturation point for all this is.
His tactics are straight out of the famous NYC Slumlords Handbook.
with the population projected to grow by more than a million over the next 20 years the city needs all the apartments, whether they be condos, co-ops, or rentals, it can get.
Who can afford these "Luxury" Condo's anyway??
Nice image, Where's it from?
I think that's the Toy building on Fifth at 23rd.
West of madison sq park.
that's what it looks like to me.
A million rich guys?
Yep, that it is, I was wondering where'd the Image originate from.
I'm surprised he didn't use the standard tactic to remove tenants.
The removal of the doors. (and the next step, removal of locks on the front doors if it's a residential)
I'm telling ya, these scumbuckets are something else.
They thrive on seeing misfortune and misery.
Wow, I just thought of something, they did this on an episode of The Odd Couple. They removed Oscar and Felix's front door and shut off the heat. Until Rodney allen rippy came in.
not replaced lightbulbs and toilet papers in bathrooms,
Toilet papers? Is this something a landlord must provide?? God how some people are helpless morons.
Actually in tenant and common spaces, these services must be supplied by the landlord. Its included in the rent.
not necessarily a million rich guys. Say only 5 percent of the million are wealthy. That's 50K people that need a home, which is several hundred buildings. Since the wealthy will disproportionately prefer Manhattan that's likely several hundred more buildings in Manhattan.
UMM, it's a commercial office building.
You're supposed to supply lights and toilet paper.
Imagine if your office building didn't have any of that.
You know, with all this extra housing being built, where are the kids gonna go to school?
The condominiums will damage the commercial office space market long term damage in Manhattan by drying up the supply. Already many B space commercial office spaces have moved to Jersey City, which is inconvienent for commuters from Westchester and Long Island, because it will add another 40 minutes to their commute. Many cities in the world have specific regualtions in place to ensure that office buildings remain office buildings.