Gothamist: Watch Out for the Stuy Town Spy

Jersey City Mafia

Fri, 09 Feb 2007 13:38:25 -0500

This is why you have class action lawsuits, a private detective agency has no right to do this under anti-stalking laws.

Matt

Fri, 09 Feb 2007 13:37:55 -0500

God this stuff is annoying. Rent stabilization ups the rents for the rest of us: it's simple supply and demand. Get rid of it altogether and stop making my rent higher. Why won't 'housing advocates' actually advocate things that will help people? Don't they get that someone ends up paying for this?

legal renter

Fri, 09 Feb 2007 13:25:36 -0500

As a legal renter who benefits from RS laws, I'm all for cracking down on illegal subletters. I have nothing to hide and willfully show my finances yearly to live in a RS building. They can investigate all they want because they'll find nothing. Hell, investigate me yearly if you want. Not just during the initial application. Only problem is, What took them so long? The people who have been doing this for years have paid for a second home already. So, if they get evicted they have a home to go to. Unlike myself. But then I'm not abusing the "system".

Max

Fri, 09 Feb 2007 13:02:20 -0500

I always wonder if they are going to kick out the old Met Life mistresses- knew of one who had a 5 bedroom place. Not bad as a pied a terre in the 1970s.

hs

Fri, 09 Feb 2007 12:46:16 -0500

Ah, I stand corrected! I wonder what the new amount is?

MT

Fri, 09 Feb 2007 12:16:02 -0500

Didn't the old owners try something like creating electronic keys that they would only give to the leaseholder physically as a way to find illegals? Or was that another building? Or did I just make that up?

kz

Fri, 09 Feb 2007 11:46:28 -0500

Um, that $200 amount is from 1988. I'm sure they've updated their criteria. Now lets get rid of people abusing rent stabilization and regulations elsewhere also.

kz

Fri, 09 Feb 2007 11:45:39 -0500

Um, that $200 amount is from 1988. I'm sure they've updated their criteria.

hs

Fri, 09 Feb 2007 11:21:26 -0500

I consider my self a tenant advocate, but am all for evicting illegal subletters (and any other pain in the ass that gives the rest of us a bad name). However, given the market rate of Manhattan apartments, the $200 cut off point is ridiculous. Let's say a studio in these buildings is market $2400 or $2500, and someone is only paying $2200??! Oh, the scandal! I also love the bias against young, single, educated professionals (especially men). I happen to be a female in this age range, and resent the idea that some old dude would "keep an eye" on me because I didn't choose to get married or breed. Hopefully by the time this craziness reaches the outer boroughs, I will be in the "safe" age range.

hr

Fri, 09 Feb 2007 10:54:56 -0500

Lots of affordable housing in the outter boroughs people.