Gothamist: Make Love, Not Eviction

JMH

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 11:19:23 -0500

I don't get it. They own the building and they want to live in it. They're under no obligation to rent it out.

ANGRYGOD11

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 11:07:41 -0500

Many years ago when my landlord separated from his wife, she legally displaced a tenant to get an apartment as a co-owner. This was their only building and it provided him/them free rent and mortage and tax payments. He worked as a mechanic at JFK. This building was a small walk-up. It was their retirement nest egg. The current laws were written to protect such small-time landlords who didn't have a lot of money. The owner on 3rd Street is taking advantage of this, but the law doesn't take his wealth into account. If the very well behaved "mob" thinks it should, then they should work to change the law and not picket someone who paid for property and wishes to use it as the law permits him.

thefacts

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:37:07 -0500

When NYS Senate is controlled by the Democrats, and it is likely to occur soon, probably this year, then they will control the governor's mansion and the legislature, and quickly this loophole for landlords will dry up. Read the link to what the landlord Economakis'cousin had to say about this ageist, sexist, anti-Semite relative of his. Anyone who defends Economakis needs his/her head examined.

holyfrijole

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 09:25:49 -0500

My spouse is a tenant-side housing lawyer. When I first read about this, I was outraged, but she explained that the law is on the property owner's side, no matter how egregious it may seem to the rest of us.

Bouncing Soul

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 06:14:28 -0500

If the Economakis' succeed in turning one apartment building into a mansion imagine the future for other residents. There is going to be an uprising in angry homeless people murdering sleazy millionaire developers. It is bad enough we are getting pushed out by rising rents but to evict and entire building so two jerks can live in all that space is ridiculous. They are probably doing this just to see if they can. Sure they have a right to live on their own property but evicting all the residents to renovate and turn a 15 apartment building into one mansion is just pure greed. Throw these yuppie scum back to the 80s where they would have been shot by now.

AvenueHebrew

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 01:56:10 -0500

AngryGod, it's not exactly fair to call them a Mob. The article even states they were calm and orderly. Why vilify them for peacefully exercising their right to assembly and demonstration?

blablanyc

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 01:52:08 -0500

Douchebag, There are laws that protect tenants and this action totally violates tenants rights.

ANGRYGOD11

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 22:34:42 -0500

YOU think it's bad decision because it's not in YOUR interest for an owner to live on his own property and choose not to be a landlord. The law permits this, but it's doubtful lawmakers envisioned anything on this scale. If he's doing all this in bad faith to get better paying tenants in the near future, then open fire. If not, too bad.

blablanyc

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 22:16:33 -0500

The courts dropped the ball and made the wrong decision. This is a major setback for all tenants in the city. They should challenge the judge's competency.

ANGRYGOD11

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 21:04:01 -0500

They can protest all they want, but the courts have the final say, not a mob.