We'll have more updates on this next week.
Previously on EV Grieve:
Updated: 2nd Ave. explosion — landlord, 3 others charged with 2nd degree manslaughter; showed 'a blatant and callous disregard for human life'
Former residents talk about landlord Maria Hrynenko: 'it was clear she wanted to get rid of anyone with a rent-regulated apartment'
Report: 123 2nd Ave. is for sale
Selling 123 Second Ave.
I hope she mentions how developer landlords are now taking advantage of this disaster by claiming "gas leaks" in their newly acquired buildings, knowing ConEd will shut it off and keep it off for on average 6 months, making them look not guilty of harassment.
ReplyDeleteWhat a stupid comment! So owners of buildings really want to shut of gas to all their apartments, including the market rate apartments - that makes a lot of sense. Further any gas shut off results in a rent concession to the tenants - so not in an owners interest to do so. Finally Con Ed doesn't shut off gas if someone claims "gas leak" - they need to inspect and determine for themselves. What the politicians should be doing is pushing Con Ed and DOB to speed up the process to get gas restored. Nobody wants a building without gas - its a huge headache for all parties.
ReplyDelete",,,to reflect on the families impacted by the explosion" - yeah that's gonna do a lot of good to 1) prevent another disaster from happening, and 2) help stop the virtual epidemic of lying landlords using that explosion as an excuse to break leases and get rid of long-time tenants so they can reap yet more profit. But what else can one expect from Do-Nothing Rosie and the rest of the real estate shills on the City Council?
ReplyDelete@8:47 AM - And how exactly do you resolve this? Tell landlords to not report gas leaks???
ReplyDeleteyes
ReplyDeletelet's have a press conference
study the issues
what else have you done this past year
it took forever for b&h to reopen
the stage never will
gas is the new landlord tool
the landlords will make millions
oh well, business as usual in the former east village
Of course gas leaks should be reported but it is insane when actual gas leaks leads to several months without gas for tenants. Are these delay shut offs because all the gas pipes building wide need to be replace? A leaking gas pipe located to one area cannot take so long to repair by a licensed contractor therefore ConEd is totally incompetent of landlords are using this to their advantage. As for the person that stated no landlord would shut the case on high rent paying tenants, of course not. I was referring to new landlords trying to get rid of rent stabilized tenants which make up the majoring of buildings which have had the same owner for decades not the newly gutted buildings. Thanks for calling me stupid by the way.
ReplyDeleteBack in the 70's, it was arson. Now it's gas shut-offs.
ReplyDeleteSounds promising!
ReplyDeleteWhat would help is if you could look at all of the dob violations that are just sitting there going nowhere. You can start with the kushner portfolio.
ReplyDeleteResidents of 127 Second Avenue still do not have cooking gas, almost a full YEAR after the explosion. (The building is a combination of rent stabilized and market rents.) Blame the incompetent management - Jonis Realty/Citi-Urban.
ReplyDeleteSad that a press conference was announced and not a memorial service which recently was held in honor of those who perished in the Harlem gas explosion 2nd anniversary that killed eight. But it is a tale of two cities. A press conference will be held in East Village touting the arrests of those involved while those who perished in Harlem will have no justice even though investigation determined that Con Edison was at fault and 8 lives were extinguished. Tale of two cities.
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ReplyDeleteI think the same landlord and management are at 131 Avenue A. Those residents have been living without gas and Nino's is out.
Ha! What the politicos will not say is that the legislation will make gas repairs to buildings an even longer process than it is now. And it is telling that there is no mayoral presence with an update as to how the collected funds to the Mayor's office have been doled out.
ReplyDeleteAnd I am shocked that LES Ready has not protested that the landline telephones are being replaced by WiFi access points. The telephones have been incredibly important after 9/11, the Brownout, Sandy etc. In case of emergencies, is it not who you will call, but how you will call.