tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post4271564492284163452..comments2024-03-29T09:08:56.746-04:00Comments on EV Grieve: Report: Developer Gregg Singer says Mayor de Blasio lied about city's P.S. 64 outreachUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-7526992924683533732018-09-06T11:38:36.518-04:002018-09-06T11:38:36.518-04:00If the city decided to use eminent domain I don...If the city decided to use eminent domain I don't think the market value of the building would be extreme because of the limited use it can be put do, as evidenced by the 20 years of disuse. I suspect Mayor B's interest in seizing the building is close to zero. sophocleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03619794822543934239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-65575670891591798872018-09-06T10:13:34.486-04:002018-09-06T10:13:34.486-04:00You can always make up a reason for eminent domain...You can always make up a reason for eminent domain. Do it. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-61110157941111491592018-09-05T21:47:39.264-04:002018-09-05T21:47:39.264-04:00Blight is a legal basis for establishing eminent d...Blight is a legal basis for establishing eminent domain. As someone who has walked past this building often, I can testify that in it's current state, this once beautiful school is a blight upon our neighborhood. Though it may be "legal" for Mr. Singer to continue to hold this building, it is immoral for him to continue to inflict the blight he purposefully created here upon his neighbors and upon our neighborhood.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-73162293196214986822018-09-05T13:09:04.629-04:002018-09-05T13:09:04.629-04:00@11:58 AM Singer's dishonest and has always re...@11:58 AM Singer's dishonest and has always refused to live up to the conditions of the sale but there is no need for public school space in this neighborhood. Two middle schools were just merged. <br /><br />I say the city should show the paper trail of Singer being offered great deals within the terms of the original sale and then sue to purchase the building back at original cost plus interest less the damage Singer did by gutting the building and destroying the brickwork and legal fees. What should be done with the building after that? Given Bill "big real estate" DeBlasio probably residential development is inevitable with a certain portion of the units for "low income" - which seems to mean something like 80k a year for a family of 4 these daysAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-18640287266425900432018-09-05T13:04:58.181-04:002018-09-05T13:04:58.181-04:00@12:04 anon, the land "really" belongs t...@12:04 anon, the land "really" belongs to the guy who bought it, not "the people". The city has no legal reason for eminent domain and has no will to pay market value for the building. Worry about issues that actually matter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-39294727689454444652018-09-05T12:38:49.021-04:002018-09-05T12:38:49.021-04:00Stop being so naive. The mayor doesn't want an...Stop being so naive. The mayor doesn't want anything to do with this building.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-55283681936308168022018-09-05T12:08:53.841-04:002018-09-05T12:08:53.841-04:00This is just our "progressive" mayor pla...This is just our "progressive" mayor playing racial politics. Promise the Latinos PS 64 and he owns their votes. it's sad how he makes fools of them. It's even more sad how Rivera betrays her own people(but betrayal is her middle name). CHARAS is dead. GONE. That was 20 years ago. The community has changed. The needs of the community have changed. Talk of a rebirth is just that... talk. NEW IDEAS ARE WELCOMED THAT INVOLVE THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY ... not just the ghost of CHARAS PAST.cmarrtyyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06948995395819496180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-52110509786879500032018-09-05T12:04:35.156-04:002018-09-05T12:04:35.156-04:00Yoo hoo has anyone been paying any attention to wh...Yoo hoo has anyone been paying any attention to whats been happening to our democracy lately? Now is not the time to negotiate! Its time to stand up for ourselves and resist the greed of enemies of the people like Singer! I call on every EVG reader and real NYC progressives to occupy this space and show them who this land really belongs to!! All power to the people, all people have the power! Let's do this!!<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-44378413235567256682018-09-05T11:58:52.066-04:002018-09-05T11:58:52.066-04:00To Giovanni's point, I'm actually not sure...To Giovanni's point, I'm actually not sure the city has leverage here, beyond eminent domain, because it's my recollection that Singer's paying himself -- out of his investors' pockets, of course -- a princely sum to "manage" the property. So he has no incentive to sell his golden goose. <br /><br />There's a desperate need for school space in the neighborhood -- seize it, refurbish it and return it to its original use. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-78464838918368298512018-09-05T11:44:41.519-04:002018-09-05T11:44:41.519-04:00@Anonymous at 10:08 AM: You clearly have no idea ...@Anonymous at 10:08 AM: You clearly have no idea of how the eminent domain process works.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-85913905416117849152018-09-05T11:33:05.384-04:002018-09-05T11:33:05.384-04:00Eminent domain requires compensation. Are you sayi...Eminent domain requires compensation. Are you saying the govt should take private property from citizens for political reasons and not compensate them? If the community wants it go biy it or have the city buy it. If he womt sell too bad. And the Mayor is a corrupt incompetent liar as the MYCHA fiasco shows. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-65724110077696331702018-09-05T10:08:09.498-04:002018-09-05T10:08:09.498-04:00If Singer doesn't want to sell it back, eminen...If Singer doesn't want to sell it back, eminent domain it and he gets nothing. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-36440543841316001392018-09-05T09:34:52.401-04:002018-09-05T09:34:52.401-04:00How clueless is this guy to have been repeatedly t...How clueless is this guy to have been repeatedly trolled by Mayor DeBlasio and not to even realize he’s being played? DeBlasio knows Singer is stubbornly dug in on the issue and is acting out of emotion. This is a power play and it’s like the guy isn't even paying attention. If he was smart (and that's a big if) he would call the Mayor’s bluff and offer to sell it for $100 million, or some other outrageous price. Instead, he’s just stubbornly sitting on a rotting property that cannot be developed and that nobody would want to buy as long as this political cloud hangs over the building. Giovannihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11061991537085810824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-3910991372426641412018-09-05T09:20:48.845-04:002018-09-05T09:20:48.845-04:00Apartment block that nobody wants? Yeah, we don...Apartment block that nobody wants? Yeah, we don't need more housing supply here or anything. Not like that's economically proven to be the most effective way to combat out of control rent increases and prevent NYC from seeing a housing crisis like San Francisco. As they say, if you don't build it, nobody will come here anymore! Right???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-63045762326990584252018-09-05T09:17:02.497-04:002018-09-05T09:17:02.497-04:00Actually no. The mayor owes allegiance to his cons...Actually no. The mayor owes allegiance to his constituents so lying to their faces about something they have been tirelessly fighting for isn't tantamount to a developer that legally owns a property refusing to put it on the market. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-52300833490350705012018-09-05T08:52:22.130-04:002018-09-05T08:52:22.130-04:00Gregg Singer is openly refusing to sell the buildi...Gregg Singer is openly refusing to sell the building. So any talk on his part about the mayor being dishonest or acting in bad faith is superseded by Singer's public "no" answer. The city should indeed take the property by eminent domain if it has a proper public use for it. I'm real tired hearing about this guy trying to turn this site into an apartment block that nobody wants. Brian Vanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03368272923390455205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5694390946037511355.post-12436507930206896132018-09-05T08:50:11.042-04:002018-09-05T08:50:11.042-04:00"he said, she said you did" for another ..."he said, she said you did" for another 20 years. noble neolanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15721532867336440260noreply@blogger.com