I'm seeing these pink flags all over East River Park. Near the running track and the baseball field. I'm wondering if you have any information on what they are and if it's safe to walk your dog through here?
Broken windows, broken doors, cracked walls, pealing paint, hallways covered by layers of decomposing linoleum covered with coagulated filth, rats, stench of decay, overworked maintenance crew, and now the bed bug infestation that the management company is trying to hide from the tenants not yet affected.
In order to rent both store fronts the landlord moved the garbage area from the front of the building to the fire egress platform leading to the basement. This produces a garbage accumulation on the fire egress often blocking the way to the basement and inviting all sort of vermin. It also produces a major strain on the maintenance people who have to haul the trash to the front of the building for collection. Often the trash gets spilled in the process and the hallway reeks with decaying refuse. Not to mention the garbage from emptied apartments dangerously stored, in contempt of fire regulations, underneath the ground level staircase.
"She had her bag completely open and a gentleman snuck up behind her and he went into her bag and he took her phone," Ruiz said.
"At first we thought it was a joke," said Commissioner Sandy Guzman, FDNY.
But the woman wasn't laughing.
"That's when Firefighter Ruiz started screaming at the guy and tells him, 'Hey give the phone back,'" Guzman said.
Possibly stunned at being caught in the act, the suspect quickly gave the phone back, but then took off.
Ruiz was not letting him get away so fast, and chased the man two avenues and about six blocks, where his fire truck caught up with him.
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