by Emma Davey As temperatures in New York City plunge to record lows, tenants at One Blue Slip have gone days without running water.
Tenants tell Greenpointers that the incident is just the latest in a long history of management company Brookfield Properties failing to provide them with consistent hot water, among a litany of other issues (Brookfield Properties did not return our request for comment).
The plumbing failed around noon on Saturday, February 7, sending tenants…
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I think it’s important to note that management did not in fact offer to reimburse hotel stays, but rather, to issue rent credits on future rent. This makes a big difference to a lot of folks in this building who could not afford to pay out of pocket.
A tiny hotel room at the Box is ~$500/night … How on earth would you even ..
Omfg. I wish I was in town when people here in my building want to talk to Greenpointers. Just before I had to leave town for an emergency, I already was staying at 2 different hotels waiting out the water issues. I wrote endless emails about rent concessions and it took until the water stopped to acknowledge this on some level. On top of that I could write a book on all the 311 emails, management emails about all the deterioration that I’d been screaming about to the staff about for years. I’m looked at like I’m the problem every time I say something. Every text management sends grating my soul. I wish Emma Davey would have hit me up.
I promise this is only the tip of the iceberg. I wish I was asked about this. I could write a book with my 311 reports and letters to management about where they fall short. But every time I say something to staff, I’m looked at like I’m the problem. I would definitely name names.