by Aaron Simon 
After 97 – 99 Clay St. was sold to developers in 2014, the 25 rent-stabilized tenants in the building reduced to five, following what current tenants claim has been a sustained effort by the new landlords to push them out through untenable demolition and construction conditions. “The first thing that happened is that they changed the locks on Christmas day and didn’t tell us,” said Gretchen, who wishes…
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It takes $500,000 and four years to build an affordable apartment in New York City. We can’t let these precious affordable units go away like this.
You should publish names and photos of the landlords. People should know who they are. They should be publicly shamed
Hello if your on rent control you can fight it tell that landlord who own the place to that you to court you will win your case. Landlord will get so many fines and Violations and dont let him kick you out cause that’s against the law.
Sounds like bureaucratic red tape. In the 1970s-1990s, when Greenpoint was not as desirable as it is today, it was the other way around. Landlords could not make a living and sold or just gave up their bldgs. Welfare tenants never paid their rents and/or destroyed their blogs.
Now since Greenpoint is the #1 desirable area in NYC according to some reports, it’s some landlords doing the damage.
One possible defense for these tenants is to have tenants groups or even the city/DOB wire these tenants and get the threats/or the breaking of the law on tape and sue/jail these landlords.
what a bunch of SOBs. Lazy negligence this is not. This is willful endangerment. SUE THESE PEOPLE AT “Perfect Management”
It’s time for these tenants to see a lawyer ! Give Marc Aronson a call at 718 237 1960 for a $100 consultation. He is located at 107 Smith St Bklyn (Bergern St stop on G train + 2 block walk) . Don’t use any of these jokers in Greenpoint.
You can find the names online of pretty much every building along with complaint history. They deserve to be involved and contacted about this. https://streeteasy.com/building/97-clay-street-brooklyn
As a fellow Greenpointer in a rent stabilized unit..here are a few links regarding protecting one’s rent stabilized apartment in NYC:
https://amirentstabilized.com/
https://www.nyshcr.org/AboutUs/ContactUs.htm
https://www1.nyc.gov/site/rentguidelinesboard/index.page
https://www.brickunderground.com/blog/2015/01/rent_stabilization_misconceptions
This made my blood boil. Departments of NYC is failing it’s people. This should have been nipped in the bud from the beginning. These photos and videos are damning. I agree with seeking representation. You could get some much deserved pretty pennies for pain, aggravation, negligence, and not to mention health concerns that these tenants could be facing.