Casa NYC Bar at 131-15 Jamaica Avenue
The bar attracts late night noise, loiters, fights, public urination, parking congestion…
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AFSCME seizes control of DC37 Retirees Association raised a question not answered.
How many non-profits that work or are involved with the City and State are delinquent or have not filed the required 990 form? City Hall has not switched over DC37 retirees to Medicare Advantage yet due to the Retirees Association of District Council 37 under the umbrella of American Federation of State, County and Municipal…
Lead-based Paint: Local Law 1 of 2004; Local Law 66 of 2019; and Local Law 31 of 2020…
NYC HPD Page. Local Law 66/2019 changed lead paint definition threshold from 1 mg/cm2 to 0.5 mg/cm2. XRF instrument is required. Conducting XRF testing in all units is required and must be documented by all property owners of pre-1960 rental housing, and in all housing built 1960-1978 where the owner has knowledge of lead-based paint,…
Noisy and mean neighbors at South Richmond Hill
When these new tenants moved in, they play loud music all weekend long. Neighbors are frustrated because they are met with intimidation. “They turn the music down when police come, but turned the volume right back up when police leaves.”
MTA Customer Service
A Swiss tourist bought a 7-Day Unlimited MetroCard, but the machine did not dispense the card. Customer Service at 3 Stone Street said MTA has to do an investigation, and if error was confirmed, a US Dollar denominated check will be mailed to his Swiss address. Why not trust the tourist, and issue him another…
Impossible to enforce pooper law?
Ever since the law was enacted in 1978, enforcement success is zero. How about doing it another way? Reward citizens who catch them in the act? Upload pictures and videos with address of offending owner. Citizens will share 50% of paid fines.
2 houses, 2 owners; 1 lot divided down the middle
The 100′ x 80′ lot on Burns Street was divided in half in 2015 due to mortgage default. The side owned by the original owner is maintained as best as she could, but the other side is dilapidated. Since the divided property is still technically one lot, owner continues to pay 100% of the real…
Mayor Eric Adams declared State of Emergency October 2022 when asylum seekers broke 17,000
Mayor Adams asked for $1 billion in aid then. Unlike COVID-19, there is no updated reporting of migrant numbers. We don’t know how the City account for them, and how many are here. We just know Mayor Adams wants over $4 billion + in aid. Over 11 million Ukrainians were displaced during the war. Only…
A holdover avoided paying rent for 2 years + got paid to leave.
The unit is not rent stabilized nor controlled, yet she was able to stay rent free, and had her legal bills paid in full by Queens Legal Services. Judge stipulates that owner is required to pay $9,000 “relocation assistance” and that tenant could stay another 4 months rent-free. The evicted tenant lived nearby. Another story…
Councilman Shaun Abreu wants to legalize theft of store items
Under the proposed bill, if price at store does not match, it’s free. Have the store owners been consulted? “No need,” was the answer.