Brooklyn, NY – Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) contacted the NYC Buildings Commissioner today urging that immediate action be taken to address a broken elevator in a six story Bensonhurst apartment building that houses disabled, elderly, and Holocaust survivors.
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A press release from the congressman’s website (http://1.usa.gov/12j2fD2) states that, in a letter to Buildings Commissioner Robert LiMandri, Nadler says there is “clearly” a “slumlord” situation at the 7714 Bay Parkway building, and that seniors and disabled residents are either “trapped” or have been “carried” in and out of the six story building for over three weeks.
The Department of Buildings responded by telling Nadler it is working to “expedite” necessary repairs to the building’s elevator, and that it has added the building to its major offender list.
With the increase in real estate taxes, utilities, insurance and other building supplies NOT ALL LANDLORDS ARE RICH. This coupled with laws made for the tenants where a tenant can go without paying rent for years until they can be evicted. Tenant abuse of the Rent Control and Rent Stabilization laws can really break the landlord.
I don’t know what the exact situation is here but before everyone bashes the landlord remember there are always 2 sides to the story….perhaps the tenants have been analyzing the building
who’s the owner?
Nadler is as usual shooting off his mouth. Let him introduce legislation to get rid of rent control nationwide so landlords can earn a market-based return on their investments and then they will repair the properties. If tennants don’t like the conditions, they can move to any of the thousands of vacant apartments in Brooklyn listed on one of several websites including the NYTimes. We don’t regulate the price of a loaf of bread or a container of chulent. We shouldn’t be regulating rents either.
Name the slumlord! Many slumlords play the victim card when they cash in well on rent subsidized apartments.
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There is no excuse for a landlord not fixing an elevator especially in this situation where they house the elderly and disabled. He should be sent to prison for this abuse.
A smart tennant that knows the system can live rent free for two years and better before a judge desides to allow an eviction. and yet the tennant will call for repairs. where is the legal fees. It’s high time for the landlords to step up.
Maybe people should just be quiet unless they’ve had to replace an elevator themselves. The fact is that it takes months to fabricate the car and the mechanicals, and there’s no way to speed it up. It would be nice if the building had two elevators, so one would serve when the other was broken. It would also be nice if people lived forever, and if there was no sleet in the winter, and if all marriages were happy, and if unicorns would play in your gardens.
Its a coop there is no one landlord. The owners run the board and would decide on fixing the elevator. Great reporting nadler.
Maybe the owner should live on the 6th floor for 2 weeks with a broken elevator. Let him go shopping and shlep up groceries. See if he likes it. Better yet, if he has a baby, what will he he carrying up both the baby and going back down for the carriage?
i have lived in an apt on the 6th floor without an elevator and it was murder.carrying a baby plus bags EVERY SINGLE DAY…let me tell you,i have since moved but will never forget how hard it was
We need to fix all the laws regarding landlords and tenants.
A. Repairs must be done in a decent time frame. At least have written proof that the elevator company cannot come out to fix it but the landlord tried. Sometimes the companies all have a backlog and can’t get anyone to pay. But prove you tried! He can’t be faulted if there is no one who can fix it in a timely manner, but reasonable efforts must be made!!
B. tenants should be able to be evicted for not paying. What right do they have to complain about a broken elevator if they don’t pay rent? How is the landlord supposed to afford the repair costs if no one pays?
C. No rent control. People pay average market value. If you can’t afford it -MOVE! Rent control just jacks up the price for everyone else’s apartment in the surrounding area. It actually hurts the average consumer. This does not mean that there cannot be low income housing, but that should not be in high value area (you can’t be picky if you can’t afford anything else). Low income housing is in areas that people may not want to live in, such as near a highway off ramp or busy commercial areas.
Since we live in New York City there is a law that you need a permit to install a new motor in a elevator and as you all know that in the city that never sleeps everything takes time I have inside information the elevator will be fixed by Tuesday
This is a coop people! There are several owners and each one individually can not just fix the elevator it is a board issue and the attorney general’s office regulates it. This has nothing to do with rent control etc… my feelings is the board probably does not have adequate funds so each owner will be assessed eventually and that in turn will have to be paid by the tenants, if any.