Returning for their annual pilgrimage to Stuyvesant Town’s Music on the Oval concert series, reggae band the Easy Star All-Stars will play a free show tonight at 7PM, go smoke your weed there.
Continuing on a string of karmic victories, tenants of Peter Cooper Village and Stuyvesant Town (or outside investors) may get a chance to buy the properties now that a judge made a ruling green-lighting the sale.
Now that their greedy landlord, Tishman Speyer. is out of the picture, residents of Peter Cooper Village/Stuy Town assembled on Sunday to demand things go back to the way they were. |NYDN|
A tipster sent us the letter that deadbeat realtor Tishman Speyer delivered to Stuy Town and Peter Cooper Village residents in light of its inabilities to manage the massive property and writes: Read more »
It was only a matter of time before this would happen: “The owners of Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village…have decided to turn over the properties to creditors.” Even after using lots of underhanded methods to remove tenants from the Orwellian complex, renovate and charge outrageous rents, Tishman Speyer was still unable to cover the costs of their amassing debt from the $5 billion land deal. |NYT|
Karma continues to get the best of Tishman Speyer’s greedy Stuy Town-Peter Cooper Village real estate deal and the firm “is now just two to three months away from a likely default on the $3 billion mortgage it used, along with a $1.4 billion secondary loan, to buy the property.” |AP|
Stuyvesant Town security has found a new way to harass residents: enforcing some so-called rule against taking harmless candid photos, citing the need for permits or a complete ban on photo-taking. Perhaps they don’t want anyone documenting the guarded complex’s garbage piles, pest problems and general disorder. |Lux Luving|
Curbed Senior Editor Joey Arak and his girlfriend decided that living in Manhattan involves some sacrifices for both human and canine alike, especially when moving into Orwellian-outfitted brick city like Stuyvesant Town: “[T]wo downstairs neighbors informed them that Frank barked nonstop when left alone. Then came a Stuyvesant Town security guard. For a week, Mr. Arak worked from home, afraid to leave the dog alone. They were sure they would be evicted. Petland Discounts came to the rescue, with an anti-bark collar that sprays an unpleasant citronella scent when the dog barks.” |NYT|
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