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Anonymous (not verified) says:
I should lke to point out a few salient facts.
The Shaouls and their ilk are only able to get away with their crusade against affordable housing because the city and state agencies (esp. the DOB and DHCR) have been empowering them to do so. While it is true that the rent regulation laws in NYS are the strongest in the nation, enacted to guarantee working people the ability to live and work in their communities without fear of displacement by greedy vulturous speculators, these laws are not being diligently enforced. Likewise, while it is true that the Building Code, Zoning Resolutions and Multiple Dwelling Law severely restrict enlargements to tenements (for fire and safety reasons, to maintain proportional scale, etc), these laws are also being brazenly ignored. That is why the tenants in one of the buildings had to go to the BSA to ask them to overturn the DOB. Their victory is important but empty until that agency stops acting with impunity favoring so-called "development" at any cost. The DOB has also seen fit to ignore the MDL which as state law trumps any city ordinance. So, the responsibility for what the Shaouls and their comrades are doing is co-owned by government for allowing it while ignoring those laws designed to protect tenants from exactly such circumstances and conditions. If the Warranty of Habitability, as guaranteed by the NYS Real Property Law is being breached by what are clearly illegal DOB work permits that agency is equally culpable.
If Naftali has any difficulty understanding any of these words I suggest investing some of his/her real estate dollars in a dictionary.
I should lke to point out a few salient facts.
The Shaouls and their ilk are only able to get away with their crusade against affordable housing because the city and state agencies (esp. the DOB and DHCR) have been empowering them to do so. While it is true that the rent regulation laws in NYS are the strongest in the nation, enacted to guarantee working people the ability to live and work in their communities without fear of displacement by greedy vulturous speculators, these laws are not being diligently enforced. Likewise, while it is true that the Building Code, Zoning Resolutions and Multiple Dwelling Law severely restrict enlargements to tenements (for fire and safety reasons, to maintain proportional scale, etc), these laws are also being brazenly ignored. That is why the tenants in one of the buildings had to go to the BSA to ask them to overturn the DOB. Their victory is important but empty until that agency stops acting with impunity favoring so-called "development" at any cost. The DOB has also seen fit to ignore the MDL which as state law trumps any city ordinance. So, the responsibility for what the Shaouls and their comrades are doing is co-owned by government for allowing it while ignoring those laws designed to protect tenants from exactly such circumstances and conditions. If the Warranty of Habitability, as guaranteed by the NYS Real Property Law is being breached by what are clearly illegal DOB work permits that agency is equally culpable.
If Naftali has any difficulty understanding any of these words I suggest investing some of his/her real estate dollars in a dictionary.
For some perspective see: http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0127,lobbia,26089,5.html