529 West 29th Street Lottery (New York, York: renter, condo, townhouse)

[Sidd Hartha]

The unwarranted assertion by the Related Management that by not officially providing with the offers and leases to prospective tenants they are legally covered is not entirely binding. In fact, since the beginning of 2014, they have been inundating the current landlords with paperwork, effectively creating an illusion that all those people would soon move out. As a result, many families have lost their leases and homes. This constitutes a tangible legal violation. The triviality of the outstanding requirements needing pass to occupy the building suggests that the delay is another RM gambit. To further worsen the situation, the Related Management refuses to communicate with future tenants and all the information is obtained through internet searches and blogging. Those most severely affected by this situation should consider a legal action against the Related Management individually or class action as a group. Moreover, the office of Mayor de Blasio, whose political agenda highlights affordable housing and who signed off this building as permanently affordable, should be contacted. The Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR) and NYC Commission on Human Rights should also be included. Here are the contact links:
Mayor de Blasio www.nyc.gov/html/static/pages/officeofthemayor/contact.shtml
DHCR
25 Beaver Street, New York, NY 10004, 212-480-6700
NYC Commission on Human Rights
100 Gold Street, Suite 4600, New York, NY 10038, Complaints 212-306-7450, Main 212-306-7560
Landlord Tenant Lawyers (one of many available)
Himmelstein, McConnell, Gribben, Donoghue, and Joseph, 15 Maiden Lane, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10038, 212-349-3000, Toll Free 888-282-8431

[iKnowYouKnowWhoIAm]

I understood it as the Department of Buildings that's holding thing up, and not Related, that everyone at Related is very anxious to get the building open, at least at the level we are connected to. But of course it's hard to tell really when you aren't getting any real answers, and the people we have access to don't seem to have any of the answers anyway. I think there just isn't any rush for the Department of Buildings to make these final approvals. I could be wrong. I'm not really sure.

[HangingByaThread]

I feel like there's no rush by the city to approve this building because it's an "affordable " building. Like if it were a Trump building, with high rent or high sales price involved, THEN the developers would pressure the city and/or the construction company more to get 'er done.

[HangingByaThread]

But Sidd Hartha has very valid points in his Post. Related IS in charge of this building; they should be more pro-active in getting it approved for Permanent Occupancy.

[iKnowYouKnowWhoIAm]

An interesting article from 2012 on the problem of CoO delays in NYC. Not sure how much of this is still relevant.

Department of Buildings | Delays | Construction

It's interesting though that the article infers that move ins typically happen with just a TCO, which is what I would have thought as well.

Also this "it takes the DOB an average of 24 days to respond to email correspondence..."

There's your problem.

[HangingByaThread]

Well, IKYKWIA, also there appears to be some serious things wrong with 529. Like the roof on the 30th street side, has water leaking issues. The wood in that area is "rotting". And the building itself was not built "according to plan" (blueprints??). Its all on that Link that was posted, on page 15. If you look at the 28 issues, these are 2 of them.

[HangingByaThread]

I cut and paste one of the violations:
NYC Department of Buildings
ECB Violation Details
Premises: 529 WEST 29 STREET MANHATTAN Filed At: 533 WEST 29 STREET , MANHATTAN , NY 10001
BIN: 1089360 Block: 701 Lot: 16 Community Board: 104

ECB Violation Summary VIOLATION OPEN
ECB Violation Number: 34881282L
Severity: CLASS - 1 Certification Status: CERTIFICATE DISAPPROVED
Hearing Status: DEFAULT
Penalty Balance Due: $10,000.00
Respondent Information
Name: WEST 30 HIGHLINE HOLDINGS
Mailing Address: 529 WEST 29 STREET , NY , NY 10001
Violation Details
Violation Date: 12/14/2010 Violation Type: CONSTRUCTION
Served Date: 12/14/2010 Inspection Unit: SPECIAL OPERATIONS

Infraction Codes Section of Law Standard Description
102 28-301.1 FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BLDG IN CODE-COMPLIANT MANNER
Specific Violation Condition(s) and Remedy:
FAILURE TO MAINTAIN BLDG IN CODE COMPLIANT MANNER.NOTED:CRACKS & STEPCRACKS THROUGHOUT BLDG WOOD ROOF JOIST & BEAMS ROTTING & SAGGING @ THE30TH ST SIDE OF BLDG ALSO WATER LEAKING @ ROOF @ VARIOUS POINT THROUGH

Issuing Inspector ID: 2421 DOB Violation Number: 121410CSTFJG04
Issued as Aggravated Level:

[HangingByaThread]

I do not blame Related at this point. I blame the as*hole, cheap ignornant shoddy construction company that put up this building. They obviously cut corners on this building, knowing it was going to us "low income" persons.

[iKnowYouKnowWhoIAm]

Those violations are for the building that was there before. 2010. I think the DOB keeps all information for the entire history of the property. They arent on the list of requirements for this new building. http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/BS...allbin=1089360

So that's not this construction. That's violations from when the building was a garage.

In good news, I did just notice a change on the Property profile page. It had previously been listed as a "garage." Now it's listed as Department of Finance Building Classification: D6-ELEVATOR APT. So some progress!

[iKnowYouKnowWhoIAm]

The permit for this construction was issued in 2012, so the violations from 2010 are definitely not from this construction company. And the violations are definitely are no longer there, and probably only exist in this website because whoever "west 30th street holdings" is never paid the fine before selling it off to related or whoever owned the property before related.

http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/Jo...ssdocnumber=01

So rest assured friend, it looks like everything is being built with the highest of quality in mind for us!