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I think that $1000 is a typo. It also says that family (one 28 year old and his parents) are applying for a unit at Archer Green. The very cheapest apartment that allows 3 people is $667 a month and requires an annual income of $25K to $42K.
Residents of Jackson Heights, Queens who were displaced by an eight-alarm fire on April 6 marched last week in their latest effort to gain access to their scorched homes.
The full weight of a 5-month battle was evident on the faces of the 88th Street tenants as they gathered on Sept. 2 at the corner of 78th Street and 34th Avenue for what they called a march for dignity. With many holding a child in one hand and a protest sign in the other, this rally exhibited the true diversity of ages and ethnicities who were unfortunately uprooted by the spring inferno.
Now, almost six months later, the dozens upon dozens of families say all they want is to retrieve their belongings before they are tossed away.
Jackson Heights Tenants Sue to Get Their Burned Out Building Back — and Get Back In
More than 60 of the hundreds of tenants displaced after a massive fire at a Jackson Heights apartment building in April are now suing the property’s owners and management, as well as city agencies.
They’re demanding that the building’s owners repair their homes so they may return — and let them back in soon to retrieve possessions from the still heavily damaged and inaccessible block-long complex.
The building remains surrounded by scaffolding and caution tape, with many windows boarded up. The eight-alarm blaze crumbled ceilings and destroyed interior walls, exposing wooden beams in their place.
Tenants allege that in the five months since the fire, Kedex Properties and city officials have provided little sense of when repairs will be completed, if any belongings can be salvaged and when residents might be able to return to their apartments.
Access to the building has been “unreasonable and severely limited,” according to the complaint filed Sept. 10 in Queens Housing Court targeting the owner, along with the city Department of Buildings and Department of Housing Preservation and Development.
Jackson Heights Tenants Sue to Get Their Burned Out Building Back — and Get Back In
More than 60 of the hundreds of tenants displaced after a massive fire at a Jackson Heights apartment building in April are now suing the property’s owners and management, as well as city agencies.
They’re demanding that the building’s owners repair their homes so they may return — and let them back in soon to retrieve possessions from the still heavily damaged and inaccessible block-long complex.
The building remains surrounded by scaffolding and caution tape, with many windows boarded up. The eight-alarm blaze crumbled ceilings and destroyed interior walls, exposing wooden beams in their place.
Tenants allege that in the five months since the fire, Kedex Properties and city officials have provided little sense of when repairs will be completed, if any belongings can be salvaged and when residents might be able to return to their apartments.
Access to the building has been “unreasonable and severely limited,” according to the complaint filed Sept. 10 in Queens Housing Court targeting the owner, along with the city Department of Buildings and Department of Housing Preservation and Development.
Thy landl'rd shall fixeth ev'rything
Prithee fixeth mine own house, mine own l'rd
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"The man who sleeps on the floor, can never fall out of bed." -Martin Lawrence
Jackson Heights Tenants Sue to Get Their Burned Out Building Back — and Get Back In
More than 60 of the hundreds of tenants displaced after a massive fire at a Jackson Heights apartment building in April are now suing the property’s owners and management, as well as city agencies.
They’re demanding that the building’s owners repair their homes so they may return — and let them back in soon to retrieve possessions from the still heavily damaged and inaccessible block-long complex.
The building remains surrounded by scaffolding and caution tape, with many windows boarded up. The eight-alarm blaze crumbled ceilings and destroyed interior walls, exposing wooden beams in their place.
Tenants allege that in the five months since the fire, Kedex Properties and city officials have provided little sense of when repairs will be completed, if any belongings can be salvaged and when residents might be able to return to their apartments.
Access to the building has been “unreasonable and severely limited,” according to the complaint filed Sept. 10 in Queens Housing Court targeting the owner, along with the city Department of Buildings and Department of Housing Preservation and Development.
How do they figure they can sue anyone to rebuild a fire destroyed building so they can have cheap rent is beyond me.
Some NYC lawyers are such enablers prolonging people's misery.
As for the damaged personal item, that is what renter's insurance is for
How do they figure they can sue anyone to rebuild a fire destroyed building so they can have cheap rent is beyond me.
Some NYC lawyers are such enablers prolonging people's misery.
As for the damaged personal item, that is what renter's insurance is for
I found this from the NYS Attorney General's website:
"If an apartment becomes uninhabitable due to fire or other damage
not caused by the tenant, and the lease does not expressly provide
otherwise, the tenant may vacate the apartment and cancel the
lease. The tenant will not be liable for subsequent rental payments.
The landlord shall be responsible to refund any rent paid in advance
as well as any rent security held by the landlord (Real Property Law §
227). Rent stabilized and rent controlled tenants may apply to DHCR to
have an order issued reducing their rent obligation to $1 to maintain a
possessory interest in the apartment until it become habitable again.
If only a portion of the apartment is damaged, the rent maybe reduced
pursuant to a court order or by DHCR in proportion to the part of the
apartment that is damaged. The landlord must then repair those
portions of the apartment and return them to livable condition."
Woah. Now, I need to look around to see if I have any overloaded power strips in my apt
Your power strip should always match the breaker rating on the circuit. So if you have a typical 15 amp circuit, the strip should be rated for 15 amps. You can overload it all you want, but if you go above 15 amps then the breaker will trip before anything has a chance to over heat and catch fire.
Same deal for extension cords, never put a big load on any cord that is not at least 12 gauge
I'm surprised they're only making $1000 a month, $15/hr at full time is $2400ish before taxes
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