We are two tenant associations who joined together to defend ourselves against a corporate real estate investment hydra that seeks to expel us from our homes in order to maximize their profits.

Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Hot & Cold Running Sludge



 The tainted Flint Michigan water comes to Kushner's  East Village. The water at 118 East 4th St Tuesday March 16. Time to reach out to the Clinton & Sanders campaigns?
The New York Times?


Sunday, March 6, 2016

Push Back Predatory Landlords


On the sidewalk today at noon. The source? Unknown. Happy to know there is some support.








Thursday, March 3, 2016






Via the EVG inbox...


You can read the whole notice at the Cooper Square Committee website. The news advisory includes quotes from Manhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer, State Sen. Brad Hoylman and Councilwoman Rosie Mendez.

It hasn't been easy at 118-120 E. Fourth St. through the years. Ben Shaoul's Magnum Management, in partnership with Meadow Partners, bought the buildings in late 2010. Fortune East LLC reportedly managed the buildings. The blog Occupy East Fourth Street had been documenting renovation horror stories. (Like this one.)

Kushner bought the buildings during his East Village land grab in February 2013.

Occupy East Fourth Street continues documenting the situation inside No. 118. Here's a post from Feb. 14:
Woke up this morning to 7 degrees, its now 14 degrees outside, and no heat at 118 East St. Through some communications with the other tenants, it seems the heat is on in one line of the building. That line contains the market rate tenants. There are 2 other heat lines that are off and those lines contain the majority of rent stabilized tenants, including some senior citizens in fragile health. I think one or two market rate folks are getting the frozen treatment if they are unfortunate enough to reside above or below a rent stabilized tenant. Calls to the Westminster office provide no results as usual. There seems to be a Westminster person living in 118 at the moment. A call put into him goes unanswered and he has no voice mail set up on his phone. The same goes for the "Super". No answer. No voice mail set up on phone.



Jared Kusher & The Low Down




Tenants of 118 East 4th St. Are Back in Court to Battle Kushner



EV Grieve has some of the background on this building (located between 1st and 2nd Avenues):