NY Daily News: Union workers win $76M from Midtown construction firm that used alter-ego company to skirt collective bargaining A Midtown construction company accused of creating a bogus business to avoid union wages and union benefit payments has to cough up $76 million to the workers it cheated. In a decision with potentially far-reaching consequences … Continue reading Colluding Developer/Real Estate And Contracting Firms Ordered To Pay $76,000,000 To Workers In Money Laundering Conspiracy To Deny Their Complete Wages And Benefits.
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Wrath Of The Scumlords: NYCHA Reneges On Recent City Funding With Shitty Roof Renovation And Secret Water Toxicity.
The Lafayette Houses. Storm resilient roofs not included. Brooklyn, N.Y. NY Daily News: NYCHA signs off on botched Brooklyn roof repairs that allowed water pooling A major rehab effort failed to fix the roof of a building at a Brooklyn housing development, but NYCHA still signed off on the job as complete — just … Continue reading Wrath Of The Scumlords: NYCHA Reneges On Recent City Funding With Shitty Roof Renovation And Secret Water Toxicity.
A Tale Of Two Brooklyn Park Houses: One Getting Renovated, The Other One Going Away
The Tennis House In Prospect Park The Park House In Bensonhurst Park (Geoffery Croft photo) Park Slope and Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, N.Y. DNAinfo: 107-Year-Old Prospect Park Tennis House to Get $5.1 Million Makeover The long-shuttered Prospect Park Tennis House is getting a $5.1 million facelift to revamp the dilapidated architectural gem. "It's a much loved … Continue reading A Tale Of Two Brooklyn Park Houses: One Getting Renovated, The Other One Going Away
The Grenfell Tower In London: Gentrification’s 9/11
Kensington And Chelsea, London, England, United Kingdom The Grenfell Tower's torching was absolutely and undoubtedly preventable. The tenants there have been complaining for years about it's negligence, even with an excellent and thoroughly detailed community blog about the terrible building managers and the willful indifference of city and parliamentary officials. This horrific disaster was brought … Continue reading The Grenfell Tower In London: Gentrification’s 9/11
Wrath Of The Scumlords: Pine Management’s Imbecilic Effort To Force Senior Citizens To Use Fire Escape For Egress And A Volatile Super Installs Pointy Spikes On A Entrance Path Ledge Seating
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8eFtbNJj8A At a building on 165 West 83rd st., a walk up apartment building undergoing renovation attempted to force their tenants, the majority of them rent-stabilized and senior citizens, to use a fire escape for a week as they finish replacing the stairs. The developer and owner, Pine Management, has quite a record of tormenting … Continue reading Wrath Of The Scumlords: Pine Management’s Imbecilic Effort To Force Senior Citizens To Use Fire Escape For Egress And A Volatile Super Installs Pointy Spikes On A Entrance Path Ledge Seating
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