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UH, WELCOME TO OUR WORK SESSION TODAY,[ TOWN OF GREENBURGH OFFICE OF THE TOWN BOARD 177 Hillside Avenue, Greenburgh, NY 10607 Tel: 914-989-1500 Fax: 914-993-1541 Email: JDudek@Greenburghny.com https://ny-greenburgh.civicplus.com/485/Watch-Live-Board-Meetings]
UM, IS OCTOBER, UH, 10TH.AND, UM, WE'RE GONNA START WITH, UH, THE OPEN, UM, MEETING THE DISCUSSION WITH MANHATTAN AVENUE, UH, VISITOR PARKING.
AND, UM, WE HAVE A VERY TIGHT SCHEDULE.
SO BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS WE'RE GONNA, UH, NORMALLY WE DON'T ALLOW THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK AT, AT WORK SESSIONS, BUT WE'RE MAKING A LITTLE BIT OF AN EXCEPTION.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE 10 MINUTES WHERE, UH, IRIS AND RESIDENTS COULD SPEAK, AND THEN 10 MINUTES WHERE MARK COULD RESPOND.
AND THEN ANY BOARD MEMBER HAS ANY COMMENTS, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY COULD, THEY COULD MAKE IT.
SO WE DEFINITELY ARE GONNA COMPLY WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH, UM, THE TIME LIMITS.
AND, UM, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS, YOU COULD JUST TELL IRIS AND SHE COULD, YOU KNOW, HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE OPINIONS OF, OF OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE.
SO MAYBE, UH, YOU KNOW, I, CAN I ADD SOMETHING? SURE.
AND IF, IF SOME PEOPLE, UM, HAVE, HAVE SPOKEN AND THEY'VE SAID EXACTLY WHAT YOU, PRETTY MUCH WHAT YOU'VE SAID, IF YOU WOULD DEFER TO THEM, WE'D GREATLY APPRECIATE IT.
THAT AS LONG AS YOUR, YOUR, YOUR VIEWS ARE, ARE MADE APPARENT.
AND I JUST, I JUST WANNA ADD, JUST BECAUSE I'M VERY SENSITIVE TO PEOPLE'S, UM, FEELINGS AND EMOTION.
THE TOWN DOES NOT HAVE ANY TYPE OF JURISDICTION ON THIS PROPERTY.
WHAT WE WANTED TO DO HERE TODAY IS PROVIDE A PLATFORM SO EVERYONE CAN BE HEARD.
WE'VE RECEIVED THE EMAILS FROM IRIS AND I, DON'T, WE? I DON'T.
AND ALL, UM, AND OTHER RE RESIDENTS HAVE EMAILED ME SEPARATELY, BUT THIS IS WHAT WE WANNA DO FOR YOU.
SO I JUST DON'T WANT THERE TO BE AN EXPECTATION THAT THE BOARD CAN DO SOMETHING.
AND I JUST, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR ME THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTAND THAT AND THAT WE ARE HONEST WITH EVERYONE.
THAT THIS IS JUST REALLY A PLATFORM FOR THE BOTH OF YOU, BOTH PARTIES TO SIT AND HEAR ONE ANOTHER.
SO, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS CLEAR AND EVERYONE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A PRIVATE RESIDENCE.
SO, I DON'T KNOW WHO WANTS TO START.
SO, SHOULD WE START WITH IRIS? DID WE GET KEN? BECAUSE HE SAID HE WAS, HE'S ON.
HE, HE DOESN'T HAVE HIS CAMERA ON.
OH, MY NAME IS WALTER SWEENEY.
UM, WE JUST DON'T WANT THE PEOPLE IN THE OFFICE DICTATING HOW WE PARK AND HOW WE LIVE IN OUR COMPLEX.
THEY PUT UP SIGNS LIKE RECENTLY FROM SEVEN TO 10, I COULD HAVE CU I'M A SENIOR CITIZEN.
WHO IS
BUT I'M JUST SAYING THAT WE DON'T WANT THEM LADIES THAT IS GOING, LEAVING IN THE OFFICE, GOING HOME TO WHERE THEY LIVE AT, TO DICTATE HOW WE LIVE AND HOW WE PARK WHAT THEY DID GOOD.
EVERYBODY AGREES ON, THEY GOT RID OF ALL THE CARS THAT WASN'T RUNNING, THAT WERE JUMPED UP, AND NOW THEY MAKE EVERYBODY'S CAR BE RUNNING, REGISTERED INSURED.
AS MUCH PARKING FOR EVERYBODY.
THEY SHOULD JUST LEAVE EVERYTHING LIKE IT IS.
AND THEN THERE'S ONE MORE THING.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW, I, THAT'S MY MONEY.
I CAN AFFORD TO HAVE THAT CHEAPER INSURANCE IN DELAWARE, BUT YOU KNOW THAT I LIVE IN 90 MANHATTAN AVENUE.
YOU CAN'T GET A STICKER FROM THEM.
SHE WANTS YOU TO CHANGE YOUR PLATE TO NEW YORK.
I CAN AFFORD THIS DISCOUNT RATE FROM DELAWARE, BUT I LIVE HERE IN 90, BUT THEY DON'T WANT TO GIVE YOU A PARKING STICKER.
YOU CANNOT, THESE TWO LADIES CAN IN THE OFFICE, CANNOT DICTATE HOW WE LIVING AND GO HOME.
I HAVE COMPANY, I'M GONNA HAVE SOME COMPANY, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
IS ANYONE ELSE, ANYONE ELSE FROM YES, PLEASE.
I, MONICA, WOULD YOU TALK DIRECTLY INTO THE MIC? OH, THANK YOU.
CAN YOU, IS THIS BETTER? YEP, SURE.
I LIVE IN 100 MANHATTAN AVENUE.
MY CONCERN, I'LL JUST LIST THEM REALLY QUICKLY BECAUSE MM-HMM.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, REGULAR WEAR AND TEAR.
UM, YOU KNOW, IF I NEED THE LIGHT BULB CHANGED, IT COSTS ME, THEY CHARGE ME $16 ON MY, UM, ON
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MY BALANCE FOR THAT.UM, JUST REGULAR THINGS, UH, THAT MAINTENANCE IS SUPPOSED TO DO.
THEY'RE CHARGING THE TENANTS TO PAY FOR THOSE THINGS, AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S FAIR.
THEN THE OTHER THING IS, UH, THE BUILDINGS ARE INFESTED.
THEY ARE INFESTED WITH ROACHES, MICE, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PAYING RENT EVERY MONTH.
THEY DON'T SEND THE, THE TERMINATOR OVER REGULARLY THE WAY THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO.
UM, THE OTHER THING IS THAT REPAIRS, NECESSARY REPAIRS ARE NOT BEING MADE.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, I HAVE NOT HAD THE, THE, THE, THE SHOWER WATER, MY SHOWER WATER, MY BATHTUB.
UM, I HAVE TO WASH UP IN THE KITCHEN.
EXCUSE ME, I HAVE TO WASH UP IN THE KITCHEN, OR I HAVE TO WASH OUTSIDE OF MY TUB, DIP MY, MY RAG IN THE HOT WATER IN THE TUB, AND THEN DIP IT IN THE COLD WATER IN THE SINK, AND THEN TRY TO WASH THAT WAY.
IT'S BEEN LIKE THAT FOR TWO MONTHS.
AND THEN THERE'S THE DRUG ISSUE.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE DOING BACKGROUND CHECKS OR ANYTHING, BUT THERE'S LITERALLY, I SHOULDN'T, MY KIDS SHOULDN'T HAVE TO WAKE UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE, OUT OF THEIR MINDS SCREAMING AT THE MOON BECAUSE THEY'RE HIGH.
UM, THEY DON'T, MY KIDS, I DON'T LET THEM, YOU KNOW, GO DOWNSTAIRS AT NIGHT TO WASH THEIR CLOTHES BECAUSE THERE ARE CRACK HEADS WALKING AROUND.
UH, YOU KNOW, OR THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST HIGH.
THEY'RE JUST SITTING ON THE SIDEWALKS, YOU KNOW, HIGH OFF OF K TWO AND WHATEVER ELSE.
UM, SOMETIMES YOU CAN GO GET ON THE ELEVATOR AND YOU CAN LITERALLY SMELL IT.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE KIDS, WE HAVE ELDERLY PEOPLE THERE.
I, I JUST FEEL LIKE THAT'S A REAL CONCERN.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE PAY RENT SOME, I KNOW SOMETIMES I, I'M LATE, BUT I ALWAYS CATCH UP.
I NEED THEM TO MAKE THEIR EFFORTS TO DO THEIR PART.
MY SONS DON'T HAVE CLOSET DOORS.
THEY'RE LEANING AGAINST THE WALL BECAUSE THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN AN ISSUE.
WHEN BARBARA WAS THE RENTAL MANAGER THERE, SHE TOLD ME BEFORE I MOVED IN, SHE SAID, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE CLOSET DOORS.
I JUST NEED YOU TO KNOW THAT I NEEDED A PLACE TO LIVE.
BUT IT'S LIKE, I'VE BEEN THERE FOR 11 YEARS NOW, AND IT'S LIKE, OKAY, SOMETHING'S GOTTA GIVE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO RAISE THOSE ISSUES.
HOW MUCH ARE YOU PAYING YOUR RENT? MY RENT IS 1450 A MONTH.
SO MY PORTION IS, IS ABOUT A THOUSAND.
WHAT? BUT NO, 104 F THANK YOU.
AND YOU'VE, UH, YOU'VE, UH, COMPLAINED WHEN THERE'S ROACHES OR MICE AND THINGS? YES.
I, I HAVEN'T, I HAVEN'T HAD MICE PERSONALLY, BUT I, I, A LOT OF PEOPLE AROUND ME HAVE HAD THEM.
UM, I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY IN MY PLACE, BUT I HAVE SEEN THEM LIKE IN MY NEIGHBORS, YOU KNOW, WHEN I GO TO VISIT THEM, PEOPLE IN OUR BUILDINGS, I'VE SEEN THEM, I'VE HEARD THEM COMPLAINING.
I'VE TRIED TO HELP SOME OF MY NEIGHBORS WITH THAT.
I HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THE ROCHES.
UM, BUT THEY'RE NOT CONSISTENT WITH, WITH SENDING THE EXTERMINATION.
ANYBODY ELSE? HI, MY NAME IS CYNTHIA GATEWOOD.
UM, I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE PARKING.
THEY SAY THIS IS MY LEASE, WHICH I DON'T HAVE A LEASE.
AND I HAVEN'T HAD A LEASE FOR TWO YEARS EXPLAINING THAT THEY WILL NOT GIVE ME A PARKING VOUCHER.
BECAUSE IF YOU'RE IN ARREARS OR WHATEVER, YES, I AM.
A FEW YEARS, I'VE BEEN THERE FOR OVER 15 YEARS.
WE'VE NEVER HAD THIS PROBLEM WITH PARKING BEFORE WHERE WE HAD TO REGISTER OUR CARS TO GET A PARKING PASS.
AND IF MY CAR GET TOWED, I'M GONNA BE VERY UPSET.
'CAUSE FIRST OF ALL, I DON'T HAVE A LEASE WHERE IT'S STATED, WHERE IT'S TELLING ME THAT THIS IS WHAT'S GONNA TAKE EFFECT.
AND I HAVEN'T HAD AT LEASE FOR TWO YEARS, MAYBE EVEN THREE.
AND WHAT IS YOUR APARTMENT NUMBER? 33 OAK STREET.
ANYONE ELSE? UM, AND AS YOU ARE, WHEN YOU STATE YOUR NAME, IF YOU COULD PLEASE, IF YOU COULD PLEASE JUST STATE THE APARTMENT THAT YOU ARE STAYING IN.
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BE CAREFUL.ALICE, I'M GONNA JUST NEED YOU TO PULL IN TALKING INTO THE MIC.
YOU STILL GOTTA TALK TO MY MIKE.
WHICH BUILDING? JUST THE LITTLE 33 OAK STREET.
I'M THE ONE WITH THE LEASE CAR OR RENTAL CAR.
THERE'S TIME WHEN MY DAUGHTER OR MY SON, UH, HAVE TO TAKE MY CAR OR WHATEVER THAT MEANS I'M GOING ON A RIDE OR, OR GOING AWAY.
THAT MEANS THEIR CAR IS IN THE YARD.
THAT MEANS I'M GOING WITH THEM BECAUSE THEY HAVE KIDS AND I NEED TO TAKE A VACATION WITH THEM ALSO.
UM, THE OTHER THING IS, UM, OH GOD, I CAN'T EVEN, SO YOU'RE SAYING, SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT WHEN YOU, THAT YOU, WHEN YOUR KIDS ARE VISITING, THEY USE YOUR PARKING SPACE AND YOU DON'T HAVE THE LEASED CAR AT THAT POINT.
YOU TAKE THE LEASE CAR WITH ME OR THE RENTER CAR WITH ME, AND THEIR CAR IS IN THE YARD BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS PROBLEM BEFORE WITH 33 OR WHATEVER IT IS.
THAT MEANS I'M, I'M AN ELDERLY PERSON.
THAT MEANS IF I GOT A LEASE CAR AND RENT A CAR.
I WANT TO TRAVEL WITH THIS LEASE CAR.
THEIR CAR IS IN THE YARD UNTIL I GET BACK.
SO OTHER WORDS LEAVE THEIR CAR.
SO THEY STAY IN YOUR APARTMENT WHEN YOU TRAVEL? NO.
WHAT SHE'S SAYING IS THEY LEAVE THEIR CAR, THEY, THEY TAKE HER CAR AND LEAVE THEIR, THEIR CAR AND HER PLACE AND RIGHT.
AND WHEN I COME BACK, WE ARE TIRED AND SLEEPING OR, OR TIRED OR WHATEVER.
SO THAT MEANS THE COST STAYS THERE.
AND THEN THEREFORE, DON'T TAKE MY, I PAY LEASE THERE.
SO I'VE BEEN THERE SINCE I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? SO OTHER WORDS, DON'T TRY TO, UH, TELL ME WHERE, WHAT I GOTTA DO AND CONTROL ME OR WHO GOT COME TO MY HOUSE NOW.
I DON'T LIKE, I DON'T LIKE THAT YOU CONTROLLING ME.
AND WHERE IF MY, AND I GOT A DAUGHTER IN CARMEL, ALL RIGHT.
AND SHE COMES TO VISIT ME, SHE MIGHT WANT TO COME AND VISIT ME.
MY HEALTH IS NOT GETTING BETTER.
SO IF SHE'S STAYING THERE THREE DAYS, OR IF HER KIDS ARE STAY, I NEED A CAR THERE.
DON'T TAKE MY CAR BECAUSE RENT OVER.
AND THE OTHER DAY, MY DAUGHTER HAD MY CAR.
SHE TOOK IT TO HAVE AN OIL CHANGE.
LUCKILY THEY DIDN'T TAKE THE CAR, MY DAUGHTER'S CAR.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? SOMEBODY, THE, THE, THE RENT, UH, WHOEVER'S COMING AND TOLD PEOPLE COME IN TO TAKE THE CAR.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M, I'M NOT THINKING.
THAT'S WHY RIGHT NOW, I DON'T HAVE THE DECAL ON MY CAR.
I TAKE IT OUT AND LET MY HANDICAPPED STICKER.
I TAKE IT OUT WHEN I WANNA TAKE IT OUT, AND I PUT IT BACK IN THERE.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? YOU CAN'T CONTROL ME NOW.
IF THEY'RE DOING AN AUDIO CHAIN AND THAT GOT THEIR CALL THERE, DON'T TAKE MY DAUGHTER'S CALL OR MY SON'S CAR, AND SHE'S AN OFFICER NOW.
THAT MEANS WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE POLICE INVOLVED WITH THIS.
IF NOT, GIMME ANOTHER DECAL OR GIVE ME A VISITOR PASS.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY, WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT PROBLEM FOR A LONG TIME, FOR EXAMPLE.
'CAUSE WE NEVER HAD THAT PROBLEM.
NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN WE GOT THIS THING.
AND, AND NOT ONLY THAT, IT, YOU GOT THE PARKING SPACE OVER AT 100 OR, UH, OR 90.
I'M NOT GONNA BE WALKING ACROSS THE STREET.
IF I GOT MY DAUGHTER'S CAR, IF I FALL AND HURT MY HIP OR BREAK MY, SOMEBODY GONNA PAY FOR MY THING.
I'M GONNA RUN ACROSS THE STREET.
'CAUSE I GOT MY DAUGHTER'S CAR.
ARE THERE, UH, VACANCY, VACANT PARKING SPOTS? MOST, MOST DAYS AND EVENINGS, THERE'S, WE GOT PARK SPACE AT 33 OAK STREET.
WE DON'T HAVE TO GO WITH OVER TWO.
WE GOT MORE THAN ENOUGH OF PARKING SPACE.
AND MATTER OF FACT, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH HANDICAP, UH, SPACES.
YOU KNOW, SOMETIME WE GOT MAYBE THREE OR FOUR RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE THING.
YOU KNOW, I, I'M GONNA HAVE A BIRTHDAY END THIS MONTH.
AND I DON'T WANNA FALL TO HIM.
AND MS. LYNN, SHE HAD AN OPERATION ALREADY, AND SHE, HER, HER FOOT IS WRONG.
SOMETHING I, AND I TAKE HER SOMETIME OR WHATEVER.
WE GONNA BOTH GONNA BE FALLING.
WE LIVE RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER.
AND NOT ONLY THAT, YOU KNOW, HEATHER, SHE HAS, UH, KIDS THAT, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THEM.
WE ALL OLD PEOPLE ON THE FOURTH FLOOR.
SO DON'T BE TAKING OUR SPACES FROM, WE'VE BEEN PAYING PARKING SPACE FOR A LONG TIME.
AND YOU'RE NOT IN ARREARS IN TERMS OF YOUR RENT, RIGHT? OH, NO.
I PAY MY RENT WAY BEFORE TIME.
I DON'T WANNA HEAR NOTHING FROM THEM.
I'M WANNA MAKE SURE MY RENT IS PAID.
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YEAH.SAY, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE BEFORE WE BRING, UM OH, OKAY.
WE ONLY HAVE A FEW MORE MINUTES, SO I'M JUST, SO, SO I JUST, OKAY.
SO WE JUST, JUST IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM MR. SOLDIER, UM, OF ALL OF THE, UM, ISSUES THAT YOU JUST BROUGHT TO, UM, TO THE MEETING.
SO IF WE CAN JUST HAVE MY FRIEND AND THEN MS. MCGEE, AND THEN, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HEAR FROM MR. SOLDIER.
THERE'S ONE GENTLEMAN OVER HERE.
SO THREE MORE, THEN THAT'S IT.
I LIVE IN 100TH APARTMENT SEVEN G.
AND I HAVE AN ISSUE THAT I HAVEN'T HAD SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE.
I HAVE TWO CALLS THAT ARE REGISTERED IN MY NAME.
AND THEY ONLY GIVE ME ONE DECAF.
THEY TELL ME THEY CAN'T GIVE ME TWO.
BUT THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THERE THAT HAS THREE OR MORE.
AND THEY ARE TREATING ME UNFAIRLY.
AND LIKE THE LADY SAID, SHE'S A SENIOR CITIZEN.
AND I DON'T NEED THIS AGGRAVATION.
I HAD TO WALK IN THE RAIN WHEN THEY FLOODED OUT DOWN THERE.
THE PART, MY CAR ON THE STREETS, THE OTHER CAR I HAVE MM-HMM.
AND I HAVE PROOF, I HAVE FULL PROOF THAT MY, BOTH OF MY CARS ARE REGISTERED IN MY NAME.
AND I HAVEN'T HAD A PROBLEM SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE TO JUST NOW.
AND THEY KEEP TELLING ME THE REASON THEY DON'T GIVE ME THE OTHER DEC A MM-HMM.
WHO DO I GET THE OKAY FROM? DO I GET IT FROM YOU, MARK? OKAY.
SOMEBODY NEEDS TO GIVE ME ANOTHER DEC A OKAY.
SO JUST GIVE ME YOUR APARTMENT NUMBER SO WE KNOW SEVEN G.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE.
AND YOUR, YOUR RENT'S BEEN PAID ON TIME.
IT'S PAID UP FULLY AND THE RENT SHOULDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH YOUR POCKET.
I'M JUST, I'M JUST MENTIONING THAT BECAUSE, UM, I FEEL THAT, UH, I'M JUST SPEAKING FOR MYSELF.
SO THE THING IS THE TOWN DOESN'T HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER, UM, YOU KNOW, OVER THE DEVELOPMENT MM-HMM.
SO I FEEL THAT SINCE WE DO GIVE TAX BREAKS, I FEEL THAT WE DO HAVE AN INTEREST IN, IT'S SORT OF A, A PARTNERSHIP INTEREST.
UM, BUT I SORT OF FEEL THAT IF, UM, IF THERE IS, UM, MY PERSONAL FEELING IS THAT IF SOMEBODY IS A TENANT IN GOOD STANDING, THEY SHOULD BE TREATED JUST LIKE EVERYBODY IN THE COUNTRY IS TREATED.
THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE GUESTS.
I THINK THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE GUESTS OVER.
AND UM, YOU KNOW, AND YOU KNOW, I WOULDN'T LIKE IT IF SOMEBODY WAS TELL ME, YOU KNOW, TELL ME I CAN CAN'T BRING A GUEST OVER.
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF OTHER PEOPLE THAT, BUT, BUT THE INTEREST OF TIME, PAUL, EVERYONE KNOWS HOW COMPASSIONATE, COMPASSIONATE YOU ARE.
BUT WE REALLY NEED TO GET THE TIME TO THE RESIDENT.
I JUST WANNA SAY ONE MORE THING.
WOULD HE TREAT HIS MOTHER LIKE THIS? OKAY.
UM, MS. MCEE, MS. MC, WE, THAT GENTLEMAN.
OH, YOU WANNA GO, GO FIRST? OKAY.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE APPROACHING SIX O'CLOCK.
NOW WHEN WE GIVE MARK THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME, WELL, IT'S FIVE 30.
MY NAME RAFAEL NUNES AND I LIVE 1 8 33 OAK STREET, APARTMENT SIX A.
AND THEN OUR PROBLEMS. AND THE SOMEBODY ELSE, UH, BEHIND ME TELL ME WE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM.
AND THEN SHE SAY, OH, TALK TO ABOUT ME.
'CAUSE OF THE SAME C TO HIS YOUNGER.
THE PROBLEM IS WE HAVE TWO 12 YEARS LIVING IN THAT, IN THAT PLACE.
AND THEN MY SON FROM HIGH SCHOOL, NOW, HE'S IN COLLEGE RIGHT NOW.
HE GOT THE CAR HE GOTTA GO TO, UH, COLLEGE.
I HAVE MY OWN CAR FROM THE JOB.
AND THEN THE PROBLEM IS, IF WE NEED AT LEAST THREE SPACE, BECAUSE EVERYBODY KNOW THAT DIFFICULT TO PARKING ON THE STREET, SOMETIMES WE CAN DO, SOMETIMES NOBODY CAN DO THAT BECAUSE THE AREA IS TOO, TOO CLOSE.
AND THERE SO MANY NO PARKING AREA.
SO THE SITUATION IS YOU GOT THE HANG.
SO WE LEAVE THE PROBLEM BY YOUR HAND AND THEN FIX THE PROBLEM FOR US.
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YOU.AND I'VE BEEN LIVING THERE SINCE MY KIDS WERE 16 AND 14.
SO
AND WHEN I MOVED THERE, I THINK, UH, THE, THE BARGAIN OFFS OWNED IT.
AND WE ALWAYS HAD UNASSIGNED PARKING.
I MEAN, YOUR RENT AND THE PARK.
I'M UP TO DATE WITH MY PARKING.
AND JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS MY, MY, MY RENT, I'M UP TO DATE WITH MY RENT.
BUT PARKING AND RENT ARE TWO SEPARATE THINGS.
UH, BISHOP PRESTON, WHO'S ON THE BOARD, I THINK IT'S THE PRESIDENT OF THE GREENBERG HOUSING.
THEY CANNOT TIE IN THE RENT WITH PARKING.
THEY LOST THEIR CASE IN COURT.
YOU CAN SPEAK TO HIM IF YOU LIKE.
I INVITED HIM HERE TO THE MEETING.
HE SAID, YOU CANNOT TIE THAT IN.
THE SAME, YOU CANNOT TIE, THIS IS WHAT HE TOLD ME.
I INVITED HIM HERE TODAY, BUT HE WAS AT ANOTHER MEETING AND SAID, I'LL TRY TO GET THERE.
SO EVERYONE KNOWS BISHOP PRESTON.
UM, ALSO, WE HAVE A LOT OF DIS WE HAVE DISABLED PEOPLE.
WE HAVE A BROTHER HERE AND HIS WIFE, UH, WHOSE BROTHER WHO HAS A SISTER.
AND HE HAS HIS BROTHER WHO JUST GOT OUT OF THE HOSPITAL.
AND HIS WIFE, JUST HIS WIFE DIED AND, UH, NOT THAT LONG AGO.
SO THEY HAVE TO COME OVER AND CHECK ON HIM AND TAKE CARE OF HIM.
THEY HAVE, HE HAS CHILDREN THAT LIVE IN WHITE PLAINS THAT COME OVER TO SEE HIM.
HE HAS AN, A FULL-TIME, UH, AID ASSISTANCE THAT STAY WITH HIM.
BUT THEY GOT, SEE, GREENBURG IS A FAMILY ORIENTED PLACE.
JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE RELATIVES, BUT PEOPLE COME OVER AND CHECK ON THEM.
'CAUSE HIS BROTHER IS NOT WELL.
AND, UH, AND AS I SAID, HE JUST LOST HIS WIFE MAYBE A COUPLE YEARS AGO, AND HE WENT TO WOOD WOODLANDS.
SO EVERYBODY WENT TO SCHOOL HERE.
I'M A GRADUATE OF WOODLANDS TOO.
BUT, UM, ALSO, I STOPPED BY AND I SAW ANOTHER TENANT WHO LIVES, HER NAME IS, UM, SHE LIVE AT 103 A.
AND I SENT A NICE THANK YOU LETTER TO MARK.
WE THANK YOU MARK, FOR GETTING HER, UH, THE TILE WHERE SHE WON'T FALL.
SHE WOULD'VE LIKED A, A LITTLE DARKER COLOR, BUT IT'S NICE.
AND, UH, I STOPPED BY TO SEE HER, HER BROTHER.
HER BROTHER AND HIS WIFE, HE'S 79.
CAME TO VISIT HER, UH, YESTERDAY OR THE DAY BEFORE.
'CAUSE SHE'S NOT, WELL, THAT'S WHY SHE'S NOT HERE.
SO SHE TOLD ME TO BRING THAT TO ALL OF YOU.
SO, MS. MCGEE, MY, MY MS. MCGEE MAY ASK, SO ALL, I JUST WANNA LEAVE THAT.
WHICH WHAT? SHE NEEDED ME LEAVE THIS YEAR.
I'M NOT GONNA READ THE LETTER MM-HMM.
BUT, UH, SHE, SHE'S BEEN THERE OVER 20, ABOUT ABOUT 30 YEARS.
SHE, SHE'S HAVING GUESTS COME THANKSGIVING IS COMING IN.
AND NOW THEY LIVE DIFFERENT PLACES.
BUT THEY COME IN TO CHECK ON HER.
AND HER BROTHER CAME TO VISIT, HAD TO TAKE A CABIN.
SO, SO WHAT DOES HE ASK? OKAY.
THAT THE PARKING, THEY WANT, THEY WANT TO HAVE VISITOR PARKING, BUT NO TIME LIMIT.
THEY'RE, THEY'VE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM.
THEY DON'T CAUSE NOBODY ANY PROBLEM.
AND ALSO, UM, GETTING TO THAT, I'VE BEEN TO, YOU KNOW, HE, MARK HAS SOME BEAUTIFUL PLACES.
WE JUST WANT, THE PEOPLE JUST WANNA BE TREATED EQUALLY AND FAIRLY AND THEY WANT TO HAVE CONTROL.
EV WE'VE BEEN GETTING LETTERS SINCE APRIL EVERY WEEK.
IF IT'S NOT A FRIDAY NIGHT, SO YOU HAVE A HORRIBLE WEEKEND, PEOPLE ARE NERVOUS, UPSET, THEY GET, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE CONCERNED.
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ALRIGHT.WE WOULD'VE HAD EVEN MORE PEOPLE HERE.
THEN I WENT OUT OVER THE WEEKEND AND PEOPLE HELPED ME TO PUT THE FLYERS UNDER THE DOOR.
THEN THEY WERE TOLD SOME PEOPLE OVERHEARD IN THE OFFICE THAT, OH, MARK IS NOT GONNA BE HERE.
BUT WE ARE HAPPY THAT MARK IS HERE BECAUSE IT SHOWS THAT HE DOES CARE ABOUT US.
AND I WILL SAY, MARK CAME TWICE.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO HEAR FROM MR. SO NO, UNDERSTAND.
SO WHY DON'T WE SWITCH CHAIRS AND YOU CAN COME AND ADDRESS, UM, WHAT WE'VE HEARD THIS EVENING.
JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE ALL HAVE A COPY.
I'M WITH MARATHON DEVELOPMENT GROUP, PART OF THE COMPANY THAT OWNS FAIRVIEW MANHATTAN APARTMENTS.
I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S TAKING THE TIME TO COME OUT HERE.
MARK, JUST MAKE SURE YOU STAY IN THE, I APPRECIATE EVERYONE COMING OUT HERE FOR YOU CAN PICK IT UP WITH THE MIC.
IT'S MOVABLE
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR COMING.
YOU KNOW, AS YOU'LL CALL, THE POLICY HAS EVOLVED.
WE HAD, THEY ASKED THAT WE HAD VISITOR PARKING.
THEY ASKED THAT WE HAD PARKING FOR HOME HEALTH AIDS.
WE HAVE POLICY FOR HOME HEALTH AIDS.
PEOPLE SAID, OH, I HAVE VISITORS.
IF YOU HAVE A TEMPORARY SITUATION, YOU CAN GO TO THE OFFICE AND ASK FOR A TEMPORARY PERMIT AND YOU'LL GET A TEMPORARY PERMIT.
ALL RESIDENTS IN GOOD STANDING WITH A LICENSE AND A REGISTERED CAR IN THEIR NAME CAN GET A PARKING PERMIT.
IT CAN BE, IF YOU HAVE TWO PEOPLE IN THAT APARTMENT WHO ARE DRIVERS AND HAVE THEIR OWN CARS, YOU CAN HAVE TWO CARS.
THIS GENTLEMAN SAID HE HAS A WIFE WHO NEEDS A CAR.
HIS WIFE, IF SHE'S ON THE LEASE, GET HER A PARKING PERMIT TOO.
AS LONG AS SHE'S, THEY'RE IN GOOD STANDING.
AS LONG AS, UH, THE CAR, SHE HAS A LICENSE AND THE CAR'S IN HER NAME.
THERE'S ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT STORIES ABOUT PEOPLE HAVING 10 PERMITS, FIVE PERMITS.
THAT'S JUST PEOPLE MAKING STORIES UP.
SO THE GENTLEMAN ALSO MENTIONED HIS CAR, HIS WIFE'S CAR, HIS CAR, AND HIS SON'S CAR.
SO WHAT ABOUT HIS SON? NOW HIS SON WOULDN'T BE ON THE LEASE.
IT WOULD, HE'S PART OF THE FAMILY.
HIS SON, HE WOULD BE ON THE LEASE LEASE IF HE LIVES OR HE, OKAY.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE CLEAR SO WE UNDERSTAND THE PARKING.
THAT'S, SHE WISH HE COULD GET A PERMIT AS WELL.
IF THERE'S GOOD STANDING, IF THERE, YEAH, I DON'T, THAT FOR ALL SITUATIONS TENDS TO BE A GOOD STANDING, A PARKING PERMIT.
THIS IS NOT A POLICY SUPPLY JUST TO FAIRVIEW, IT'S PORTFOLIO WIDE.
FOR ALL OF MY FAMILY PROJECTS, I HAVE A SENIOR PROJECT, MAYFAIR.
WE'RE DIFFERENT POLICY BECAUSE IT'S SENIOR CITIZEN HOUSING.
DIFFERENT PROPERTY, DIFFERENT TYPE OF PROPERTY.
BUT WE DO THAT AT ALL OUR PROPERTIES.
TUCK, WHO IS OUR MANAGER, HAS PROPERTIES, THOUSANDS OF UNITS, PROPERTIES IN MANY STATES HAS THE SAME POLICY.
SO I'M, THERE'S NOT APPLIED UNFAIRLY OR UNEQUIVOCALLY, OR I'M SORRY, UNFAIRLY OR UNEVENLY TO ANYBODY.
WE WANNA GIVE YOU A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE.
AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE WILLING TO DO.
UM, AND HOW MANY VISITOR PARKING SPOTS ARE THERE? AND, YOU KNOW, THAT SEEMS TO BE A CONCERN.
IS THERE, SO ONE, DON'T TWO COME UP.
IF YOU HAVE SOME OF THE ANSWERS.
AND I'LL ADD, I CAN ADD TWO OVER AT THE 33 BECAUSE THE WOMAN SAID SHE DIDN'T WANNA CROSS THE STREET.
SO I'LL ADD TWO VISITOR SPOTS TO 33.
ALSO, I TO ACCOMMODATE HER, YOU HAVE TO CROSS THE STREET.
SO THE MAY FEAR, WHAT'S THE POLICY WITH THE VISITOR, YOU KNOW, FOR DIFFERENT MANAGING COMPANY? NO, BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT A SENIOR CITIZEN HOUSING EACH, EACH PERSON REGISTERS THEIR CAR AS A PARKING PERMIT.
BUT IF THERE'S SOMEBODY WANTS TO HAVE A GUEST AND THEY'RE LIVING THERE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW THEIR PROPERTIES.
IT'S A DIFFERENT MANAGEMENT COMPANY.
BUT ALL THE FAMILY PROJECTS THAT I HAVE THAT ARE MANAGED BY TUCK HAVE THE SAME POLICY.
AND I HAVE THAT WITH DIFFERENT OWNERS.
YOU NEED TO BRING THE MICROPHONE.
AREN'T YOU GLAD YOU SPOKE UP? NO.
ELLEN? ELLEN, YOU HAD QUESTIONS OR YOU HAD SOMETHING ELLEN? NO.
CAN WE JUST FINISHING MR. SOJA.
UM, SO THERE, THERE WERE SOME OTHER ISSUES THAT WERE MENTIONED IN TERMS OF, AS IT RELATES TO EXTERMINATING PROCESS.
AGAIN, I'M NOT INVOLVED IN A DAY-TO-DAY MANAGEMENT OF THE PROPERTY.
YOU TALK TO MANAGEMENT COMPANY, THEY'LL DEAL WITH IT.
THERE IS A POLICY IN PLACE FOR EXTERMINATORS THAT COME ONCE A MONTH.
YOU CAN PUT YOUR NAME ON THE LIST.
THAT'S AS MUCH OF IT AS I KNOW AND AWARE OF.
I DON'T MANAGE THE PROPERTY SOMEONE ELSE DOES.
I GENERALLY, I'M HERE AS A COURTESY TO THE TOWN COUNCIL AND THE RESIDENCE.
THEY CAN ALL SEND ME MILLIONS OF EMAILS.
'CAUSE I DON'T MANAGE THE PROPERTY.
I'M NOT INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS.
SO, SO IN TERMS OF THAT, YOU'VE TAKEN NOTES, I HAVE TAKEN NOTES OF ALL THE CONCERNS AND YOU KNOW WHERE THE PEOPLE LIVE
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WHO HAVE SPOKEN.SO YOU'LL, YOU'LL ADDRESS THOSE? YES MA'AM.
BUT IF SOMEBODY, EXCUSE ME, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT, THAT HE KNOWS THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT GONNA HEAR YOU.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU KNOW THAT NOT EVERYBODY IS BEING TREATED EQUALLY AND FAIRLY.
BECAUSE SOME APARTMENTS, THEY SAY ONLY ONE.
THEY SAY ONLY ONE DECAL PER APARTMENT.
THERE'S SOME THAT GOT TWO, SOME THREE.
IF YOU LISTEN TO WHAT I SAID, I HEARD YOU.
WHAT DID I SAY? I SAID, IF YOU'RE ON THE LEASE AND HAVE A REGISTERED CAR IN YOUR NAME AND YOU'RE UNDERSTANDING, YOU GET A PERMIT.
SO IF SOMEONE HAS THREE PEOPLE IN IT, THIS MAN WE JUST SPOKE ABOUT ON WHERE HE WENT WITH HIS WIFE AND SON HAVE CARS, THEY GET THREE BECAUSE THEY HAVE THREE PEOPLE ON THE LEASE.
SO I'M, SO, I'M, I'M SAYING THIS FOR A REASON, MARK.
I'M NOT SAYING NAMES OR ANYTHING, BUT I'M STILL A SERVICE EMPLOYEE.
SO I'M, AND I WAS JUST TOLD THIS YESTERDAY AND THEY SAID I HAVE, UH, I DON'T NEED, THEY KNOW ME, THEY KNOW MY CAR.
SO THIS IS WHAT'S GOING ON ON THE PROPERTY.
I'M SAYING YOU JUST COMPLAINED.
WHAT? THAT YOU HAVE SO MANY NOTICES.
WHAT DOES NOTICES SAY? WHAT THE PARKING POLICY IS? THIS PERSON WHO WORKS FOR WHATEVER, WHATEVER PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOYEE HAS PROPER NOTICE.
HE'S BEEN TOLD WHAT HE HAS TO DO.
BUT IT'S CALLED EVEN BEING TOLD NOT.
BUT IT'S NOT BECAUSE IT'S NOT BEING TOLD.
THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING TO YOU.
NO, BUT I'M JUST TELLING YOU MY TIME IS UP.
BUT WE KNOW THIS IS YOUR PROPERTY.
I AIN'T TRYING TO TAKE THAT AWAY.
IF YOU HAVE A PERSON, NO, I'M NOT GONNA, I'M NOT GONNA SAY THEIR NAME BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHO THEY ARE.
BUT I'M NOT GONNA SAY THAT'S MANAGEMENT.
THE THING IS, I JUST SORT OF FEEL THAT THE WHOLE POINT OF THIS MEETING IS TO SEE IF WE COULD GET SOME, SOME, YOU KNOW, POSITIVE CHANGES THAT I WOULD LIKE THAT RESOLUTION.
I'M ASKING THE, WHEN YOU'VE EMAILED ME AND YOU SPOKE DURING THE WEEK, THE CONCERN YOU HAD WAS, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE PAY YOUR RENT.
YOU BASICALLY HAVE NEVER CAUSED, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT CAUSING PROBLEMS. RIGHT.
UM, YOU WANT TO BE TREATED JUST LIKE ANY OTHER TENANT.
SO I'M SAYING, WHY WOULD, IF THERE'S VACANT PARKING, YOU KNOW, AND SHE WANTS TO HAVE A GUEST OVER, WHY CAN'T, WHY CAN'T YOU BRING, I TOLD, WE'VE TOLD YOU WHERE HER POLICY IS.
IF SHE WANTS A SPECIAL SITUATION WHERE A GUEST STAYS FOR A BIT, SHE CAN COME AND GET 10.
THEN IF YOU WANT PROGRESS THAT'S BEEN MADE, I'VE ADDED GUEST PARKING.
I'VE ADDED, UH, A POLICY FOR, I'VE ADDED A POLICY FOR HOME HEALTH AIDE, HOUSING, HEALTH HOUSING HEALTH.
A BUT THE GUEST I'VE BENT OVER TO ACCOMMODATE THE COUNT COUNCIL AND THE RESIDENTS.
BUT THE GUEST, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME.
I HAVE THE GUEST PARKING IS SEVEN TO 10.
ALL YOUR OTHER BUILDINGS ARE NOT LIKE THIS.
SOME, THIS IS WHAT I'M SAYING.
YOUR OTHER BUILDINGS AREN'T LIKE THIS.
THEY DON'T HAVE GUEST PARKING.
BUT THEY RIGHT, THEY HAVE PARKING.
THEY DON'T HAVE GUEST PARKING.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT INFORMATION YOU HAVE.
WHY ARE YOU GIVING US GUEST PARKING? WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS THEN? IT'S THE MANAGER BECAUSE WE'RE ACCOMMODATING.
WHEN I AGREED TO COME, I TOLD YOU I HAD UNTIL 5 45.
CAN I FINISH? MR. SUPERVISOR? CAN MR. SUPERVISOR, PAUL, PAUL, PAUL, NO ONE'S SAYING YOU CAN'T JUST LET, HE'S, HE JUST SAID SOMETHING TO YOU.
YOU GOTTA BE, SO, I JUST WANNA, I WANNA ASK JUST ONE, ONE SIMPLE QUESTION.
DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? I'M SORRY, PAUL, LET'S, DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT? DON'T.
SO THANK YOU MARK, WE WANNA WORK WITH YOU.
SO IF YOU WANNA RESPOND TO THE QUESTIONS, AND WE CAN SEND YOU A RESPONSE TOO.
ONE SIMPLE, I HAVE ONE SIMPLE QUESTION AND THEN I'LL, I'LL KEEP PUT.
WE HAVE, LEMME JUST ASK YOU PREDOMINANTLY, THIS IS MY OWNER.
LET ME ASK, LET ME ASK ONE, ONE QUESTION.
DO YOU NOT SEE WHAT'S GOING ON? LET ME ASK ONE QUESTION.
THE QUESTION IS, THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE IS IF IRIS OR ANYBODY HERE, THEY'RE PAYING THEIR RENT ON TIME.
IF THEY'RE NOT A PROBLEM AND THEY WANNA HAVE AN OVERNIGHT GUESS, COULD THEY, COULD THEY DO THAT JUST LIKE ANYBODY ELSE? THAT'S THAT'S WHAT YOU IS, YES.
THEY CAN COME IN AND REQUEST A TEMPORARY PERMIT EVERY TIME.
THAT'S NOT, YOU'RE NOT TREATING US.
WHY? BECAUSE WE, DO YOU HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS OVER OR DO YOU, ARE YOU LATE, A*****E? OH, WE DON'T NEED THAT.
MAKE, CAN I COME UP AND ASK RICH ANYBODY PLEASE THEIR FAMILY OVER? YES.
MICROPHONE NUMBER, FAMILY MEMBERS DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.
SO, I MEAN, UNFORTUNATELY THEY, YOU KNOW, DIDN'T WANNA LEAVE.
I MEAN, THEY DIDN'T WANNA LEAVE, THEY
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LEFT.BUT MY QUESTION WAS GONNA BE WHAT KIA BROUGHT UP? WHAT DOES, BECAUSE SOMETIMES PEOPLE ARE FALLING ON ON HARD TIMES.
YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN TO THE OFFICE TO TRY TO WORK THINGS OUT, WHATEVER, RECENTLY WE WAS ABLE TO GET SOME THINGS TOGETHER.
BUT IT SHOULDN'T BE ABOUT, WELL, SINCE YOU ARE BEHIND ON YOUR RENT, THEN YOU GET, UM, YOU KNOW, THE BASICS TAKEN AWAY THAT, THAT BASICS THAT SHOULDN'T EVEN, LIKE EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE RIGHTS TO, YOU KNOW.
SO IT SHOULDN'T BE ABOUT LIKE, OH, WELL THIS PERSON'S BEHIND ON THEIR RENT OR THAT PERSON, YOU KNOW, I COULD SEE IF SOMEONE JUST IS DELIBERATELY NOT PAYING THEIR RENT FOR LIKE 10 MONTHS STRAIGHT.
BUT SOMETIMES PEOPLE DO FALL ON HARD TIMES.
THEY FALL BEHIND, THEY CATCH UP, THEY FALL BEHIND, THEY CATCH UP.
IF, YOU KNOW, UM, I, I, YOU KNOW, A PERSON SHOULDN'T, YOU KNOW, NOT HAVE, UH, THE EXTERMINATOR COME OVER TO THEIR HOUSE BECAUSE THEY'RE BEHIND ON THEIR RENT.
IS IS IT THAT, WHAT HAPPENED? WHAT HAPPENS? IT, IT, I'M, I'M, IT'S TOO BAD WE DIDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AND MR. SOJA HAD HAD SAID THAT HE COULD ONLY STAY A SHORT WHILE.
BUT YOU KNOW, I, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT IF, IF YOU HAS HAVE YOU PUT THIS INTO WRITING AND, AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PUT THIS ALL INTO WRITING MS. CLE, MAYBE SHE COULD TAKE IT ALL AND THEN SEND IT TO THE MANAGEMENT AND YOU CAN COPY US ON IT.
THAT WOULD BE, BUT, BUT YOU SAID, YOU SAID YOU DIDN'T HAVE RODENTS.
NO, I, I SAID I DIDN'T HAVE MICE.
OH, YOU, I HAVE ROACHES IN MY KITCHEN NOW.
I HADN'T, I HADN'T HAD ROACHES SINCE 2013.
AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN BACK IN APRIL, I STARTED SEEING ROACHES IN MY KITCHEN.
AND YOU'VE BEEN SIGNING UP EVERY MONTH TO GET THE, TO GET THE EXTERMINATOR.
ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO SIGN UP EVERY MONTH OR JUST YEAH, I THINK THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE SAYING.
MAYBE THAT'S, IT'S, IT'S, I I, I'VE MISUNDERSTOOD, BUT JUST, JUST TO BE SURE, YOU KNOW, ONLY DOUBLE CHECK THAT POLICY.
YOU, YOU ONLY SUPPOSED TO SIGN UP ONE TIME AND, AND THEN THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO COME EVERY MONTH.
UM, A LOT OF US HAVE NOT SEEN THE EXTERMINATOR IN MONTHS AND BACK IN APRIL I STARTED SEEING THEM.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS THAT THEY SAY, UH, WHENEVER THERE'S REPAIRS THAT NEED TO BE MADE, I STILL HAVE A DOOR LEANING AGAINST MY WALL WHEN THEY, THEY SAY, WE'LL GET TO IT WHEN WE GET TO IT BECAUSE THE, THE MAINTENANCE GUYS, THERE'S, THERE'S SO OVERWORKED THAT THERE'S JUST NOT, NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE THAT, THAT THEY'RE SAYING THERE'S NOT ENOUGH MAINTENANCE MEN TO COMPLETE THE WORK.
SO IT'LL BE MONTHS AND MONTHS AND MONTHS BEFORE ANYTHING GETS DONE.
I, LIKE I SAID, OKAY, SO, SO THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY IS NOT PERFORMING.
YOU HAVE TO KEEP TRACK OF THAT.
AND IF, IF MR. SOJA FINDS OUT THAT THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY THAT HE'S HIRED ISN'T DOING THEIR JOB, THEN HE CAN TAKE THEM TO TASK.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I I'D SUGGEST THAT EVERYBODY KEEP TRACK OF THAT WHEN YOU CALLED, WHEN YOU MADE REQUESTS AND, AND THE, WHEN THEY SHOWED UP.
MAYBE THAT'S THE ONLY THING I CAN THINK OF THAT WE CAN GIVE ADVICE ON.
AND I DO THINK THAT, WELL, I THINK, YOU KNOW WHAT, I THINK THAT FROM, FROM THIS IN MEETING, I FEEL, YOU KNOW, YOU MADE A, A VALID POINT.
YOU KNOW, ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY'S BEHIND THE RENT, SAY ONE MONTH OR TWO MONTHS, YOU KNOW, IT'S DIFFERENT THAN IF SOMEBODY'S BEHIND THEIR RENT, SAY FOR 10 MONTHS.
SO I'M THINKING THAT MAYBE WHAT YOU COULD DO IS MAYBE AS A TENANTS, YOU KNOW, GROUP, MAYBE YOU COULD COME UP AND, UH, DON'T LIKE COMPLAIN ABOUT LIKE, EVERYTHING, BUT JUST SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS, THIS IS BASICALLY ONE OR TWO THINGS THAT WE THINK, UH, WE HOPE THAT YOU TAKE A LOOK AT.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO BE, YOU KNOW, REASONABLE.
WE REALIZE, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED THE REVENUE.
BECAUSE IF THEY DON'T HAVE THE, IF PEOPLE AREN'T PAYING THEIR RENT, THEN THEY, THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO.
UH, THEY, THEY, NO, BUT I'M SAYING IF PEOPLE AREN'T PAYING THEIR RENT, THEY CAN'T PROVIDE THE SERVICES BECAUSE IT'S A BUSINESS.
ON THE OTHER HAND, IF, UM, IF YOU KNOW SOMEBODY'S BEHIND ONE MONTH OR, UH, YOU KNOW, OR, OR OR TWO MONTHS AND, AND YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY HAVE A HISTORY OF CATCHING UP.
EVEN IF SOMEBODY PAID THEIR RENT, THEY STILL DON'T PERFORM.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, BUT IRIS, KEN, THEY STILL CAN'T FIX A CLOSET DOOR.
NO, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? EVERY TIME I'VE, EVERY TIME PEOPLE HAVE EMAILED ME, I HAVE ALWAYS TENDS HAVE EMAILED ME.
I ALWAYS RESPOND AND I ALWAYS RESPOND IMMEDIATE.
AND USUALLY WHEN, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE COMPLAIN TO, TO ME, I'LL SEND IT TO MARK.
AND USUALLY MOST OF THE TIMES IN RECENT MONTHS, HE'S BEEN RESPONSIVE.
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GONNA HAVE TO, I'VE, I'M GONNA HAVE TO DO AGENDA REVIEW BY EMAIL.YOU KNOW WHAT? ANYBODY I STILL GONNA ASK YOU, LEMME SAY SOMETHING.
ANYBODY COULD EMAIL ME SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
WAIT, CAN I, WE HAVE TO END AT SIX.
WE HAVE OTHER THINGS ON THE AGENDA.
SO WAIT, SO THERE WAS STILL ONE REALLY COME UP WITH LIKE, I STILL DIDN'T GET TO MY LAST, I STILL DIDN'T GET TO MY LAST SUGGESTIONS THAT I COULD FORWARD TO.
I STILL DIDN'T GET TO, TO MY LAST POINT THAT I WAS, I WANTED TO MAKE TO MARK BEFORE HE LEFT.
I WAS GOING TO ASK IF IT'S POSSIBLE THAT, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE THERE'S SOME PLACES WHERE THE SECURITY CAMERAS ARE NOT.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I HAVE MY SON.
SOMETIMES WE, SOMETIMES THE ELEVATORS ARE BROKEN, SO WE GOTTA GO UP AND DOWN THE STAIRS.
BUT THERE'S PEE ON THE STAIRS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, PEOPLE ARE USING THE RESTROOM AND THE STAIRWELLS, YOU KNOW, SO THINGS NOT TENANTS EITHER.
THEY'RE NOT EVEN TENANTS DON'T LIVE THERE.
AND SO THINGS LIKE THAT, I WANTED TO BRING THAT TO HIS ATTENTION TO SEE IF IT'S POSSIBLE.
LIKE, I, I, I'M NOT TRYING TO BE COMBATIVE OR ANYTHING.
I'M JUST TRYING TO SAY THIS IS A PROBLEM.
HOW CAN WE FIX THIS? WHY DON'T YOU FORM A TENANT GROUP? OH, WE HAD A TENANTS ASSOCIATION HERE.
UH, WHEN I FIRST GOT IN, WE DID WHY DON'T YOU FORM ANOTHER TENANT GROUP AND THEN I WILL MEET WITH YOU.
I'LL FOLLOW UP ON THE COMPLAINTS AND I'LL TRY MY BEST TO, UH, TO HELP YOU.
I'LL HAVE A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE.
WE'LL, IT WON'T BE CONFRONTATIONAL, YOU KNOW, WE'LL, WE'LL COME UP WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'LL ANALYZE THE POLICIES AND UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE COULD, UH, ENCOURAGE, YOU KNOW, MORE, YOU KNOW, MARK TO, UM, UH, TO WORK WITH YOU.
BECAUSE I FEEL THAT, YOU KNOW, HE'S FRUSTRATED BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, HE FEELS THAT HE'S TRYING.
SO THE THING IS, IF, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PUTTING HIS BACK ON AND SAYING, OH YOU, THIS IS HORRIBLE.
YOU'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING, THEN HE'S NOT GONNA WANNA WORK WITH YOU.
BUT IF WE ARE ALL WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP TOGETHER, I REALLY BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE PROGRESS.
SO IF YOU WANNA FORM A TENNIS GROUP, I USED TO BE A TENNIS ORGANIZER BEFORE.
THEN I WILL ATTEND SOME OF YOUR MEETINGS AND I WILL, UH, I WILL, UM, WORK WITH YOU UNTIL EVERYBODY HERE IS SMILING.
THERE'S NO REASON NOT EVERYBODY IS BEHIND IN THEIR RENT THAT PLACE.
SO WHY DO HE WANT TO KNOW EVERYONE'S PRIVATE BUSINESS? BECAUSE WE ARE PREDOMINANTLY, YEAH, I'M CALLING YOU.
WE ARE PREDOMINANTLY BLACK SINGLE FE FEMALES OVER THE MR. SJA, MR. SJA DIDN'T ASK THAT.
I REMEMBER THERE WERE PROBLEMS IN THE BUILDING OVER, YOU KNOW, OVER THE, OVER THE YEARS.
YOU KNOW, YOU'VE HAD, I MEAN, YOU'VE SAID THAT THERE WERE ABANDONED CARS AND ALL THAT, YOU KNOW, SO THE THING IS, SO, SO HE'S TRYING TO CLEAN IT UP.
HE WANTS TO, HE WANTS EVERYBODY TO BE SAFE, UH, YOU KNOW, TO FEEL SAFE.
BUT WE'RE WILLING TO WORK WITH HIM ON THAT TOO.
SO THAT, THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING DO THE TENANT GROUP.
I WILL WORK WITH YOU AND WE WILL MAKE, WE WILL MAKE THIS THE BEST, UH, APARTMENT COMPLEX IN THE TOWN.
BUT YOU COME IN HERE, YOU GUYS ARE GIVING HIM TAX WRITE OFFS, GIVING HIM ALL THIS STUFF.
OKAY? HE STILL SHOULD HAVE RESPECT FOR THE PEOPLE.
HE SHOULD HAVE RESPECT FOR US.
NO, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL WORK WITH IT.
SO WHY ARE YOU TREATING US? WHY IS HE TREATING US THIS WAY? MY THING IS, THIS IS 2023.
I, SO MY WHOLE CONCERN JUST BASED ON, YOU KNOW, I GUESS HE GOT FLUSTERED AND HE LEFT OR WHATEVER, BUT HE REPEATEDLY SAID, YOU KNOW, UM, IF YOU KNOW YOU PAID YOUR RENT, THEN THIS, THIS, THAT, AND THE THIRD.
THAT'S NOT MY MANAGEMENT'S PROBLEM.
MY WHOLE THING IS THIS, THIS IS A, A NEW MANAGEMENT.
THEY HAVEN'T BEEN IN THE OFFICE THAT LONG.
I'VE BEEN AT THESE APARTMENTS SINCE, UM, DECEMBER 1ST, 2011.
AND THIS IS ALWAYS BEEN THE PROBLEM SINCE, UH, SINCE WHEN I MOVED IN.
SO, AND WE'VE, AND I, WE'VE HAD AT LEAST NINE, I THINK MAYBE THIS MIGHT BE THE NINTH PERSON IN THE MANAGEMENT OFFICE.
SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE MANAGE THINGS.
PLEASE FORGIVE ME FOR CALLING YOU BY YOUR FIRST NAME.
DIDN'T WRITE DOWN YOUR LAST NAME.
AND I, I DIDN'T ACT FAST ENOUGH.
IT'S NOT, THIS IS NOT, SO IF, IF, IF, IF THE SUPERVISOR MADE A GOOD SUGGESTION TO HAVE, UH, TO HOW CAN YOU AS AN OWNER SIT HERE AND, AND THEN WALK OUT ON YOUR TENANT FIRST IT WAS TOLD THAT HE WASN'T COMING HERE.
NO, BUT THAT'S WHY, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A 10.
WE HAVE TO, TO BE FAIR THOUGH, TO BE FAIR, LET'S BE FAIR, IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE 10 MINUTES FOR EACH SIDE SO HE'D HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
IT WAS 22 MINUTES BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE NOT GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE PARKING.
THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT RODENTS AND THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT OTHER ISSUES, RIGHT? THE LETTER SAID PARKING, WE UNDERSTAND, BUT WE, WE STILL WANNA MEET WITH THEM.
WE NEED, WE NEED, WE NEED TO SHUT DOWN AT SIX O'CLOCK.
WELL, YOU, BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE A AGENDA REVIEW.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS EXPLAINING TO YOU, IRIS.
SOMETHING IF YOU FORM, WE'LL PARTICIPATE.
I UNDERSTAND EVERYBODY'S EMOTION.
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JUST GOTTA FIGURE OUT HIM TO DO, IS TO RESPOND IN WRITING TO THE QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE ASKING.THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT ARE WRONG WITH THE WORLD.
ALRIGHT? LET'S JUST BE OPTIMISTIC AND SAY WE'RE GONNA BE SUCCESSFUL.
WE'RE GONNA WORK IN COOPERATION WITH MR. SOJA, WITH THE TOWN BOARD.
UH, WE'RE GONNA FORM A ATTENDANCE GROUP AND WE'RE GONNA MAKE THINGS, AND WE'RE GONNA WORK IN COOPERATION.
AND WE'RE GONNA START SAYING THAT LITTLE, THE SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT YOU HAVE, WE'LL GET ADDRESSED.
I JUST GOT A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS.
FIRST, ALL I, I, I PROMISE YOU, I PROMISE YOU WE'RE GONNA MAKE AN MOTION.
AND YOU CAN STAY AND WE CAN TALK AND WE CAN VOTE ALL YOU WANT.
HAVE SOME PEOPLE THAT HAVE TO LEAVE.
SO I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADJOURNED.
WE WANT THE PLACE TO BE PAINTED TOO.
SECOND, SINCE HE BOUGHT IT, HE HASNT A AYE, PAUL.