Any brooklyn drivers here?

[rod]

 

[Wally]

NYC mandates that the rent be set at a certain rate in parts of the city.

Yep, and folks feel entitled to $250 a month rent.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Yep, and folks feel entitled to $250 a month rent.

The landlords can't wait until the tenant either moves or dies so that they can jack up the rent.

 

[Operational needs]

Yep, and folks feel entitled to $250 a month rent.

Do the landlords get money from the government to cover the rest of the rent or just the $250 from the tenant?

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Do the landlords get money from the government to cover the rest of the rent or just the $250 from the tenant?

Good question.

I think HUD supplements the shortfall for income eligible tenants.

 

[Operational needs]

Good question.

I think HUD supplements the shortfall for income eligible tenants.

Someone I know is on government housing here. She told me her rent is $165. I almost choked. My rent is $1400 and her townhouse is bigger and newer than mine.

 

[ManInBrown]

Someone I know is on government housing here. She told me her rent is $165. I almost choked. My rent is $1400 and her townhouse is bigger and newer than mine.

That's a disgrace. And she sits home all day watching Jerry Springer while you kill yourself to pay her rent. Absolute disgrace. Vote Republican.

 

[MendozaJ]

Do the landlords get money from the government to cover the rest of the rent or just the $250 from the tenant?

The difference is subsidized by us. Private landlords get even higher subsidies as an incentive to house low income families and even the homeless. At least that's been NYC's solution to affordable housing.

The biggest hypocrite is Mayor de Blasio. He rents his Park Slope home for $4000/mt while living in Gracie Mansion. No rent control for him.

In '01, I saw this sharply dressed guy in the subway (E79th & Lex) shaking hands at the people going by. The vast majority ignored him in their rush. I couldn't place the name with the face, but I knew him from somewhere and he appeared tiny in stature (I'm not a big guy at all), it was the two bodyguards that made him stand out. I made my way over and shook his hand. He introduced himself as Michael Bloomberg. Sorry, that just popped in my head. It's not often you get to shake hands with a billionaire.

Little known fact: Former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg took only $1 salary per year and lived in his own townhouse.

 

[Wally]

That's a disgrace. And she sits home all day watching Jerry Springer while you kill yourself to pay her rent. Absolute disgrace. Vote Republican.

You talkin' crazy man! You want people to work?

 

[Operational needs]

That's a disgrace. And she sits home all day watching Jerry Springer while you kill yourself to pay her rent. Absolute disgrace. Vote Republican.

In her case I'm okay with paying her rent. She lost a leg due to a doctor's malpractice and is trying to get it together. Also, her daughter is mildly retarded and can only do low paying jobs. It's the able bodied, lazy ones who give me heartburn at the thought of paying their rents.

 

[SaladTosser]

I'm on vacation in New York right now. I dunno how you guys deliver in this traffic.

 

[burrheadd]

I'm on vacation in New York right now. I dunno how you guys deliver in this traffic.

Salad Tossing convention ?

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

I'm on vacation in New York right now. I dunno how you guys deliver in this traffic.

There is more to NY than NYC.

 

[Orion inc.]

There is more to NY than NYC.

Long Island?
Ocean side??

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Albany
Syracuse
Rochester
Buffalo
Adirondacks
Lake Champlain

 

[Orion inc.]

Albany
Syracuse
Rochester
Buffalo
Adirondacks
Lake Champlain

I was joking.

I'm aware NY has some nice places

 

[rod]

Albany
Syracuse
Rochester
Buffalo
Adirondacks
Lake Champlain

The BOG

 

[trickpony1]

Maybe Dave could start charging for bus tours of the BOG.....kinda like in Hollywood tours of stars homes?

 

[snarts]

This over sensitive politically correct state will always be blue. Best to just move.

 

[MendozaJ]

I'm on vacation in New York right now. I dunno how you guys deliver in this traffic.

The Manhattan drivers probably average less than three miles a day.