Great article. Increases do skyrocket. Gateway has 1700 Apts so 5 who get the benefit don't bother me and I live there and I am not subsidized. They were there when the law was passed so they have the right. Having a second home also if you bought a while ago was not out of reach for middle income earners. It may be now. For some it's also retirement. It sounds like previous poster is mad about the land lease however Lefrak negotiated and not the tenants if there was no deal with tenats they would keep the entire benefit so it still would help you. Additionally the rents are not reduced, the increases are capped. — I live here on Gateway tenants battling to keep rents ‘affordable’

16 Hudson is the Brushstroke space, for Marc Forgione. — N on Community Board 1 agendas for September

If you're so jealous of these "5 people" that you supposedly know, you should just out them and have them kicked out. You can't use outlying examples of people that are gaming the system as a reason to not have something in place that helps hundreds of others get some of the assistance that they need. — lowphat on Gateway tenants battling to keep rents ‘affordable’

As a dog lover and dog owner, it is baffling to me and maddening that some people do not clean up after their pups. BUT, some of the other complaints here are also baffling. There is ONE dead tree on the south side of N. Moore St (where I have lived for over 40 years), destroyed by the construction and scaffolding, not by pee. I'll wait for better evidence that the trees in the neighborhood are being killed off by dog urine. And far more disgusting and dangerous as a public health nuisance than dog waste is the ever-worsening litter by humans in the neighborhood of food - all over the place. Chambers St at midnight last night between Greenwich and Hudson was like a horror movie of chicken bones and debris. And, just for another perspective on the proliferation of dog ownership, here you go: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/31/opinion/dogs-democracy.html OK, bring on the backlash! — Loren on Crowd Sourcing: The poop problem

Anonymous sounds bitter with owning woes. Stabilizing housing has long proven to be good for public schools, building and maintaining communities. There are people who started out stabilized and worked hard to make it...so it helped them succeed fiscally. Do those few still need the stabilization, probably not but they have either been at Gateway to help build BPC in the early years or rebuild the neighborhood after 9/11. Throwing out an entire plan to maintain some level of affordable rents Downtown duebto a few is short sighted at best. There are far more families & indies who get squeezed out of the neighborhood due to rising rents. Moreover, each building in BPC has its own separate deal for their land lease, affirming affordability in one does not penalize the others or cause them to pay more. If that was the case then when every new building went up, every other building should've gone down and that's not how it worked. BPCA collects more than it needs and gives NYC & the State the extra every year. It needs to ensure that this is a sustainable area in all levels. — KT on Gateway tenants battling to keep rents ‘affordable’

Same problem here across the bridge in North Jersey. Owners want to have a dog but not the responsibility to clean up after them. — Dano on Crowd Sourcing: The poop problem

I agree with Anonymous. There are so many people who live in NYC who don’t even get the chance to live in a tent stabilized home. They are hard to find and acquire. With that being said, the more needful citizens deserve rent stabilization vs people who can both afford a home in Manhattan and in the Hamptons. Take me for example, I make maybe $500 a week, I just graduated college, and I was living by myself... paying $1659.00 a month plus utilities and internet (so basically 2k a month) to live in a one bedroom in a nasty part of Astoria by the projects. I couldn’t afford to do that so I was forced to move into an apartment with three other people. That’s four people in an apartment. That’s a lot of people and personalities. I should be able to have a one bedroom in Manhattan for a price I can afford, but I have not had any luck getting affordable housing through the government. It’s hard and I think should be given to people who really need it. If you have money... suck it up. Be thankful you have money. Don’t use the system so you can save a lot of money and then go buy a home elsewhere. Think about all of the other people who are barely scraping by. — Andrew on Gateway tenants battling to keep rents ‘affordable’

Good ol' Travis can breathe in all the lovely, clean air towering over the tunnel. Who in their right mind would ever buy in that area...don't answer that! But the guy is rich so he'll leave his penthouse and crawl into the awaiting VIA where he can make new friends. — TG on In the News: Case dismissed for 9/11 workers at Stuy

You know "Anonymous" I've heard your same tired rhetoric for years. Rent stabilization shouldn't be exclusive rather inclusive. It helps a city maintain stability and keeps the work force housed and spending their hard earned money. You choose to buy property on leased land and hopefully your lawyer conducted their due diligence properly and you knew what you were getting yourself into with the high monthlies but it is apples and oranges my friend. Don't be bitter. — TG on Gateway tenants battling to keep rents ‘affordable’

Hmm, that isn't really the way it works Jack otherwise Kansas would be paying for their own tornado repairs! — TG on Seen & Heard: Frankly Wines doubles down

The worst street by far is North Moore between Greenwich and the West Side Highway on the south side. In addition to sullied sidewalks. every tree is dead because of this. Who is responsible for this stretch of sidewalk? — Heide Fasnacht on Crowd Sourcing: The poop problem

I think it’s all the entitled people in this neighborhood who think that the rules don’t apply to them, or who are too busy on their phones making deals and don’t care. It’s poop. It’s dogs not on leashes. It’s so, so many dogs in WHOLE FOODS!!!!! — Bec Solo on Crowd Sourcing: The poop problem

I live in Gateway and make less than 90000 as a teacher. I do not have a home in the Hamptons (see previous comment). I have one son. My husband died. He was in school at the time. I have lived in Gateway since before 9/11. If stabilization is not extended, I do not know what we will do. I guess I will have to give up my job and move with my son to another state. I cannot afford to pay 3000 -5000 for a Gateway apt. — Sarah on Gateway tenants battling to keep rents ‘affordable’

Is this Mr Lefrak writing? No one I knows in Gateway owns a home in the Hamptons! You are tone deaf. Most stabilized tenants are middle class families who were the first ones to come back to BPC after 9/11 when there were no groceries stores and fires burning! Most stabilized tenants will not be able to live in NYC if stabilization ends. — Richard on Gateway tenants battling to keep rents ‘affordable’

Love the photo! Maybe this can be a new version of "Where in Tribeca?"? — Jim Smithers on Crowd Sourcing: The poop problem

This is an unique issue to those making a decision to own pets. Being inconsiderate by littering, etc... is an issue, but not the same. The issue of dog waste has definitely gotten much worse in the past few years. Walk along any street and there will be poop somewhere. It is disgusting and unsanitary. Come out to the parks in the early morning and you will see owners letting their dogs do their business on the lawns. Of course most try to pick up, but how clean does it get on grass and soil. Worse yet, are those who just leave it (or smudges of it) around. I have countless examples. Think about that as you roll around the lawns... I don't anymore. Some stretches of streets are particularly bad because there are less storefronts I gather -- the Warren street side of 234, Warren between River Terrace and West Street and Reade between Hudson and Greenwich. This is a public health nuisance. There needs to be real enforcement and consequences or, perhaps, impose the cost on all dog owners to make it self-enforcing. — Kacee on Crowd Sourcing: The poop problem

Can this be filed under littering please? I am a responsible dog owner and it indeed drives me nuts when others are not responsible about dog waste. But it also drives me nuts that drivers dump their water bottles filled with urine in the street, or cars that don't move for alternate side, and we end up with litter filled streets. The common link is BE RESPONSIBLE and considerate of others. — Rose on Crowd Sourcing: The poop problem

I personally know 5 people who live in gateway and who also own homes in the Hamptons. Several of these people live in combined apartments- over 2000 square feet- and are most definitely NOT paying market rent for these units. People like me, who purchased apartments in BPC, are essentially subsidizing the tenants at gateway with our outrageously high common charges to cover the obscene break in the ground lease that LeFrak managed to negotiate. I’m all for affordable housing for people who actually qualify and it is no doubt needed in this expensive neighborhood. But owning a second home AND snagging a reduced rent unit? Not fair or right. — Anonymous on Gateway tenants battling to keep rents ‘affordable’

And to throw more wood on this fire, how about keeping dogs out of our tree pits. Dog urine is highly toxic and kills flowers and trees. — G on Crowd Sourcing: The poop problem

Go look up Independence Plaza and the battle with Larry Glick. We were there before Gateway and we lost the fight a long time ago. Its very sad how they want to " build affordable housing" when it already exist. The Politian's are full of it. We all built these neighborhoods and slowly had to leave because we couldn't " afford" to live here. The new tenants are in and out like a revolving door. Independence Plaza lost their fight. Good luck to Gateway. — Native on Gateway tenants battling to keep rents ‘affordable’

https://www.instagram.com/diana_wege/ — anonomiss on Nosy Neighbor: Who hung this painting in Cortlandt Alley?

It's definitely worse. I tend to place the most blame on the "professional" dog walkers who walk multiple dogs at a time and don't see (or care to see) everything that each dog does. Then there are the entitled owners that let their dog run around without a leash in the parks that are clearly signed as not allowing dogs. — lowphat on Crowd Sourcing: The poop problem

My bad, Sam. It was a typo. I meant to type Fonzie Scheme (Google it). I sure hope you're better at collecting donations than you're at detecting sarcasm. Might be helpful to provide information on the FFS group - its founders, officers, board of directors, is it a 501c3? Celebrities' accountants like to know these basic things when donations are being solicited. I am starting a new group to beautify Tribeca and/or my apartment called Friends of Jim Smithers. I will only accept laundered cash in brown envelopes slid under my door under the cover of darkness. — Jim Smithers on Friends of Finn Square: Making the most of 1/10th of an acre

This is a taco joint, bro...and they do a pretty decent job of bringing the cuisine (and culture) to NYC - which is, in general, a Mexican food wasteland littered with poorly facsimiled renditions. "Love" your logic - "Hey, let's make this all about me and my chosen dietary preferences and misplaced (and possibly misguided) philosophies...and to h3ll with a talented chef's rendition of Mexican cuisine." Meat is delicious. Los Tacos No. 1 is delicious. Other people agree with me and vote with their wallets - which is evidenced by the long lines at all of their locations. Actually, I prefer that they're "keeping things real," because the lines will be marginally shorter without the presence of egocentric vegans with their self-absorbed dogmas. And lastly, I hope you've eaten lots of tortillas in your lifetime - more often than not, they (or at least the good ones) are made with lard. — Tex Mex Rex on Los Tacos No. 1 is open

Anyone remember Anbar Shoes on Duane or Reade between Broadway & Church? They moved around the block a few times. Pretty good quality shoes. — Doxie on Seen & Heard: A piece of Chambers Street uncovered