the gloves are off

Category: Unresponsive Management

  • Gotham faces $600,000+ judgment

    Gotham has been ordered to pay its rent.

    Since April of 2020 Gotham has refused to pay rent on its swanky office digs on Park Avenue South. They didn't like the construction shed on the sidewalk. So they just stopped paying their rent. The landlord sued and won hands down: over $600,000 in back rent plus damages and attorneys fees. 

    Of course, Gotham makes residential tenants in its own buildings wade through dog poop and urine on the sidewalk but still expects tenants to pay their rent. Here's a pretty picture of what Gotham's tenants deal with day in and day out in front of the building:

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    Imagine slip-sliding through that to get in the door. 

    Poor David Picket, Gotham owner. He can't screw his own landlord out of $600,000 in rent so he'll beat up on disabled, elderly, and poor tenants in his buildings by revoking utility rent credits that have been guaranteed in their leases. The tenants are suing, too, but Gotham is afraid to answer the complaint. They keep begging for extensions of time to figure out a response.

    Judgment Day is coming.

     

     

     

  • “Oh, no!! My tax returns and bank statements are published on the internet!!”

     
    Have you ever had that nightmare? Not yet, you say? Well, Gotham wants to bring it closer to a reality for you. And, oh, they are being so cool and casual about it.
     
    Just email us your Social Security number, your tax returns, all your bank statements, all your investment account statements, your wage & salary information, and every occupant's email address, they’re demanding in conjunction with the current certifications for LIHTC tenants. 
     
    No mention of security for the electronic files. 
     
    No promises not to share the documents with anyone who wants to see them. 
     
    No promises that employees won’t stick them on a flash drive and take them home for their own use. 
     
    No privacy policy whatsoever.
     
    If you want to increase the chances that your Social Security number and financial records will show up on the internet for purchase or for anyone’s use, please immediately send all of your most private financial information via email to Gotham as they are demanding. If you want to risk having the information that you give to them about your children show up on a website somewhere, go ahead and freely email the information to Gotham.
     
    Gotham is trying to claim that the electronic files are necessary because they are working remotely. That’s a lie. Office employees are seen on the property everyday. And the sad truth is that there are so many empty apartments that every office employee could have his own office-apartment with private bathroom and kitchen. Furthermore, if it’s not safe for Gotham employees to work on site, is it safe for tenants to live here?!
     
    Tenants should demand to continue to mail or deliver in a sealed envelope to the concierge desk their certification materials. Demand that Gotham NOT EMAIL any documents that include Social Security number or financial information to you for signing via DocuSign. DocuSign is not safe. That company has had high profile hacks of sensitive data. 
     
    Tenants should also demand to see Gotham Organization's Privacy Policy with regard to tenants’ financial records. What legitimate company in the 21st century doesn’t promote its concern for privacy of records? A person can’t even buy dog food on the internet at Mr. Chewy without encountering a Privacy Policy. Where is Gotham’s Privacy Policy? 
     
     

  • 2020 Utility Allowances

  • Utility Allowance Theft by Gotham Organization

    We received a couple of requests for these DHCR complaint forms which will come in useful if Gotham West Management fails to correct all of the LIHTC renewal leases which it knows illegally eliminated the Utility Allowance.

    Make no mistake about it – this is not a situation in which Gotham West has made innocent mistakes or the result of simple incompetence on the part of its employee, Amine Ourahou, who is pushing these faulty renewal leases onto tenants. This is a planned strategy to cheat LIHTC tenants out of their Utility Allowances. It is a crafted conspiracy to steal tenants' Utility Allowances and pocket them.

    It is theft.

    It is such a shame that David Picket's Gotham Organization doesn't maintain employees who are skilled enough and talented enough to be successful without cheating less fortunate people. 

    Download DHCR Tenant Complaint Form–failure to renew lease

    Download Ra89–rent-overcharge

     

  • Welcome to all Gotham West NYC tenants

    Due to the escalating number of occurrences in which Gotham Organization's management has overcharged tenants and stripped tenants of rights guaranteed by their leases and/or Gotham West's owner's agreement with the New York Housing Finance Authority (HFA), it has becoming necessary to begin the process of formally organizing.

    You are invited to participate on this site through comments – particularly if you are a tenant in Gotham West at 510 W. 45th St., 511 W. 44th St., 530 W. 45th St., or 550 W. 45th St. If you reside in another Gotham Organization property and are aware of shady dealings, please feel free to contribute. Click on the individual post title to either read or write comments.

    Email addresses are required for all comments but will never be published. Anyone who wants their own email published should put it in the text of their comment. It is recommended that you not use your real name or apartment number since we're sure that Gotham West Management will have their eyes on this site day and night. Comments are moderated and will appear after site administrators have reviewed them. If the comment requires revision, site administrators will email the contributor — that's the only reason emails are required.

    Now, let's get down to business.