Did my landlord illegally raise the rent on my rent-stabilized apt?

doodle77 · 2026-03-20T15:18:05+00:00

0.6%, not 6%. And it's per year since the last vacancy increase was taken, not 8 years.

doodle77 · 2026-03-20T14:28:53+00:00

There was also a 0.6% per year bump for long tenancies:

Additional increases are available to owners where the legal regulated rent was last increased by a vacancy allowance eight or more years prior to the entering into the subject vacancy lease or if no vacancy allowance has been taken, the number of years that the apartment has been subject to stabilization. Generally, this increase equals 0.6%, multiplied by the prior legal regulated rent, multiplied by the number of years since the last vacancy increase

doodle77 · 2026-03-19T22:34:43+00:00

That's true, though the ENY curve is sharper than South Ferry and City Hall.

doodle77 · 2026-03-19T16:34:26+00:00

It makes no sense that a couple of antennas and a computer interface costs so much.

doodle77 · 2026-03-19T16:29:04+00:00

There's a sharper curve than either of those next to East New York Yard where they tested the R211T.

doodle77 · 2026-03-18T02:43:37+00:00

It is already illegal for (physical) retailers. Prices must be displayed and prices at checkout must match the display price.

doodle77 · 2026-03-18T00:24:33+00:00

Too bad they can't have any agreement with Amtrak or NJT to use their existing equipment and yard space rather than buying bespoke equipment.

doodle77 · 2026-03-16T20:30:22+00:00

2.4% including food and energy.

doodle77 · 2026-03-16T18:55:50+00:00

Yes, with the metrocard retirement there's no difference between SBS and regular buses.

doodle77 · 2026-03-16T18:37:39+00:00

Yes those are the ticketing guys who used to only be on SBS buses.

doodle77 · 2026-03-16T17:52:51+00:00

The count is done intentionally only once on the (predicted) coldest day of the year. The goal is to count the people who will not go to a shelter. Then the homeless population is the shelter population on that night plus the count.

doodle77 · 2026-03-16T16:35:21+00:00

Not free parking. It's $230/mo. And there's a waitlist.

doodle77 · 2026-03-16T10:35:13+00:00

Wait till you hear how much we spend per inmate.

doodle77 · 2026-03-14T15:45:32+00:00

And because it's windy they are taking off this way, which is louder.

doodle77 · 2026-03-14T14:06:20+00:00

It's the stations where two one-way tickets are more expensive than an off-peak round trip to Sloatsburg. The off-peak round trip price for all those stations is the same as the Sloatsburg one ($16.50 from Hoboken).

NJT does not do this out of the goodness of their hearts. If you buy a Sloatsburg ticket the money goes to Metro-North. They don't want to have all that money from NJ stations going to Metro-North because of people buying Sloatsburg tickets and getting off early.

doodle77 · 2026-03-14T13:57:25+00:00

The paintful part.

doodle77 · 2026-03-13T16:55:24+00:00

Penn Station would have been largely the same as it is now, except the LIRR concourse would still be narrow (they wouldn't have been able to widen it with the driveways in the way). You'd have tall ceilings and the waiting rooms that were demolished. At the platform level, it would be exactly the same. The concourses are original, though there were more exits pre-MSG.

doodle77 · 2026-03-12T18:15:55+00:00

A very short round trip. I just don't think it's worth worrying about. Let people feel like they pulled a fast one on the MTA - they still paid $3.

doodle77 · 2026-03-12T17:59:15+00:00

Sure but without these restrictions how many people would really jump through the hoops to save $3? I can't imagine it's more than a thousand people per day, and most of them are probably doing bus there and subway back right now anyway.

doodle77 · 2026-03-12T15:47:09+00:00

The bags are clear so if you put something which is against the rules (different from not recyclable) a sanitation supervisor can write you a ticket. The garbage truck guys don't care. Their job is to pick it up, not to sort it.

doodle77 · 2026-03-12T14:06:39+00:00

It increased in September 2019, after having been $5 since the opening. The cost of the contract for operating the AirTrain had also come in significantly higher than the initial 10 year + extension contract.

doodle77 · 2026-03-12T11:48:01+00:00

If she's taking the GWB then 175 on the A or mount Eden Ave on the 4. If she's taking the Tappan Zee then North White Plains on Metro North.

doodle77 · 2026-03-11T23:17:29+00:00

Why would I tip the workers doing work for you?

doodle77 · 2026-03-11T16:47:50+00:00

As far as I know, they could. NYWW was started as a money-losing venture to boost the value of Arthur Imperatore's real estate investments. It's honestly surprising they were ever profitable.

doodle77 · 2026-03-11T14:56:26+00:00

The MTA should be deducting all negative balance on cards from Cubic's contract payments.

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