Didn't you already post this here?

Anyway, your best starting point might be to consult an attorney.

You could also try submitting a complaint to the state Attorney General: https://ag.ny.gov/consumer-frauds/Filing-a-Consumer-Complaint

Have you tweeted at them? Sometimes that works.

sToP WHinING

Renovating the units is at least in part expensive due to zoning regulations, per the article. We should look for opportunities to remove these obstacles where they make sense. This reduces the cost of reno.

Bringing more apartments into the supply has a rent reducing effect.

Financial district was significantly cheaper than most of Manhattan up until a few years ago, despite the expense of renovating apartments down there.

That was quite cruel of me when I mocked the “420” in the username of a man who is obviously a very serious person worthy of respect.

only if we don’t make exceptions for this once-in-lifetime pandemic event. why don’t our politicians have any imagination for doing what would benefit the city?

Yes, when you can't win resort to insults. You are always in these threads taking it on the chin; I guess masochism is a valid kink.

what's FMV on an empty, money-losing office building with zero prospects ? $1 ?

It's a very difficult architectural task, depending on the floorplate. Lots of office buildings have way too few windows relative to their surface areas, and people don't want long skinny apartments with just one or two windows.

much of the challenge seems to be zoning, conversion laws created before the pandemic and developers whining for tax breaks. I also don’t understand how we have politicians who don’t support doing everything in their power to remove the red tape and allow owners to convert their buildings more easily.

That's pretty rich considering the real estate lobby is able to buy decisions that favor them all the time. The problem is these conversions will cost money and hurt their profits in the short term and they don't like that. They'd rather sit with easy excuses and write the temporarily money-losing properties off against their profitable ones.

https://reddit.com/r/nyc/comments/11dbqqj/_/ja85tpr/?context=1

"Elijah Muhammad told the annual Savior's Day convention on February 26 that "Malcolm X got just what he preached," but denied any involvement with the murder.[58] "We didn't want to kill Malcolm and didn't try to kill him," Muhammad said, adding "We know such ignorant, foolish teachings would bring him to his own end." from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Malcolm_X#:~:text=Elijah%20Muhammad%20told%20the%20annual,him%20to%20his%20own%20end.%22

Regardless of who is was actually responsible for the killing, this seems hugely insulting to put this on Malcolm X blvd.

I won't claim to be an expert on this. Is there context I'm missing? What does Malcolm X's family think of Elijah Muhammad?

The FiDi ones that were converted had the floorplates to do so. I'm 100% certain that ANY current office building owner that has a floorplate (and zoning!) that even kind of works will do the same. Unfortunately, the big towers in Midtown generally do not fall in this category, so the owners are stuck.

We shouldn't care about the owners, but we SHOULD care about the tax base.

On a humid 95 degree summer day you might want to re-think that

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The Taxi and Limousine Commission, the government agency that regulates this stuff in NYC. They probably won't do anything to Lyft, but they can certainly deal with the driver.

The BBB is not a government agency or enforcement body, it's just Yelp with a name designed so that gullible people will think they're more official than they are. And, like yelp, it's a pay for ratings scheme.

Taxi and Limousine Commission. They oversee all yellow cab, green cab, ride shares, etc in NYC.

I liked living in Midtown near Grand Central, because I could walk to my office in under 10 minutes, and get to anywhere else in the city very quickly via Grand Central, or even by walking. My part of Midtown East/Murray Hill (Park Ave in the 30s) was very residential too.

End of the day, having more units online is better for everyone.

Buildings can “learn to code”

It’s a lot easier to build new residential towers than to convert office towers.

Charge back on your card.

Thanks for the advice. What’s the TLC?

The fee was $80. It’s not the money, it’s the no accountability this company has towards their employees. For me, fine it doesn’t break the bank. But what about people that it’s not the case. What if someone who needs this money is targeted and then like a domino effect they got late fees, and other issues due to this single fraudulent act, and there is not way to fight back because Lyft just closes chats on you. It’s a sad state of affairs.

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