Interesting. And I’m seeing lots of other apps that do this on the App Store so this app isn’t the only one. Wonder which is best?

Why stop there? Dirt is even older.

Yeah for sure, that’s actually why I said “pretty ok” rather than “totally ok” since I do know that older generations still like to use them, but of course those generations are dying out slowly. I actually used a travel agent 11 years ago to help me set up the most efficient trip possible so I could be in certain cities on certain days in order to complete an around the world trip (with a prize involved) in 11 days. Definitely worth it to have an experienced human help me sort out something that was already a bit overwhelming.

>This bill would not increase the burden on tenants vis-à-vis their neighbors.

Yes it would, because we live in the real world, and I explained the reason in the first post. If a tenant is a nuisance, and there's a good cause requirement and they fight it, the landlord (and neighbors) have to prove it in a court of law, whereas right now you can just let the lease expire. That makes the burden exponentially higher.

For example right now if someone smoke in a non-smoking building, its INCREDIBLY difficult to evict them for it unless they straight up admit to it. Even if they do admit to it, they can just go in front of the judge, say "Yeah we stopped yesterday and will never smoke again" (even if its bullshit), and the judge will throw away the case until the landlord has proofs, and it's not like they're allowed to stick cameras in the unit. Basically what goes from "until the lease is done" becomes "until full blown eviction proceedings of the most difficult kind can go through".

That ABSOLUTELY increase the burden of tenants vs their neighbors. Having been in such a situation (as a tenant, not a landlord. Also once as part of a condo association vs someone's tenant) and having had to move mid lease several times in just a few years because of this bullshit, I've got hit first hand. Its not fun.

We live in a world where there's a very complex legal system. Laws exist inside that system, so its important to consider how they impact that system in practice, not just on paper.

I have plenty of free time during day job. Currently compiling. Feel free to ignore my predictions of what will happen. Just like in 2019

There are caves in Inwood hill park where natives used to live, highest natural point in Manhattan, fort Washington and fort George used to actually be forts during the revolution, and the little red lighthouse

Might not agree with this one. My grandma still uses her travel agency and it's pretty nice. Sure she pays a bit of a premium, but she tells them exactly what she wants and they handle the rest. I've come to see them as a travel concierge type of service. If you're not a fan of endlessly comparing plane tickets and combinations of hotel stays, it's a good option.

You buy an OMNY card

Sounds like this will be a hot take, but I really like the Oculus.

I remember visiting the city for the second time around 2017 and not knowing the Oculus existed. I was in Brookfield Place and randomly took that long underground tunnel that leads into the Oculus. I remember being stunned, thinking that only in a city like New York could such a striking place not even be that well known.

There’s nothing you can do. They’re allowed to set new rules for the common areas. They’re not significantly burdening your ability to have a dog, so appealing to your lease isn’t going to help. If they didn’t allow you to use any entrance, then you could make an argument that they altered the lease terms since you can’t have a dog in your apartment without bringing it through the common areas. The “burden” of using the service entrance isn’t enough.

Yes. Let's take our cities culture and landmarks and auction them off to the highest bidding asshole. They sold the Chrysler Building and I think are attempting to renovate iit nto a partial hotel or something.

Anyone who is a bad tenant and violates their lease terms is not covered by Good Cause eviction at all. This bill would not increase the burden on tenants vis-à-vis their neighbors.

I agree this bill is insufficient to meet the demands of the housing crisis but let's not let let perfect be the enemy of good here.

> It could not be clearer

It couldn't be any clearer that all the reasons to get someone out of a unit that doesn't have to do with economics (and the challenges of doing so) are basically ignored.

> I don't know what you mean by "for something to be bad from multiple angles,"

I'm saying it absolutely would hurt landlords (increasing their cost), which I'm totally fine with. But it would also hurt the quality of life of a portion of good tenants. Because BOTH landlords -and- tenants hate dealing with problematic people. And a bill like this absolutely make it harder to deal with them.

Higher QoL standards and enforcement of QoL rules = less NIMBYism = more supply.

More supply (while retaining QoL) is good for tenants and bad for landlords. This bill is just a shortsighted stopgap patch.

Nice pic OP, shame your inbox is tourn up now

Odd thing to do to spend your time on Reddit advocating for those with economic power to maintain it, but that's what Landlords do with all their time not working I guess.

>This bill does not "violate the original contract"

Did the original contract had a end date? yes or no. does this bill change that and force one party to perpetually renew if requested and eligible? yes so a change in original contract.

> If Good Cause were so bad for tenants like you claim

bc they view it in the short term and can't see long term. Evebn you cant see it right now

Just like tenant advocates say the 2019 rent reforms were good and ignore the predictions of others that it will simply lead to more vacant units bc the renos wont support the legal rent. Tenant advocates at the time say it wont happen nor huge impact. Guess what it did occur. Where's those tenant advocate that deny this?

Dude...it's already hard enough to get the good stuff without more competition.

I mean, it's covered with scaffolding, so not even worth a photo right now.

Go to the Morris-jumel Mansion near 160th and st nicholas, there's 2 small streets that are still like this, plus a row of townhouses from the 1880's that are restored, and the oldest building in Manhattan (the Morris-jumel Mansion built in 1765)

Grassroots tenants rights organizations and tenants unions — who advocate for the betterment of their housing conditions — are very supportive of the bill; landlord lobbies are very against this bill.

It could not be clearer.

I don't know what you mean by "for something to be bad from multiple angles," nor do I think that tenants are a homogeneous group; but they do represent a particular cluster of interests that are realized in the aspirations of these tenants organizations, who have fought hard to get Good Cause to even become a bill.

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This bill does not "violate the original contract" like it's some eternal binding entity imbued with divine power; it modifies the nature of the legal obligations under landlord-tenants contracts.

If Good Cause were so bad for tenants like you claim, then why are all grassroots tenant's rights organizations/ tenant associations supportive of the bill and all landlord lobbying organizations opposed to it?

This can't be any clearer, and gaslighting tenants from the perspective of being an owner into advocating against their interests is quite the disgusting tactic mate.

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My town still has original brick roads.

Red bricks.

Trust me, you want asphalt. Everyone still speeds and it's even more dangerous because once a brick road falls out of maintenance it's wildly more dangerous than an asphalt road.

Ice and water gets in-between the bricks as well and that makes them wear out faster, as well as chill them longer so that ice and snow takes even longer to melt off them, and because of the lips on the bricks catching snow plows you can't run one over them.

But remember, it gives the town character.

Because its possible for something to be bad from multiple angles. Shocking, I know.

Did you know tenants aren't a single homogenous group, too?