tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259113181688214686.post7123096518844296305..comments2023-10-09T08:19:36.161-04:00Comments on Roosevelt Island 360: Riverwalk Bar & Grill Opens TODAYRI 360http://www.blogger.com/profile/13601131892513304957noreply@blogger.comBlogger85125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259113181688214686.post-19485089380659664692010-01-18T18:58:06.776-05:002010-01-18T18:58:06.776-05:00I AM PUTTING THE BLAME ON RON VASS AND THE EBC ...I AM PUTTING THE BLAME ON RON VASS AND THE EBC THEY ARE THE ONES WHO SIGNED OFF ON THIS THEY SHOULD ALL GO THE HELL RON MADE SURE ANY AGREEMENT HE SIGNED OFF ON WAS BEST FOR HIM AND PEOPLE IN THE SAME BOAT AS HIM .AND THE HELL WITH THE REST OF THE PEOPLEAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259113181688214686.post-10331472870000635942010-01-18T18:52:46.438-05:002010-01-18T18:52:46.438-05:00WELL SAID . DO YOU KNOW THAT THE ONLY REASON EAST...WELL SAID . DO YOU KNOW THAT THE ONLY REASON EASTWOOD IS STANDING IS BECAUSE MOST OF THE APARTMENTS ARE GETTING SEC 8 . SEE SEC 8 IS PAYING FULL RENT 3 TO 4OOO PER APARTMENT.PER MONTH . THE PEOPLE WHO CAN AFFORD TO PAY MARKET RENT .WELL THEY MOVE IN AND WITHIN 3 MONTHS THEY MOVE OUT . THERE ARE OVER 300 VACANT APARTMENT IN EASTWOOD I AM SO HAPPY . I AM HAPPY THAT THIS OWNER IS LOSING MONEY HE IS A GREEDY YOU KNOW WHAT .SOON HE WILL HAVE TO PUT EASTWOOD BACK INTO MICHELL LAMA , BECAUSE HE IS LOSING TOO MUCH MONEY .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259113181688214686.post-17973023628967279582010-01-16T15:38:49.101-05:002010-01-16T15:38:49.101-05:00I have just spent about 1/2 hour reading all these...I have just spent about 1/2 hour reading all these postings. My response is this: <br /><br />I am happy to see the new bar & grill, Duane Reade, and the pizzaria here. I'm not a fan of the pizza, but at least it's an option. (We still have the opportunity to get delivery from Queens...) The staff at the bar & grill are very friendly and really seem to be trying to cover all bases to entertain ALL residents. Costs are probably a little high due to start-up costs and intent to add more amenities. (A few lounge chairs/sofas would be nice if there's room.) Julie's was great, but got pretty run down towards the end. Trellis is not equipped to be a bar and grill, proximity to the bar crowd is too close for comfort for diners! But it is a Roosevlet Island staple, the owner contibutes to many events, and we have a soft spot for the place. And I for one would only want upscale stores here if they balanced it out with afforable stores for the less affluent (especially those on fixed incomes...) and those with simpler tastes. I have a good job, but prefer not to shop in WHOLE FOODS or DEAN AND DeLUCA...Those who do can always stop there on the way home from work in the city! Many residents here cannot travel conveniently. We need affordability here.<br /> <br />Eastwood DID get a very bad deal. However, everything was discussed and explained in a series of meetings which only a small representation of people attended (I myself did not attend a lot of them). I DID read the documents and understood the scope of what was happening, and the rent structure and plans for the future rental deals was laid out. Many people did not participate nor even contribute to the legal fund, but expected everything to happen in their favor (by magic?). Stuvesant Town/Peter Cooper Village residents stepped up to the plate and fought tooth and nail. We did not. Don't put all the blame on the Resident's Association! (I, by the way, am not politically active here, so don't assume I'm speaking on behalf of them!) We do still have vested interest in our buildings, however, so how many are ACTIVELY fighting for their rights to better service? For example, the conditions in the laundry rooms are at an all time low, and have been for MONTHS. Anybody saying or doing anything? There are rumors that the Management does not buy adequate supplies for the maintenance staff to properly do their jobs. Anyone looking into that? <br /><br />As for kicking the "deadbeats" out...whether you realize it or not, the owner gets the full amount of rent on even Sec. 8 apartments; the tenants pay some and the Gov't pays the rest. So there is no reason to blame low-income tenants for the overall conditions. The owneer is getting big money on ALL the rented apartments! By the way, I see residents of EVERY income level not picking up after themselves. "Rich" people can be big slobs,too! (Have you seen the little piggies living piggie lives...) And I have seen residents of ALL income levels letting their children run amuk at all hours of the day and night, unsupervised. Even the more upscale buildings have their share of unsavory tenants. It's not about economics, except when poor people lose their sense of caring and rich people have that sense of "entitlement". It's a matter of manners, morals and breeding. I've been witness to jackasses on every level.<br /><br />And their are some very decent tenants here, long-term and newly-arrived, rich, middle and low income, young, middle age, and elderly, of every nationality. That's what made this place special years ago...not so much anymore.<br /><br />Personally, I like meeting new people and expanding my horizons. I hope on some level, even despite the inevitable changes life brings about, a way is found for this Rock to continue to be home for the melting pot of people it was meant to be for.<br /><br />That's my story, and I'm sticking to it..."Eastwood" Residentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259113181688214686.post-30603672861780850632010-01-10T20:19:10.156-05:002010-01-10T20:19:10.156-05:00the pizza s---s at nonnos dont eat therethe pizza s---s at nonnos dont eat therejillnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259113181688214686.post-35232284146772050962010-01-02T22:57:19.637-05:002010-01-02T22:57:19.637-05:00I SEE MANY VACANT APARTMENTS IN EASTWOOD . SO ALL...I SEE MANY VACANT APARTMENTS IN EASTWOOD . SO ALL IS NOT LOSE . LETS HOPE THE OWNER CAN NOT MAKE MONEY. TOO MANY VAVANT APARTMENTS . HE MAY BE FORCED TO GO BACK INTO MICHELL LAMA . I HOPE SO . HE THOUGHT THAT HE WAS GOING TO MAKE ALOT OF MONEY BY BUYING THESE BUILDINGS AND GETTING MARKRT RENT . BUT IT IS NOT HAPPENDING . TOO BAD FOR HIM BUT GREAT FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME . SO I HOPE HE KEEPS LOSING MONEY. . . AND I HATE ALL YOU NEW PEOPLE ON THE ISLAND YOU ALL CAN GO TO HELL YOU ALL WITH YOUR SIX FIGER INCOMES GO MOVE TO THE UPPER EAST SIDE .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259113181688214686.post-4101582489405102262010-01-01T13:21:29.090-05:002010-01-01T13:21:29.090-05:00if you're complaining about the divide between...if you're complaining about the divide between "rich" and "poor" roosevelt island residents, you're likely one of the deadbeats who currently lives here. i think its great that the likes of you are being driven out. roosevelt island has been a shitty place to live for far too long, and im happy its finally starting to improve.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259113181688214686.post-81724186248649768662009-10-19T22:57:47.681-04:002009-10-19T22:57:47.681-04:00when stuy town and peter cooper village came out o...when stuy town and peter cooper village came out of michell lama . all the people who were already living there got rent rent stabiliztion , this is what eastwood should have gotten . but the ebc and rioc made a under handed deal with the owner and .f..... the middle income people of eastwood.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259113181688214686.post-31554702300385707992009-10-18T17:14:55.327-04:002009-10-18T17:14:55.327-04:00yes 870 familys in eastwood got a bad deal by le...yes 870 familys in eastwood got a bad deal by lett ing the owners put all those apartments into fair market. i agree this was a under handed deal.by ronn vass and others on the e b c they did a very bad thing for eastwood . but hey they sure got themselves a good deal .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259113181688214686.post-48019896607423059832009-10-18T16:59:24.092-04:002009-10-18T16:59:24.092-04:00I've lived here for 33 years, since right afte...I've lived here for 33 years, since right after the tram started working, so I think I have some perspective. I never lived on the Upper East Side and I've never had the income that would have permitted to leave this dismal housing project. The island, by the way, was never designed for only one income level. It was conceived as a mixed income development from the beginning. What is happening now is that the population is returning more to what it was originally, with demographics that can support retail and other programs that benefit everyone. After a long period of decline, there may be a glimmer of improvement. What is it you like so much about the way the island is now? Gristede's? the empty storefronts? Public Safety having the largest presence on Main Street, as if this were the dangerous neighborhood that the out-of-control director of that agency likes to pretend it is? What is is? Tell me, I'd like to like it here, too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259113181688214686.post-19386178132750911552009-10-18T14:35:46.104-04:002009-10-18T14:35:46.104-04:00would you like to have a rent stabilizated aparmen...would you like to have a rent stabilizated aparment on roosevelt island , i know i would. the people who were on the ebc all got a rent stabilzate apartment . see 870 apartments were put into sec 8 130 were put into the lapp . which is rent stabilization. because you had to have a certin income. o.k. thats great if you are on a fixed income . but what about the middle income people , who still work and have kids at home getting out of school going to work . well of couse your income is not going to stay the same forever. so why didnt the ebc ask about this. well i will tell you why because they were all going into the lapp . the apartments they were living in are going to be rent stabilizated. while the other 870 apartments went into the fair market . so this is what happend. so see the apartment i am in now rents for 3800 per month . i pay 30 percent of my income . i pay 20000 per month and now my son got a job and with his job my rent will be 2600 per month. and then my other son is getting a job so now my rent will be 3100 per month . now how did this happend well when the ebc agreeed to this agreement they let the owner put my apartment at the fair market while the people in the ebc apartments went into rent stabilization now i will keep on paying 30 percent of my income until i get up to the market rent for this apartment which is 3800 , see dont you agree i have a right to be upset . i gave money to the ebc for a lawyer and so did many other people and this is what we got this was a under handed deal made by the ebc. i wish i can have a rent stabilized apartment . my apartment is at fair market see as long as the people on the ebc were taken care of they did not care about the people like me and many others like me who are in this mess . if you are in the same mess i am ,in please contact micah kellner you can go to his thursday office on thursdays at 3 to 7 pm at the rioc office please go he is willing to help usmikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259113181688214686.post-74418025795633453562009-10-08T18:35:14.663-04:002009-10-08T18:35:14.663-04:00ron vass and the rent of them in the ebc should be...ron vass and the rent of them in the ebc should be all locked up. for doing what they did to the people of eastwood. they got what they wanted so the hell with everyone else. people who are middle income and were put into sec 8 i am telling you now we must do something about this. it is not right what the ebc agreed to . everyone on the ebc i say to you drop dead . you got your lapp and lefe the rest of the middle income people with sec8 . go to hell i like for all of you to pay 30 percent of your income for rent i have 3 kids and they just got out of school i tell them do not get a job until you move out of this apartment because the rent will go over 3000 per month . thanks to ron vass and the ebc this is how i must live but ron and the rent of the people on the ebc can make as much as they want and do not have to worry about the rent going up base on you income . nice job ronAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259113181688214686.post-73103925755087956542009-10-05T23:08:08.200-04:002009-10-05T23:08:08.200-04:00yes i agree with you .sec.8 was made fore low inc...yes i agree with you .sec.8 was made fore low income people . not middle income people.many people have moved out of eastwood and off the island because they were middle income and were placed into sec.8 . so the rents were too high and getting higher as they made more money on their jobs and they had kids getting out of school getting jobs so all this income went up and so did the rent with it. .and it doses not stop until you are paying market rent. i do not understand how the hell the ebc and rioc agreed to this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259113181688214686.post-16260587975693953362009-10-05T22:42:02.857-04:002009-10-05T22:42:02.857-04:00well to the people in westview keep on fighting. ...well to the people in westview keep on fighting. the ebc and rioc sold out the people in eastwood. because they got a good deal for them. everyone on the ebc went into the lapp the middle income people got xxxxx . see, sec8 is for low income people not for middle income people. they put me in sec8 . i am middle income i pay 30 percent of my income i now pay 2200 permonth. now my son just got out of school he begins a new job , now with his income my rent is going up to 3100 per month. this is cazy this is what ron vass and others agree to but he and others on the ebc went into the lapp. they all should go to hell sec 8 was made for low income people not for middle income think about. this. would you like to pay 30 percent of your income for rent. this is what is happending to me and it keeps going up .until i am at the market rent which is 3500. thanks to ron vass and others on the ebc and rioc.hey ron and joyce how would you like to pay 30 percent of your income for rent. i am doing it .why not you. its funny everyone on the ebc went into the lapp . now i know why. .iam paying much more rent then you are and i make much less money than. you. go to hell the . there should be an investion you should all be in jail for what you did. this was a deal that was good for the people on the ebc. and low income people but what about us middle income people you did not protect us at all. go to hell ebc and rioc.i am thinking of going to andrew cumo about this . in face i think i will go to him,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259113181688214686.post-28819428009266687802009-10-05T20:21:18.780-04:002009-10-05T20:21:18.780-04:00Hi- Yes, we in Westview all about it- disgusting, ...Hi- Yes, we in Westview all about it- disgusting, revolting, I don't have the right words for what happened in Eastwood.<br /><br />Who knows what will happen here, it is so hard with all the different layers of Admin. over our heads.<br /><br />We in WV were shocked and disgusted when we all heard what happened in Eastwood or should I say " Roosevelt Landings". <br /><br />They all belong in Jail for letting that deal go through without letting all the tenants see it first before it got approved.<br /><br />This whole Island is so totally turned around after 27 years, there are days I barely recognize it any longer, especially around Riverwalk, The Octagon, etc.<br /><br />Now, RIOC wants to build three more Buildings- this Island CANNOT handle any more new residents.<br /><br />More than one of us is really scared about when the Tram goes down.<br /><br />JMSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259113181688214686.post-72699443427597880452009-10-05T20:16:28.977-04:002009-10-05T20:16:28.977-04:00to all the people who got the lapp. i ask you woul...to all the people who got the lapp. i ask you would you like to pay the rent you are paying now or 30 percent of your income. you know what i am saying. you all pulled a fast one i pay more rent then you .and i am in sec8 . cazy right but you and the owner let this happend .go to hell.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259113181688214686.post-2433955206094453462009-10-05T20:08:52.546-04:002009-10-05T20:08:52.546-04:00well jean, all i can say to you is keep on fightin...well jean, all i can say to you is keep on fighting i wish all of you in westview good luck as for us in eastwood we got a very bad deal. dont let this happend to you . we had the eastwood building committee. and they did a very bad job, my rent now is 2200 per month. what the hell did they do for me . so jean keep your eyes and ears open. just thank god you dont have the people who were on the ebc working on a deal for you and rioc is no better they let this happend they should all go to hellmikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259113181688214686.post-77409318185002912002009-10-04T20:19:08.876-04:002009-10-04T20:19:08.876-04:00I live in Westview, where I have been for 27 years...I live in Westview, where I have been for 27 years and we are fighting for it over here.<br /><br />I know all about it. I am ready to leave, as this Island is ruined in terms of "affordable" Housing.<br /><br />We know all about the Mess in Eastwood and the bad deal.<br /><br />I know about the expensive buildings North of us and South of us and in what is now known as "Roosevelt Landings".<br /><br /><br />I am very woken up and very saddened to see this once, thriving, nice community ruined.<br /><br />JMSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259113181688214686.post-63109707929472638422009-10-04T20:09:12.357-04:002009-10-04T20:09:12.357-04:00to jean shea . where have you been for the last fe...to jean shea . where have you been for the last few years.i dont think you been living on this island because you say we must fight to keep affordable housing on the island well we no longer have affordable housing we lose it a few years ago . why dont you take a walk to each building and say you are looking to rent an apartment then you will see there is no more affordable housing on this island. wake up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259113181688214686.post-83522686813401860122009-10-04T20:01:23.487-04:002009-10-04T20:01:23.487-04:00yes if fdr were alive today ,he would not let happ...yes if fdr were alive today ,he would not let happend to this island what is happening today on this island . fdr was a rich man but he was always for the people with less not the rich. there is no more affordable housing on this island,i hope you know that this island no longer takes sec8 . do you know that a person coming to this island looking for a 1 bedroom apartment will be paying 1900 and more, the days of affordable housing on this island are gone . we cannot fight anymore becouse it has been done. the low and middle class have lost affordable housing on this island thanks to rioc and the eastwood building committee. do you see any mitcell lama buildings going up on this island. of couse not because there are none. we have lose the fight because we never put up a fight thanks to rioc and the eastwood building committe. when my 90 year old mother dies her apartment will be put on the market. what about renting it to a disable person or a low income persome or even to a middle in come person or a person on sec.8 . . because the owner is going to get the full rent for the apartment but no little by little the low and middle income people will not be living on this island. how sad. i dont know how the hell rico and the ebc let this happend they should all go the hell you know who you are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259113181688214686.post-6750030713577346152009-10-03T15:16:34.451-04:002009-10-03T15:16:34.451-04:00Let us EVERYONE HERE ON THIS ISLAND TRY TO BE A CO...Let us EVERYONE HERE ON THIS ISLAND TRY TO BE A COMMUNITY AGAIN!!!!<br /><br />We lost a treasured person two weeks ago, Archie Seale- the owner of the Grog shop-Liquor Store.<br /><br />He fought for many things on this Island and he would say to ALL of us if he was still here- to Stand Together as a TOTAL COMMUNITY AND FIGHT FOR THE IMPORTANT COMMON ISSUES THAT AFFECT US ALL.<br /><br />I have lived here for 27 years and we should not allow this Island to all splintered, not what it was meant to be- EVER.<br /><br />Let us try to stay as ONE COMMUNITY and Honor Archie Seale's visions and ideas and honor the Memory of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, whose name is on this Island since 1975.<br /><br />We have had lots of name changes going way back to Blackwell's Island, etc.<br /><br />Please don't let us become "us" against "them".<br /><br />Jean M. Shea<br />(27 year resident of Westview.)<br /><br />We all have to fight for affordable housing to remain here, the Transportation problems, the Tramway, etc.<br /><br />Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259113181688214686.post-61787143256073496902009-10-02T23:26:42.109-04:002009-10-02T23:26:42.109-04:00fall for arts what b,s,fall for arts what b,s,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259113181688214686.post-79463218319501228032009-10-02T23:25:18.437-04:002009-10-02T23:25:18.437-04:00so the people living in southtown are upset beca...so the people living in southtown are upset because theres no where to park. well thats too bad. who the hell told you people to move here . go move to the upper eastside. that is where you all belong with the high income you get paid. we old time people who have lived on this island for years are getting pushed off because of you , willing to pay these high cazy rents . us low and middle class people have lived here for years . go live some where like the upper east side.and stop crying about parking who caresjaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259113181688214686.post-37285380871242191092009-09-29T20:47:18.803-04:002009-09-29T20:47:18.803-04:00yes you are right ,there never was a fall for arts...yes you are right ,there never was a fall for arts .until these new buildings went up and these new people moved on to the island . i miss the good old days.JANEnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259113181688214686.post-23870351409360612032009-09-29T20:43:52.307-04:002009-09-29T20:43:52.307-04:00fall for arts ,what a joke . its for the new peopl...fall for arts ,what a joke . its for the new people on the island . high income people. . thats who its for. not for low and middle class people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259113181688214686.post-89176607858974159362009-09-29T20:41:26.228-04:002009-09-29T20:41:26.228-04:00the new bar sucks its very boring , the type of pe...the new bar sucks its very boring , the type of people there are young prof. bankers .wall street types. how boring it belongs on the upper east side . i miss the old days in julies bar when these new people did not live here.mikenoreply@blogger.com