“Do what you love and let it kill you”

— Henry Bukowski

Since the Pedophile-in-Chief has a green light and can do anything including rig markets, lie, cheat, steal, murder — it is instructive to pay attention to that old homey homily by Tip O’Neill which stated that “All politics is local.”

If that’s really true we’re all in trouble. Even with Democratic, liberal homily BEFORE the midterms.

Let’s talk about the current state of rent-stabilized apartments in Manhattan. We have the Buildings Department, HPD and the courts. The Buildings Departent is tasked with the physical condition of structures, HPD is responsible for maintaining apartments and reviewing landlord responsiveness and the courts are, of course, where lawsuits, non-payment actions and evictions play out.

Our current Mayor Mamdani was elected with strong support from housing activists. So, I sent some information about my landlord who managed to use the courts to evict 95% of the rent-stabilized tenants in the building. That did not include a tenant who recently WON her appeal and was evicted by the court because she could not pay the landlord’s legal fees for trying to get rid of her. And, by the way, she had been the head of the former Tenant’s Association. You see a connection here? Are you following this? Does it look like maybe the landliord, who spent $200,000 to evict one tenant, maybe bought himself a judge?

Let’s back up.

I myself managed to survive seven years in court with the same landlord — who gossip has it — that the building was stolen from the former owner’s family even though I was in prison. Yes, for shooting my mouth off and being the vindictive prosecution target of the Hamptrons D.A. — who I exposed for corruption. He recently was released from prison. But it didn’t stop my landlord and his corrupt flunky from trying to help them indict and prosecute me so that I’d be evicted. And then interfered with my Parole in a prison system that makes racism look good. Torture is the operative concept in DOCCS.

The building now is mostly market rate tenants who never complain because the landlord does not have to renew their leases — and who retaliates in spades. Especially, for telling the Truth.

Mamdani are you listening? Does this sound like a criminal enterprise endorsed and supported by the City?

Buildings Department is a corrupt entity which helps landlords defy the law and accepts cash.

HPD is corrupt and is staffed by idiots whose inspectors barely speak English and enforce NOTHING.

The Department of Innovation and Technology which is responsible for the 311 system is a fraud.

And, the courts work for landlords in Manhattan. Through law firms and party politics.

I contacted WNYC to report this story of a landlord that permitted constant illegal AirBnB sublets, violations of American Disabilities Act, a series of apartments where Sex Trafficking was occurring because one of the landlords was involved, where seniors and disabled tenants are harassed, and where it is possible that the building was stolen.

But, with big money — especially if it’s stolen — Nothing Works.

— D. Clark MacPherson

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