The prison inmates Tishman Speyer hires to write copy for Stuyvesant Town's wacky notices are back at it. Residents are receiving postcards under their doors, (WTF, no fliers???), from Stuyvesant Town that encourage tenants to join Tish-Spy's latest online effort to harvest information."Stuyvesant Town is thrilled to announce the launch of our new resident website," the vocabulary deficient copywriters boast. Likewise, residents were thrilled to receive the postcard which randomly makes use of capitalization, (so 1998), and states the new website will provide residents with "extensive FAQ's, Google directions to and from the neighborhood, and special offers from area businesses." (As if coupons are enough incentive to tolerate Petite Abeille's brain dead waitrons.)
Tishman Speyer crosses their fingers and hopes the new website will allow residents to submit maintenance requests online while believing they will somehow be more capable of handling the requests when sent through the new website as opposed to their old website...or by phone...or by e-mail...or by regular mail.
Tenants fear the submitted requests will be used by Tishman Speyer to label them as "problem tenants" when they are dragged to court witch-style. Masochistic residents can register at http://resident.stuytown.com, one of which will win an iPod or something. On the plus side at least residents were not repeatedly told to "come see for yourself."
Tishman Speyer spokesman, Bud Perrone says, "When I was in World War II we dropped pamphlets right before...uh, never mind."
Tenants attempting to use the site are already reporting problems:
"...the new website does not work! SURPRISE! They ask for the last 4 digits of your SS# and when you try to enter the numbers everyone seems to be getting this message:Another tenant writes:
Register
We're sorry! We can not locate your tenant record. Please contact resident services, at 212-420-5000, to verify your tenant information."
"...tried to log on to see what the web site was all about, but in true Tish-Pig-Sty fashion they wouldn't accept my e-mail address, saying it wasn't valid (yes, the e-mail address that I've had for 10 years is no longer valid--go figure.)"
In order to register for the new Stuytown website, one must provide the month, day, and year of birth. This is confidential information which should not be disclosed to TS. The landlord should only have what is on the lease and nothing more. I can think of only one reason that TS would collect this and that is to gather actuarial data about the residents of rent-stabilized apartments.
MacBook Air sucks like TS http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2008/fortune/0810/gallery.holiday_gadgets.fortune/3.html
May all the print, broadcast and electonic journalists read THIS: You are cowards professing you are heroes dedicated to the truth. Thousands of Stuy Town residents are being harrassed and underserved by a landlord who, because of their ties to our Mayor and the public relations flack-of-all flacks, Howard Rubenstein and his callow minions, gets away with destroying Stuy Town, causing pain and suffering among its residents,and boldly showing the world how much they CAN AND DO get away with. You cast off your responsbility with the baseless justification that ST residents are all white and have McMasions that they really live in. Well that isn't so and there are data to prove it. Journalists: gone are your backbones. You sell out to the powers of TS and other realtors and big advertisers because your bosses and editorial board need the money and the power and the entre to power. You are seduced by Bloomberg who just violated the public trust of two public referendums to get his third term...and if history repeats itself...the third term will prove his downfall.
The Post, The News,--forget the Times--they relinquished believability years so--the local media outlets...you've become prostitutes to celebrity, power, money and influence. This is a story that will win a Pulitzer if told honestly and well. But, maybe you've forgotte how to do that.
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come see for yiurself! we are thrilled to make this new websote for you to use and are excited that you will come yuse it.
we are hapy that you will sumbit minitnace requests online and wil be sad if you still call uson the phone becuse you maye have hird our offise is flodid with yelow and browne and that mikes a greenish cholor.
we hope you sine up for at the news websoyte and are thrilled if you want a mack airbook becausue nobody else does witch is why they arent chayned down in oval longe. pleese come see for yoursefl. we were aslo considering using them az pavemint stones. robs ideea.
also if you can find your whey to strabuicks or walgareens on fritst avenue dont worry becausie not only will there be an exciting map, they are growing to take over the the the entire 16 stores on frist avenue very thrilling! exciting! youll have too come see from yourself,
from a new FAQue section to a fun button you press that makis a squeeky noise the websote will have evrything so we are thrilled and you must come sea fir ylksxklnZ Xkml
Manny at Americon Leesion
PS i need praper towils too much brown in the ofese.
The post by 'Anonymous' on 11/04 is so true. Where are your frikkin' spines, you so-called journalists? Edward R. Murrow must be spinning in his grave like a top on meth. How long must this go on and these people suffer until someone not in a menage et trois with Tishman-Speyer and Bloomberg (EEEwwww; got a visual!)brings this into the public eye? What does it take for this to be news worthy - the death of an elderly tenant? Or perhaps a child, falling into one of the open graves dug in Sty-Town? How about an outbreak of some plague because of the fecal matter leaking into one of the buildings? Stand up, dammit, and train those expensive cameras on and in Sty-Town and let the rest of the country see what's going on in the city that gave so much seven years ago.
YES! Why are the press ignoring the plight of the tenants of PCVST, but giving "glowing" little blurbs about what TishSleaze has done for us or neutral little blurbs about the financial situation of TS. Where is the truth-seeking unbiased press? All we have are a load of chicken-livered panders. Scared of Bossman Bloomie and Big Jerry and his odious issue. What a sickening situation. New York City press wets its panties in fear of Bossman and BigJ and little Shitty Ass. Pathetic.