La Premiere - Terrible Management Please READ

If you are considering renting from this place, please reconsider. I am copying below the recent petition that tenants from this building put forth to management and the owner of the building. It's been a terrible experience with management. Please read. TENANTS OF 230 WEST 55TH STREET PETITION FOR DECREASED CONSTRUCTION HOURS OR RENT ABATEMENT TO: DOUGLAS ELLIMAN PROPERTY MANAGEMENT FROM: TENANTS... [more]

If you are considering renting from this place, please reconsider. I am copying below the recent petition that tenants from this building put forth to management and the owner of the building. It's been a terrible experience with management. Please read. TENANTS OF 230 WEST 55TH STREET PETITION FOR DECREASED CONSTRUCTION HOURS OR RENT ABATEMENT TO: DOUGLAS ELLIMAN PROPERTY MANAGEMENT FROM: TENANTS OF 230 WEST 55TH STREET SUBJECT: PETITION FOR RELIEF DATE: 1/17/2012 CC: PROPERTY OWNER - HARRY GROSS Please find attached the petition, drafted and signed by tenants of 230 West 55th St, seeking either a reduction in construction hours or rent abatement. Many tenants along the F and G lines have already vacated the premises due to the untenable noise, 24 hour floodlights, and boarded over windows. Understandably, rental values of these units has dropped significantly, as evidenced by the current rates advertised for the vacant units, and the length of time these units are sitting on the market. Despite the severely impacted quality of life for tenants on the F and G lines, and the consequently decreased market value of these units, remaining tenants are being offered lease extensions with hefty rent increases. This is both unreasonable and impractical for all parties. After months of deafening silence from Property Management and the Owner, the memo released yesterday makes it clear that construction hours will not be reduced. Therefore, the tenants of the F and G lines of 23O West 55th St seek rent abatement as outlined in the petition. The amount of this abatement should reflect both the severely diminished habitability, and the current market value, of these units. In addition, we ask that it be retroactive to the beginning of the current phase of construction, which began in October, 2011. Thank you for your consideration and cooperation. Tenant Representative 230 West 55th St [less]