Today The New York Times follows up on the Charles Rangel rent-stabilized controversy by taking a closer look at the practices of Mr. Rangel’s landlord, the Olnick Organization. The article says that while the owner of Lenox Terrace, the building where Mr. Rangel resides, has turned a blind eye to rent stabilization laws when it comes to its high-profile tenants, “For other residents, however, the owner has a different posture: aggressively enforcing even arcane provisions of the regulations, threatening costly court battles to drive tenants from their rent-stabilized homes, and using other tactics that some housing advocates describe as harassment.”
Nearly a year ago, several residents of the sprawling Century building, at 2600 Netherland Ave., call The Press and lodged the same complaints about their landlord, the Olnick Organization. Their stories were documented in a front-page story that appeared in the Aug. 16, 2007 issue.
Olnick, it appears, has a big stake in Riverdale. The management company also owns the Winston Churchill on Johnson Avenue and the Whitehall building on Henry Hudson Parkway.
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Ramgel is not the only politician with residency problems. Pedro Espada has his also.
Former Senator Pedro Espada, previously rejected by the voters of the east Bronx is campaigning against present Senator, Efrain Gonzalez. Espada is CEO of the Soundview Healthcare facility which serves his district in the Bronx. What makes his role unique in this election among other things is his residency.
Contrary to his protestations, Espada lives in a lovely home in the affluent suburban town of Mamaroneck, NY. He enters the Bronx by way of a large SUV. And although he claims his residency at 325 E.2o1st., none of his neighbors seem to know him.
When confronted with this issue by YFP, he became contemptuous and threatening. But then again.......what's he got to lose. It's not as though we will run into him in the elevator soon.
CHECK OUT THE VIDEO OF ESPADA CONFRONTATION:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSN4rwbvzhA
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