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Report: Building-Wide Issues | Individual Apartment Issues

Shalom Building Report

The Shalom Tenants Alliance needs your help in documenting patterns of reduced services, defects, and other issues in Shalom-owned and managed buildings. Please provide as much detail as you can (required fields are highlighted in yellow and marked with an asterisk (*)). The options we're offering you here are based upon reports from several -- but not all! -- known Shalom buildings. If there are issues we have missed, please tell us at the end of this form.

Which building would you like to tell us about?
Number*:  Street*:  Zip*:
Are you a tenant of this building*? Current tenant Past tenant Never a tenant
If you are a tenant, are you a . . .   Post-Shalom tenant Pre-Shalom tenant 
If you are a current or past tenant, is/was your apartment:
Is your building owner/manager registered correctly with HPD? (explain: )
Building Services Construction Activities
Indadequate heat and/or hot water   Frequent renovations / construction
No superintendent   Construction without permits
Intercom broken   Weekend / after-hours construction
Garbage accumulation   Lack of safeguards during construction
Vermin infestations (roaches, mice, etc.)   Dust / debris from construction
Utility outages   Conversion of apartments to commercial space
Inadequate lighting   Combining apartments (2+ small = 1 large apt)
Entrance doors unlocked   Dividing apartments (1 large = 2+ small apts)
Entrance locks changed to Mul-T-Lock   Partitioning apartments (studio = 2 bedroom)
Broken mailboxes   Illegal basement apartments
Elevator out of order   Adding new stories to the building
Inadequate janitor service   Horizontal expansion of building
Other:   Other:
     
Individual Apartment Repairs    Construction "Incidents"
Landlord refuses to make repairs   Breaking through wall/ceiling
Repairs are shoddy   Gas leaks, cut gas lines
It takes a long time to get repairs done   Broken pipes, floods
Multiple appointments are required for repairs   Cut utility lines, interrupted service
Tenants must take off work for scheduled repairs   Electrical fires
Other:   Other:
     
Harassment   Security & Safety
Unannounced visits/inspections by landlord   Break-ins, burglaries
Frequent phone calls from landlord   Assaults (by )
Certified letters from landlord   Prostitution
Notices to Cure from landlord   Drug activity
Litigation initiated by landlord   Blocked or missing fire escape
Eviction(s) initiated by landlord   Landlord has entered apartment(s) without permission

Coercion by landlord:

  Landlord has physically broken into apartment(s)
Other:   Other:
     
Leases & Security Deposits  

Rental Trends (before & after Shalom takeover)
Renewal leases are not provided 90 days in advance.  
  • Apartments turn over frequently ( before after)
Renewal leases include illegal riders (e.g. "mold")  
  • New tenants have "rent discounts" ( before after)
Executed renewal leases are not dated  
  • New tenants are transient ( before after)
Renewal lease terms differ from original lease terms  
  • New tenants are very young ( before after)
Vacancy leases for regulated apartments do not include mandatory riders with information about rental laws and calculation of rent increases.  
  • New tenants come from outside NYC ( before after)
 
  • New tenants come from outside USA ( before after)
Vacancy leases include discount riders with conditions  
  • More people now occupy individual apartments than before.
Renewal leases require tenants to sign away rights in order to keep rent discounts.  
  • Landlord seems to prefer unmarried tenants ( before after)
Annual reporting of security deposit changed after Shaloms took over  
  • Other:
Annual reporting does not state maintenance fees    
Security deposit interest is not paid to tenants   Coercion
Landlord has refused to pay interest when requested   Landlord offers favors (rent discounts, repairs, etc.) in exchange for ceding of legal rights: withdrawal of complaints, participation in tenants organization, etc.
Landlord does not maintain separate account for security deposit  
Other:   Other:
     
Rent   Communication
Landlord refuses to provide rent receipts when required   Landlord calls frequently
Landlord refuses to accept rent payments   Landlord posts many notices in hallways
Landlord returns rent payments   Landlord does not return calls or respond to letters
Other:   Other:
Is there anything else you'd like to tell us?
Please provide your contact information
We need your contact information in order to verify the information you have submitted, so as to prevent false data from entering our records. Note that we may share the information you provide with elected representatives and governmental agencies in our efforts to end the Shaloms' assault on tenants. If you prefer to remain anonymous regardless, check the last box below.
First Name:   Last Name:
Email Address*:   Phone:
       
  I would like to receive a copy of the information I am submitting at the email address I've provided above.
  I would like the Shalom Tenants Alliance to contact me by about the issues I am reporting.
I would like to receive email notices and news from the Shalom Tenants Alliance.
  I would like the Shalom Tenants Alliance to share the information I am providing with my elected representatives.
I prefer to remain anonymous if the information I am providing is shared with any third party.
     
 
 
 
   


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