How long will the building have to quake and the tenants cringe under those screeching elevator brakes before Buildings shows up and cites these motherfuckers?
Oh wait, you say the pile of citations in the docket doesn't make a difference: J&O doesn't fix the elevator, the city doesn't fine J&O, and tenants are stuck with a broken and dangerous elevator, forever and always?
Never mind.
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Friday, July 3, 2009
Janoff & Olshan's concept of a holiday
Today is a holiday, correct? Our national Independence Day? I repeat, a national holiday? Yes?
Lo, is that our building staff, there, in the courtyard, working? On a national holiday? Working on a national holiday?
I believe it is. Our building staff is there, working, and working hard, on a national holiday.
And that's your national holiday, if you're subject to Janoff & Olshan's dominion.
I f*cking hate these m*therf*ckers. I really do.
UPDATE: Let me be perfectly clear. I hate the m*therf*ckers because they make employees work on holidays; not because the work disturbs me, or some ridiculous thing.
Lo, is that our building staff, there, in the courtyard, working? On a national holiday? Working on a national holiday?
I believe it is. Our building staff is there, working, and working hard, on a national holiday.
And that's your national holiday, if you're subject to Janoff & Olshan's dominion.
I f*cking hate these m*therf*ckers. I really do.
UPDATE: Let me be perfectly clear. I hate the m*therf*ckers because they make employees work on holidays; not because the work disturbs me, or some ridiculous thing.
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Saturday, May 30, 2009
They're at it again
More after-hours work without a permit. This time it's in 1B. And so, another snarling head grows from the beast.
And here's another futile attempt to slay this monster.
And here's another futile attempt to slay this monster.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Monday, March 16, 2009
Sunday, March 15, 2009
After-hours and weekend construction work is ILLEGAL
Again to veer off the topic of this blog's raison d'etre, the electric motor whine, a ghastly shriek which causes those in its vicinity to yearn for death: AFTER-HOURS AND SATURDAY/SUNDAY RENOVATING, WHICH IS TO SAY, THE HAMMERING, BANGING, AND DRILLING GOING ON in this building UNTIL 8 EVERY WEEKNIGHT AND FROM 9 a.m. ON SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS - YES, TODAY, F*CKING SUNDAY, THEY STARTED HAMMERING AT 9 - IS AGAINST THE LAW, RATHER LIKE EVERY ACTION TAKEN, it seems, AND I WOULD BET, EVER CONTEMPLATED BY THE SORRY LITTLE CABAL OF SCOFFLAWS KNOWN AS JANOFF & OLSHAN.
The noise code reads:
§24-222 After hours and weekend limits on construction work. Except as otherwise
provided in this subchapter, it shall be unlawful to engage in or to cause or permit any
person to engage in construction work other than on weekdays between the hours of 7
a.m. and 6 p.m. A person may however perform construction work in connection with
the alteration or repair of an existing one or two family owner-occupied dwelling
classified in occupancy group J-3 or a convent or rectory on Saturdays and Sundays
between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. provided that such dwelling is located more than
300 feet from a house of worship.
§24-223 After hours work authorization. (a) Notwithstanding section 24-222 of this
subchapter, an agency authorized to issue permits for construction work may, along with
such permit, issue an after hours work authorization for the work site. Such after hours
authorization may permit construction work to be performed at the site before 7 a.m. or
after 6 p.m. on weekdays and/or on Saturdays and/or Sundays subject to the conditions
and restrictions set forth in this section.
Do you think J&O bothered to get an after-hours work authorization? Very likely. Very F*CKING likely.
F*CK THEM.
UPDATE:
Janoff and Olshan last held after-hours work authorization in NOVEMBER. After-hours permits last no more than a day. Saturday, weeknight, and all-day-fucking-Sunday work is AGAINST THE G*DD*MN LAW.
Also: do you suppose the contractor pays OVERTIME to the workers for their 11-hour days and weekends? FAT CHANCE. I'm calling the state labor department next.
CURSES ON THESE HUMAN SCOURGES.
The noise code reads:
§24-222 After hours and weekend limits on construction work. Except as otherwise
provided in this subchapter, it shall be unlawful to engage in or to cause or permit any
person to engage in construction work other than on weekdays between the hours of 7
a.m. and 6 p.m. A person may however perform construction work in connection with
the alteration or repair of an existing one or two family owner-occupied dwelling
classified in occupancy group J-3 or a convent or rectory on Saturdays and Sundays
between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. provided that such dwelling is located more than
300 feet from a house of worship.
§24-223 After hours work authorization. (a) Notwithstanding section 24-222 of this
subchapter, an agency authorized to issue permits for construction work may, along with
such permit, issue an after hours work authorization for the work site. Such after hours
authorization may permit construction work to be performed at the site before 7 a.m. or
after 6 p.m. on weekdays and/or on Saturdays and/or Sundays subject to the conditions
and restrictions set forth in this section.
Do you think J&O bothered to get an after-hours work authorization? Very likely. Very F*CKING likely.
F*CK THEM.
UPDATE:
Janoff and Olshan last held after-hours work authorization in NOVEMBER. After-hours permits last no more than a day. Saturday, weeknight, and all-day-fucking-Sunday work is AGAINST THE G*DD*MN LAW.
Also: do you suppose the contractor pays OVERTIME to the workers for their 11-hour days and weekends? FAT CHANCE. I'm calling the state labor department next.
CURSES ON THESE HUMAN SCOURGES.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Haitus: over
Okay, so it's been on haitus (vacation?) for three weeks. But hark! What's that I hear?
I knew the relief wouldn't last. It never does.
Nonetheless it was nice to live - for a short, short while - as other people do.
I knew the relief wouldn't last. It never does.
Nonetheless it was nice to live - for a short, short while - as other people do.
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Screeching elevator
I predict a series of events resembling this one:
I report the condition to Buildings...AGAIN.
Buildings issues a violation...AGAIN.
A hearing is scheduled. Janoff & Olshan defaults on its hearing...AGAIN.
Buildings imposes a $2,500 fine...AGAIN.
This would be tough for J & O, since they're already in default on $5,000 in fines for elevator violations. So they'd owe Buildings $7,500! And none of the conditions for which the violations were issued have been corrected!
Good thing they can steal security deposits to pay those city fines!
UPDATE: what a ghastly screech it is.
I report the condition to Buildings...AGAIN.
Buildings issues a violation...AGAIN.
A hearing is scheduled. Janoff & Olshan defaults on its hearing...AGAIN.
Buildings imposes a $2,500 fine...AGAIN.
This would be tough for J & O, since they're already in default on $5,000 in fines for elevator violations. So they'd owe Buildings $7,500! And none of the conditions for which the violations were issued have been corrected!
Good thing they can steal security deposits to pay those city fines!
UPDATE: what a ghastly screech it is.
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Um?
NYC BUILDING CODE 27-770: Noise control of mechanical equipment.
(a) Minimum airborne noise insulation requirements.
(2) MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT SPACES.
a. Ventilating openings into mechanical equipment
spaces. -Ventilating openings into boiler rooms and
other mechanical equipment spaces shall not be located
in yards or courts where there are , unless such ventilating openings
are provided with if needed
to to NC-40 (noise criterion)
levels in the exposed dwelling units. For permits issued
after January first, nineteen hundred seventy-two, the
permissible noise levels shall not exceed NC-35.
(a) Minimum airborne noise insulation requirements.
(2) MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT SPACES.
a. Ventilating openings into mechanical equipment
spaces. -Ventilating openings into boiler rooms and
other mechanical equipment spaces shall not be located
in yards or courts where there are , unless such ventilating openings
are provided with if needed
to to NC-40 (noise criterion)
levels in the exposed dwelling units. For permits issued
after January first, nineteen hundred seventy-two, the
permissible noise levels shall not exceed NC-35.
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Friday, January 23, 2009
Update - clip from 8B
Audio recorded from 8B has been added to this post.
I marvel at the shriek's...virulence. It shrieks with shrieky shriekiness.
I marvel at the shriek's...virulence. It shrieks with shrieky shriekiness.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Monday, January 12, 2009
Less Respite
The pest: insinuating itself. Again.
I want to ram pencils into my ears. A painful, permanent solution, that, but THE NOISE WOULD STOP.
I want to ram pencils into my ears. A painful, permanent solution, that, but THE NOISE WOULD STOP.
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