Manhattan Insider
Landlords Now Required to Disclose Bed Bug Infestation
Aug 31st
From REBNY:
Governor Paterson signed S8130 into law, requiring owners of New York City residential property to disclose bedbug infestation history before an apartment is leased. The legislation requires disclosure of bedbug infestation regarding the apartment rented by the tenant and the building within the last 12 months. The law takes effect immediately. The Department of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR) must promulgate or approve disclosure forms. We have received many questions about how the law will be implemented. We have contacted the staff at DHCR and are seeking answers to these questions.
This is a copy of the attached letter:
S 27-2018.1 NOTICE OF BEDBUG INFESTATION HISTORY. A. FOR HOUSING ACCOMMODATIONS SUBJECT TO THIS CODE, AN OWNER SHALL FURNISH TO EACH TENANT SIGNING A VACANCY LEASE, A NOTICE IN A FORM PROMULGATED OR APPROVED BY THE STATE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL THAT SETS FORTH THE PROPERTY’S BEDBUG INFESTATION HISTORY FOR THE PREVIOUS YEAR REGARDING THE PREMISES RENTED BY THE TENANT AND THE BUILDING IN WHICH THE PREMISES ARE LOCATED.
B. UPON WRITTEN COMPLAINT, IN A FORM PROMULGATED OR APPROVED BY THE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL, BY THE TENANT THAT HE OR SHE WAS NOT FURNISHED WITH A COPY OF THE NOTICE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION A OF THIS SECTION, THE DIVISION OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL SHALL ORDER THE OWNER TO FURNISH THE NOTICE.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
the #$%@ you see in SoHo!
Aug 26th
SoHo is a pretty #%&*’#@ up place as is, but today this an especially weird one!
And check this out!!! (Don’t ask, because I have no idea!!)
Definitely weird… Definitely not attractive!
FIRE!!!
Jul 12th
I was headed to a lease signing, just above houston st on broadway and spotted fire fighters putting out a fire on top of that big building above the adidas store! Check out the video…
FM!!!!
Jun 19th
Ahhh! I knew it was coming, but still… no more F V stop… now it’s the F M… I’ll miss you, V.
The V was great because no one would be on it while coming home from work at night, so I’d get to shoot some video footage of me alone on the subway. I’d even sing sometimes too! Oh well… the M better not disappoint!
really? …no, I mean REALLY?
Jun 3rd
Maybe some find the retro look appealing, but going back to the 80′s YELLOW license plates is lame! Calling it “Empire Gold” is supposed to make it sound cool I guess? It’s Yellow!!! I loved the white/blue with red statue of liberty that I grew up with and the recent white/blue we see most of right now are nice. Everything NY is blue and white! Look at the New York Rangers (B,W,R) The New York Giants (B,W,R) New York Yankees (W,B) New York Mets (B,W,O) The Horrible Horrible Shitty New York Islanders (B,W,O) New York Knicks (B,W,O) New York Je… oh wait… what’s up with the Jets? Green? Maybe they like these new plates! Anyway… they look bad on cars! I’m done 
iPad 3G launch at Apple Store MePa
Apr 30th
At 5pm on April 30th, the 3G iPad was launched. This video is of me at the Meatpacking District Apple Store, purchasing an iPad. I know, I know… I said it wasn’t worth it at first, but I ended up changing my mind! Here are a few reasons why…
I have wanted a tablet for quite some time, but the older types were just laptops that swiveled around and worked with a stylus to write on the screen. The iPad is something I can carry around everywhere and is always on like an iPhone. No need to go through a lengthy startup process, every time I want to use it.
The iPad, using the same operating system as the iPhone, makes it just as seamless and flowing as its predecessor.
The only competition seemed to be the HP Slate, which looks to have been scrapped by HP, shortly after its acquisition of Palm and if they actually do start designing tablets with the WebOS operating system, it will most likely take a long time before it comes out.
The Microsoft Courier was a nice rumor, but it had been postponed till 2011 and then later scrapped as well.
No telling what Google and Android are planning, but there is nothing in the near future that makes sense, or is going to come close to putting out a product that Apple did!
It just made sense to me and now that I know it CAN handle pdf files and can receive word documents, edit them, and email them back. And you can upload pictures from a camera, directly to the device. There’s a lot more you can do with the iPad than skeptics will lead you to believe, minus the headaches of a computer/laptop.
But, Scott… there’s NO Flash! Yes, I still am aware of this, but for real estate purposes, it isn’t necessary and most of the sites i frequently visit, do not require flash. I am using it more for a pad, because I hate paper and for real estate purposed, to stay organized and to take my office with me on the street!
Maybe I’ll submit a formal review, once I’ve owned it for a bit. Thanks for reading and I’ll talk to you all soon!
Scott 
Doormen are not Striking!
Apr 21st
The realty advisory board and the local 32BJ have reached an agreement and there will be no strike. The building employees will not lose their benefits and there will be a 10% wage increase over the next four years.