Owned by Slum Lords
Pros
Joshua Gotlib and Meyer Orbach are the worst owners
Cons
I lived at 265 E 66th for a year and it is the worst building I ever lived in. During my tenancy I dealt with repeated long-term problems involving heat, air conditioning, hot water, mold, leaks, plumbing, gas odors, cockroaches, and unreliable elevators. These conditions resulted in 311/HPD involvement, which management retaliated against and prospective tenants can review in the public records. Management just ignores you or gaslights you when you have a legitimate issue in your unit. There were also recurring operational issues, including lost packages/letters, very slow delivery of food orders, washing-machine problems, and missing laundry/dry cleaning deliveries. Most concerning to me was the lack of professionalism and privacy. I experienced building staff/doormen discussing tenants and sharing information that I considered private with other residents, which made me very uncomfortable. Despite paying rent on time and trying repeatedly to resolve issues professionally, my concerns were ignored or avoided. I will be attaching photos so prospective tenants can make their own assessment. Based on my experience with the building conditions and management, I would not recommend anyone to live here.
Advice to the owners
I lived at 265 E 66th for a year and it is the worst building I ever lived in. During my tenancy I dealt with repeated long-term problems involving heat, air conditioning, hot water, mold, leaks, plumbing, gas odors, cockroaches, and unreliable elevators. These conditions resulted in 311/HPD involvement, which management retaliated against and prospective tenants can review in the public records. Management just ignores you or gaslights you when you have a legitimate issue in your unit. There were also recurring operational issues, including lost packages/letters, very slow delivery of food orders, washing-machine problems, and missing laundry/dry cleaning deliveries. Most concerning to me was the lack of professionalism and privacy. I experienced building staff/doormen discussing tenants and sharing information that I considered private with other residents, which made me very uncomfortable. Despite paying rent on time and trying repeatedly to resolve issues professionally, my concerns were ignored or avoided. I will be attaching photos so prospective tenants can make their own assessment. Based on my experience with the building conditions and management, I would not recommend anyone to live here.
Formerly great, now bad news
Pros
Location, view, staff.
Cons
New ownership cares only about making money and has bad taste. They made a beautiful, elegant building dreary and tacky. They have partitioned all the spacious living rooms to add a small bedroom so as to rent as bigger and collect higher rent. They are in the process of forcing out all the tenents in order to renovate apartments with disregard for the noise, dust and inconvenience to those of us still living here. The elevators and hot water and frequently out of order.
Advice to the owners
I wouldn't bother as they are clearly disinterested.
