Law-Gisiko says Meanwhile/Bridge Plan commitments unmet and NYCHA/PACT confusion
Law-Gisiko says Fulton and Elliott-Chelsea are supposedly covered by a Meanwhile Plan that should add security, pest control, and repairs, but none of that is happening. She says residents are told their buildings are privatized while NYCHA still says it is the property manager.
And these conditions are particularly troubling because Fulton and L.A.
Chelsea are supposedly covered by a special interim program, the Meanwhile Plan, designed specifically to prevent this deterioration.
The master development agreement provides for a meanwhile or bridge plan.
NITCHA's own public material described its purpose very clearly.
NITCHA would continue to manage the existing buildings until they were vacated, while the development partner, Related Properties, would add capacity to NITCHA management through additional security, pest control,
building system repairs, and in-unit repairs.
NITCHA later described the bridge plan as providing pest management, work ticket closeout, supplemental security, and support for heating and elevators.
None of this has happened.
What residents are experiencing does not at all resemble this description.
Anecdotally, residents also report calling NITCHA for repairs and being
told in substance, your building has been privatized, we do not handle it anymore, by NYCHA respondents.
But NYCHA itself stated as recently as April that it remained the property manager for all Fulton and other Chelsea buildings and specifically instructed residents to continue submitting maintenance requests through NYCHA.
There should be no ambiguity for a tenant about who fixes a broken door.