“Less than a Telluride”: Jay Martin dares tenants to buy Harlem building

When a rental building in West Harlem was listed for $1.375 million, Jay Martin flagged it. “Less than the price of a Kia Telluride,” he tweeted. “$57,000 per unit.” Martin wasn’t marketing the property. The New York Apartment Association exec was noting the devaluation of rent-stabilized buildings and mocking the claim that “the tenants can just take them over.” “Here’s a 24 unit building an owner is running away from under this regime,” he wrote, daring tenants to buy it. The post seemed like landlord propaganda to X user jkitsallgood. He couldn’t find the listing for 502 West 135th Street […]

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