On May 08, 2024 a
Exhibit,Appendix
was filed
involving a dispute between
Garvall Harrison Booker Jr.,
and
628 East 9 Street Housing Fund Development Corporation,
for Commercial - Contract
in the District Court of New York County.
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FILED: NEW YORK COUNTY CLERK 05/09/2024 12:47 PM INDEX NO. 652327/2024
NYSCEF DOC. NO. 16 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 05/09/2024
From: Howard Levine
To: Howard Levine
Subject: FW: Going forward
Date: Thursday, May 09, 2024 11:28:25 AM
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Stacey Keith
Date: Tue, Oct 31, 2023 at 6:55 PM
Subject: Going forward
To: Buddy Booker , Shoshke-Rayzl Yuni
Cc: JOHN B. ARNOLD
Legally, we became the tenants of 628 E 9th Street the minute you gave us the keys.
Whether we have a lease or don't, whether the co-op board approves us or doesn't, we are
tenants.
Your tenants.
If we wanted to be assholes, we'd just squat this place. With a backlog of 26,000 eviction
cases in NYC, it would be a year, likely longer, before you or even the board could kick us
out. And there wouldn't be a thing you could do about it. Unlike Texas, NYC tenants actually
have rights here, and that's a great thing.
Lucky for you, John and I aren't assholes. We have every intention of continuing to pay our
rent and catch up on our bills. We have no ulterior designs on your apartment (which is
something you seem mighty concerned about). Between you and me, however, I think you
kind of screwed yourself there, but that's your business, not mine.
If the board ever found out you were living in Ann Arbor and that you'd been accepting rent
money under the table, they would lose their minds. You know that. Because I'm a
fundamentally decent person, I won't tell them unless I have to, but that's really up to you.
Like I said on the phone, you would be well advised to just keep taking the rent money. You
can't kick us out, and we're not leaving. Let me be clear on that.
There are a few other conditions I'd like to cover as well.
1. We are paying you $1800 a month. No more, no less. What you have to pay the coop has
nothing to do with us, and $1800 is what we originally agreed to. If you recall, it started out at
a thousand, and then kept going up, as did what you said we "owed" to the co-op board, which
was an ever-changing amount that you (not us) are actually on the hook for.
2. You will immediately send us the mailbox key. Not having the mailbox key I was legally
entitled to caused me to miss an appointment regarding my health insurance. Your behavior
there was so appalling, I can't address it without saying some very unpleasant things, so I
won't.
FILED: NEW YORK COUNTY CLERK 05/09/2024 12:47 PM INDEX NO. 652327/2024
NYSCEF DOC. NO. 16 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 05/09/2024
3. There will be no more phone conversations, secret meetings, paranoid harassment, etc.
That's over. All further communication will be done by email.
You left a copy of the bylaws of the co-op crammed in a drawer here. I read it cover to cover
before submitting it to legal counsel.
Upshot?
If I were you, I wouldn't piss us off any more than you already have.
FILED: NEW YORK COUNTY CLERK 05/09/2024 12:47 PM INDEX NO. 652327/2024
NYSCEF DOC. NO. 16 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 05/09/2024
1:55 & 9 53
232 C1
Stacey >
I'm in the lobby I'll give you a
second and then I'm coming
up
Delivered
Feel free to come on up.
Yesterday 7:46 PM
There was a guy at the door
just now. We didn't know
who he was, so we didn't
open it. But now I'm
wondering if you didn't try
to serve us. True?
Yesterday 10:11PM
Your silence tells me
everything I need to know,
so clearly the answer is yes.
Game. On.
Document Filed Date
May 09, 2024
Case Filing Date
May 08, 2024
Category
Commercial - Contract
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FILED: NEW YORK COUNTY CLERK 05/09/2024 12:47 PM INDEX NO. 652327/2024 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 16 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 05/09/2024 From: Howard Levine To: Howard Levine Subject: FW: Going forward Date: Thursday, May 09, 2024 11:28:25 AM ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Stacey Keith Date: Tue, Oct 31, 2023 at 6:55 PM Subject: Going forward To: Buddy Booker , Shoshke-Rayzl Yuni Cc: JOHN B. ARNOLD Legally, we became the tenants of 628 E 9th Street the minute you gave us the keys. Whether we have a lease or don't, whether the co-op board approves us or doesn't, we are tenants. Your tenants. If we wanted to be assholes, we'd just squat this place. With a backlog of 26,000 eviction cases in NYC, it would be a year, likely longer, before you or even the board could kick us out. And there wouldn't be a thing you could do about it. Unlike Texas, NYC tenants actually have rights here, and that's a great thing. Lucky for you, John and I aren't assholes. We have every intention of continuing to pay our rent and catch up on our bills. We have no ulterior designs on your apartment (which is something you seem mighty concerned about). Between you and me, however, I think you kind of screwed yourself there, but that's your business, not mine. If the board ever found out you were living in Ann Arbor and that you'd been accepting rent money under the table, they would lose their minds. You know that. Because I'm a fundamentally decent person, I won't tell them unless I have to, but that's really up to you. Like I said on the phone, you would be well advised to just keep taking the rent money. You can't kick us out, and we're not leaving. Let me be clear on that. There are a few other conditions I'd like to cover as well. 1. We are paying you $1800 a month. No more, no less. What you have to pay the coop has nothing to do with us, and $1800 is what we originally agreed to. If you recall, it started out at a thousand, and then kept going up, as did what you said we "owed" to the co-op board, which was an ever-changing amount that you (not us) are actually on the hook for. 2. You will immediately send us the mailbox key. Not having the mailbox key I was legally entitled to caused me to miss an appointment regarding my health insurance. Your behavior there was so appalling, I can't address it without saying some very unpleasant things, so I won't. FILED: NEW YORK COUNTY CLERK 05/09/2024 12:47 PM INDEX NO. 652327/2024 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 16 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 05/09/2024 3. There will be no more phone conversations, secret meetings, paranoid harassment, etc. That's over. All further communication will be done by email. You left a copy of the bylaws of the co-op crammed in a drawer here. I read it cover to cover before submitting it to legal counsel. Upshot? If I were you, I wouldn't piss us off any more than you already have. FILED: NEW YORK COUNTY CLERK 05/09/2024 12:47 PM INDEX NO. 652327/2024 NYSCEF DOC. NO. 16 RECEIVED NYSCEF: 05/09/2024 1:55 & 9 53 232 C1 Stacey > I'm in the lobby I'll give you a second and then I'm coming up Delivered Feel free to come on up. Yesterday 7:46 PM There was a guy at the door just now. We didn't know who he was, so we didn't open it. But now I'm wondering if you didn't try to serve us. True? Yesterday 10:11PM Your silence tells me everything I need to know, so clearly the answer is yes. Game. On.