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I live in the warehouse district and we have had a pretty bad time. We are lucky that our apartment and possesions were fine, but something nasty is occuring. We were evicted from our place as of November 30th due to the "state of emergency." Now, we found another apartment in our same building at a 50% increase with ZERO options. Housing is a huge problem. So the whole 3 month episode has cost us over $10,000, that we did NOT have(new security deposit, hotels, gas and food, ect,) At the town hall meeting today, I found out that almost EVERYONE was kicked out of their apartments in the same manner, in order to jack up everyone's rent.

I have a house that was undamaged but my tenants fled town and did not want to return. I put a sign up in the Neutral ground on Broadway and have been getting five calls a day for the month.

I believe in an after life and could not raise the rent. But all I have heard is horror stories of rents doubling. Sick.

Among all that is bad I am thinking of moving back to the city. I just wish they would let the people who are there to work actually work. Instead they tow their work trucks from Canal Streets and make them pay rent to camp in City Park.

Thanks for being there and helping bring the city back.