Heights the last bastion6/4/2023 "The Residents Council urges management to rent all the available apartments as soon as possible." It makes no sense," he said, attributing the holdup to mismanagement. "There are people on the in-house move list and the list from outside who are dying for these apartments. George Cominskie, president of the resident-elected Westbeth Artists Residents Council, said Neil and the appointed board of directors of the Westbeth Housing Development Fund Corporation have provided residents and those on the wait-list few answers about the reasons for the vacancies and delays. Neil did not respond to inquiries Monday about the letter signed by Hoylman, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, Assemblywoman Deborah Glick and Rep. " is the last bastion of real artists' housing." "There are units unfilled and that is a travesty, given the shortage of housing in the Village," Hoylman said Monday. Brad Hoylman, one of five politicians who signed a letter dated June 18 to Westbeth's executive director, Steve Neil, asking that vacant units be made available as soon as possible. The "stockpiling" of empty apartments runs counter to the nonprofit's mission to offer affordable housing to artists, said state Sen. Though some artists have waited more than a decade for low- and middle-income housing within the 383-unit Westbeth complex, an estimated 20 apartments there are vacant, with some having stood empty for more than two years, according to residents and a letter issued last week by local elected officials. He doesn't expect to be offered a home at the Westbeth Artists' Housing complex until 2039. WEST VILLAGE - Composer Chris Berg joined the wait-list for a subsidized studio apartment in a West Village artists' residence 16 years ago, when he was 47 years old. Crown Heights, Prospect Heights & Prospect-Lefferts Gardens. Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens & Red Hook.
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