Mayor Ford met with the members of the Thorncliffe Park Tenants Association Friday afternoon. A release from the association says that Mr. Ford listened to what appears to be long-standing complaints from the tenants including such things as extra payment for their conditioning, light bulbs, fuses and visitor parking. The buildings are privately owned. The association president Abbas Kolia calls the charges “cash grabs”. The release also says there are security issues and delays for what should be routine maintenance. Storage lockers for tenants have been removed without consultation. “Tenants deserve better and we thank Mayor Ford for his time and support,” added Mr. Kolia. “We went to the mayor because we don’t think there is anyone else at city hall that can help us.” This meeting, and others being held by the mayor, seem to go to his strategy of addressing his core supporters both as good government and an investment against the next election. Today (Saturday, June 8) Thorncliffe tenants demonstrated outside buildings that they are poorly maintained and not clean. They are threatening a “rent boycott” in which rent is not paid to the landlord but into some type of trust. Ford visits Thorncliffe to combat “cash grabs”
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Mayor Ford met with the members of the Thorncliffe Park Tenants Association Friday afternoon. A release from the association says that Mr. Ford listened to what appears to be long-standing complaints from the tenants including such things as extra payment for their conditioning, light bulbs, fuses and visitor parking. The buildings are privately owned. The association president Abbas Kolia calls the charges “cash grabs”. The release also says there are security issues and delays for what should be routine maintenance. Storage lockers for tenants have been removed without consultation. “Tenants deserve better and we thank Mayor Ford for his time and support,” added Mr. Kolia. “We went to the mayor because we don’t think there is anyone else at city hall that can help us.” This meeting, and others being held by the mayor, seem to go to his strategy of addressing his core supporters both as good government and an investment against the next election. Today (Saturday, June 8) Thorncliffe tenants demonstrated outside buildings that they are poorly maintained and not clean. They are threatening a “rent boycott” in which rent is not paid to the landlord but into some type of trust. 