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Letter: Terrified in My Own Home

Dear members of the Crown Heights community, there is a terrible problem I and many of my neighbors are struggling with, which i must inform you about. We have tried various ways of dealing with it, and after a frustrating year with absolutely nothing being done to solve it by the powers-that-be, I have decided to turn to the public in a desperate attempt to bring this issue out from under the carpet.

I am a stay-at-home Jewish mother who lives in a predominantly Jewish apartment building in the heart of crown heights. My neighbors are almost all Jewish, friendly, and courteous. Yet, I live in constant fear.

In fact, every woman in my entire building lives in fear from the moment her husband leaves for work in the morning, until he comes home. We bolt our doors shut, close our windows, and wait cowering in fear, hoping that nothing will happen today.

The source of our fear is the superintendent of our building. He has been constantly making inappropriate comments and physical contact with women in the building – to the point of assault – for well over a year, and absolutely nothing is being done about it.

At first I thought that I was alone in this fear, that what happened to me was an isolated incident, but slowly but surely the wall of silence began to crumble, one after another women have been coming forth with their stories, and it became clear that this is a huge threat to all of us.

I have spoken to women who were touched inappropriately, patted, or invited into his apartment. I spoke to one woman who was felt up when he came in to fix the toilet. He often cleverly makes as if it is all just an accident, but accidents don’t keep repeating themselves to such an extent. Sometimes he doesn’t even bother with the pretense of an accident. One woman was pushed up against the wall as he pressed himself onto her despite her shocked protests.

These are the stories I have been told. I have no doubt there are many more that have not yet come forth.

Many of us are so afraid and ashamed we haven’t even told our husbands. One woman and her husband, who has no choice but to leave her alone and go to work every morning, picked themselves up and moved into his sister’s house. Most of us haven’t been afforded that “luxury.”

Many women do not leave their apartments at all during the day. They are afraid to go out into the hallway, take in the mail, or even pick their kids up from the school bus.

It’s not just our privacy that we are concerned about, it is our safety. This man has a criminal record. Once, after an argument with his wife, he went over to a police officer and tried to grab his gun, saying “I need this.” He spent a few nights in jail for that incident.

The reason I am turning to you, my community, with this story is because little is being done by our management to solve it. Our manager, a Lubavitcher who lives in Crown Heights, was first approached by some tenants about a year ago about this issue, and brushed them away. After continuous complaints came forth, he promised to do something about it. Months went by and nothing happened. Again complaints were put through, and the management promised to have him fired.

It is now well over a year since these stories came to the surface, and the superintendent is still living amongst us. We have cried, pleaded, and begged, but we still live in fear. After giving up on ever receiving help from those who have the power to fix this, we turn to you, the public, in the hope that the righteous outrage this will generate will pressure the landlord to finally take action.

Sincerely,
Frightened and Ashamed

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139 Comments

  • Boris

    When something like this happens you must call the police, this is a criminal matter and not something for the building management to handle. It’s nt to late, I urge you to contact law enforcement immediately!

  • who is the landlord?

    wow, that is frightening! It’s even more frightening that nothing is being done about it…but how can we help if we have no idea who the landlord is or which building you are referring to (if only so that we can protect ourselves by not going alone into the building).

  • 349 resident

    I live in this building. This article is 100% accurate. We live in constant fear. By comtinuin to employ this super, The management/ landlord is enabling him to continue victimizing women. It is ממש סכנת נפשות! we have a right to be safe from harm in our own building

  • chaim

    i understand frightened, but the ashamed part doesn’t make sense. If this is a problem call the cops! Why should u live in fear??? he can be arrested. Call a frum lawyer to send him a letter and then take legal action against the management company.

  • File assault records!

    What building is this? At least put that information, otherwise what can be done? You don’t have to admit what tenant posted the information. This is not something to be ashamed of, the women are being victimized and should of cried out louder much earlier.
    I wish you to all be safe and sound.
    Have you all gone to the police and filed complaints?? That should be the next step!

  • scared neighbor

    Although the landlord was notified numerous times of the criminal and sexual harassment by the superintendant toward the women in our building, he continued to employ him,thereby giving him full access to continue his dangerous behavior!

  • Rabbi

    Your letter is worthless unless you say which building you are in. This will get the land lord scared since no couples would move in again. Please be smart and clearly state which building this is. You have an halachik obligation to warn people. If you keep you mouth shut and don’t clearly write the building address then perhaps you deserve it since you don’t care enough to prevent others from moving in.

  • shocked, revolted

    I find it hard to believe that any husband knows of these incidents and continues to leave his wife vulnerable to this maniac on a daily basis!!

  • Mendy Hecht

    something doesn’t make sense. If so many women say the same thing, you have an open-and-shut case against this filth.

    First, file a police report.

    Second, have every woman with a claim file a police report.

    Third, call your elected City Councilperson’s office every day until they do something. Nudge the living daylights out of them.

  • Blank.

    To Frightened. I work in property management for a few years now, something like this has happen with us but not as bad. A supervisor was speaking inappropriately to tenants, 1 story turned in 2 and 3 and at the point we let him go but the point of the story is one person is sometimes hard to believe. But only since we don’t want to believe it’s true. Bottom line is if the management isn’t doing anything about this then all of you have to take this to the police NOW. All of you TOGETHER. If you choose to not go with your husbands then you should all go together with times and dates of when it happened and tell them exactly what he did, don’t leave anything out and if someone doesn’t want the other person to hear what happen to them then you should still all go together but as you if guys can speak to the police one at a time. Don’t be vague, be as clear as you can. As we all know it’s better to deal with things now and not wait g-d forbid for something really bad to happen to make everyone have to speak up whether they want to or not. Good luck and may you be bless with only good things.

  • OMG THIS IS CRAZY....

    SCARED!!!
    THIS IS NOT NORMAL! I VE NEVER HEARD ANYTHING LIKE THIS!
    THIS IS QUIET SCARY! AND SHOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF RIGHT AWAY!
    A MAN TOUCHING GIRL IS NOT ALLOWED ACCORDING TO HALACHA! AND VERY INAPPROPRIATE! I COULD IMAGINE THIS BUILDING BEING FILLED WITH MANY JEWISH FAMILIES WHO DONT EVEN FEEL SAFE IN THERE OWN APT…

  • Pragmatist

    This woman is tremendously naive and probably doesn’t really care about her problem. What’s the point of writing an op-ed to generate “righteous outrage” (?) against her landlord but not bothering to name the landlord? And if it is such a problem that she and all the women in her apartment have to “cower in fear” from 9 to 5 every day, why doesn’t she call either 911 or 311, or just go ahead and sue the landlord? Does she really think an op-ed will get rid of the super or is she just looking to stir up some internet fun? She should take things into her own hands instead of passively complaining.

  • Police Report

    If there are no police reports then your complaints are worthless.

    What do you expect the landlord to do if no one stets forward and makes a police report?

    How serious or sacred are you really if you not ready to go to the police? If you were worried for your safety and the safety of others you would have went to the police.

    Again, No Report, No Crime!!!!

  • Outraged

    Why does this indifference surprise you? If you would dig down a little bit, I’m sure you would find that the management has some self-interest in the building superintendent staying at his job. May be it’s their own self-preservation; perhaps they themselves are afraid of the mutant. Maybe it’s a money issue or some verbal contract they have with the “super” that they feel a false obligation to keep. Or maybe it’s just complacency, that it will just go away by itself and the pressure from the tenants will be off them, and life will happily continue on. The problem remains that the tenants’ lives DO NOT happily continue on..not at all. They constantly feel threatened!
    Whatever the reason, how does a G-d fearing Lubavitcher chossid allow this to continue when the lives of his own “brothers & sisters” are being threatened by this criminal. Doesn’t that make the Manager equal to the perpetrator or at least an accessory to his crimes everytime this maniac, G-d forbid, puts his hands on a Jewish women. What if it was their own sister or child, would they still be so callous and care-free to let this continue unabated? I think not!
    We are all one family…aren’t we? Weren’t we taught to care for one another or is that just what is written in our holy books but not quite practiced in daily life? Where’s the care? This should have been brought to a halt long before this letter had to be written. The time for action is now! This super must go! Perhaps the Manager too…Get it done already, what are you thinking?

  • PROTECT YOUR CHILDREN

    i wonder how many teenage girls were victimized by this guy and never told their parents. youre totally risking your daughter’ wellbeing when they come from and go to school because you are too afraid to leave your apt. to meet your kids from school
    are you guys crazy?
    how can you put your children into danger like that?!!
    stop cowarding behind closed doors and do something
    go to the police or get a lawyer or something
    PROTECT YOUR CHILDREN

  • Naftali M

    You need to speak with an attorney about launching a class action legal proceeding against the ownership and management of the building. If the attorney is competent and committed he should be able to get things moving in the right direction.

  • woman

    Oh, Pu-leeeze!I really think this is made up. It doesn’t make any sense. If it was true you would tell your husbands and they would beat the guy up.

    Let’s say it IS true. Why are you such cowards? You think this is the way to go, posting on a neighborhood blog? Sorry, this is pathetic. just in case you think I don’t understand oh yes I do. I’ve been in a similar situation & I went straight home and told my husband and trust me it never happened again. Why aren’t you telling your husbands? Not one of you will speak up?
    .
    Why don’t you go as a group and complain to the police? Put in hidden security cameras? Have Shomrim keep this guy under watch? Tell his wife? Back to my original thoughts, it’s a fairytale. I don’t know why you’d make it up but who knows why people do strange things.

    If you didn’t do anything wrong why are you ashamed? I don’t get it. I don’t know why crownheights.info posted this stuff. Nothing else happening in the hood?

  • ITS HAPPENED BEFORE.........

    it could be the landlord is scared of firing this guy bec of his criminal record and this filth can react impulsively and just kill the landlord….you need to go to the police and get this guys locked up!!!! NOW!!!!!

  • don-t blame the victim

    I think from what I am reading that the lady is afraid the super will rape/kill her in retaliation for her ratting to the police. All sexual abuse victims think that they might have done something to turn this guy on. It’s normal. But if they don’t do something its only going to get worse.

  • Brave Woman

    as a lawyer, i have dealt with people in this situation before, and i find it perfectly normal for women in this type of situation to be just as scared to go to the police, as they are to tell their own husbands.
    they are terrified that the predator will discover it was them, do to the fact that the law requires that an accused know who is filing a complaint and he will come after them.
    this woman is actually very brave for coming out with this story.

  • Laws are laws

    You think the landlord could just fire this guy without probable cause. The super will sue the landlord.

    If the landlord would be armed with some police reports against the super then he can throw his Toches out.

    The landlord goes to court now, whats he going to say, “Some woman claim (hearsay) that he did so and so, but they didn’t take any action to stop it (besides write an op-ed)”?

    The court will ask:
    1. Who are these woman?
    2. Did they file a police report?

    “He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.”(Thomas Paine)

  • hearsay

    Without police reports the above op-ed is nothing but hearsay.

    This is the realty!

    Also, whats with the husbands, don’t they care enough?

  • Fire him!

    This super tried to grab a police officers gun. the cops would have a record of that. For that alone the management should fire him. Who knows when he is going to snap next!

  • Afraid

    I dont live in this building but i have known about this issue for many months now. I have also encountered this super in the street, and know who he is. The reason the police have not been notified, is for one reason only: FEAR.
    Now, some of you dont understand, but the fear of retaliation is overwelming. He is a monstor, capable of voilence and has a criminal record. if he finds out who filed the report, who knows what he will do to them in a fit of rage. he may get arrested for it, but after a young women in our community was raped , assaulted, or ch’v MURDERED by this goy, in anger for turning him in. Do you want your wives to take the chance? Anyone have a solution? HELP!!!!

  • Someone in the know ...

    To #30:

    Unless the super has some sort of employment contract with the landlord, his employment is “at will” and he can be fired for good cause, bad cause, or no cause at all. In any event, regular complaints of harassment from building tenants (even without police reports) and a criminal background are sufficient, legal, non-discriminatory causes to fire the employee. If the landlord is truly worried about being sued, he can have the tenants sign a written statement, which he can produce to get any lawsuit quickly dropped.

  • Blame Game?

    Here we go again…shifting the responsibility else where.

    Why should the landlord be any more responsible then the tenets?

    Say you lived in a private house and your neighbor was doing this to you and others, what would you do then? Who takes responsibility?

  • SEX OFFENDER - CRIMINAL COMPLAINT

    IF THE LANDLORD DOES NOTHING CALL RABBI OSDOBA IF HE GIVES YOU PERMISION GO TO THE CRIMINAL COURT ON JAY STREET OR ONE OF THOSE PLACES BUT B4 EITHER CALL UP THE POLICE OR GO TO THE 71ST PRECINT AND MAKE A POLICE REPORT VERY VERY STRONG THEN HAVE EVERYONE FILING A POLICE REPORT THEN YOU WILL HAVE THE GUY ARRESTED AND LISTED AS A SEX OFFENDER. IF THE POLICE DOESN’T HELP SPEAK LOUDER THOSE GUYS ARE A DANGER TO SOCIETY AND OUR COMMUNITY STILL TO NAIVE TO KNOW WHAT IS OUT THERE UNFORTUNATELY
    PLEASE SPEAK UP ASAP.! GOOD LUCK!

    BTW IF YOUR HUSBAND DOES NOTHING JUST U DO IT AND FINISHED. GOOD LUCK!

  • PROUD OF YOU!

    ACTION should be taken INMEDIATELY!
    Go to the BEIS DIN or CRIMINAL COMPLAINT !
    Don’t be affraid! JUST DO IT!

    TO WOMAN :
    not all women are married to such a tough cookies ready to fight some jewish men are very eidle

  • T0 #5

    why r u talking in hints? why are u scared to say where exactly u live. So that U guys dont have to suffer any more. U will get the help as soon as u let us know where u live

  • cholent

    how the heck r we to know which building you are?? I don’t have time to search ch for the building with all the blinds down…

  • Take Action

    The best – if the police set up a sting operation with their own detectives. Zaki Tamir of CHJCC was a prosequtor and would be very suited to set this guy up correctly. I would also sue the LL civily. Call personal injury lawyers they work on contingency ie no fee. Especialy if you can get as others to sign up. Try to document the complaints to the landlord ie by wrighting sertified letters with police report. Its time to tell your husband. Take the LL to bais din.

  • doesnt add up

    I’m sorry for your fear – but somet hings just dont add up!!?

    Dont tell your husbands?!?!?! What is wrong with you ladies?!?

    And if you are so concerned CALL THE POLICE and file a report for every single incident that happened!!!

    I dont blame you for being scared…but really…you guys dont sound very smart in the way that you are handling it.

    Get a lawyer to deal with the landlord. if htere are so many of you, im sure you can pull enough funds for a lawyer to send a few letters?!?

    Or if ALL of you went together to the landlords house…at the same time!?!?

    Maybe your landlord is scared of him himself!?

    I dont know. you guys just sound a little pathetic…take matters into your own hands..!!!!

  • call police before its too late

    call the police before a innocent child gets hurt .no 2 scared to tell husband your not in germany you married him this is serious imagine your daughter being abused you will be on the phone in 1 second dont be scared if all the building file a complaint it will be better do it before its too later

  • Andrea Schonberger

    Dear Lady, YOU and the other ladies have absolutely nothing to be ashamed of. No one should have to live in fear, especially in her own home. Forget about the landlord–bypass him and go to the authorities IMMEDIATELY to see that action and justice are done. There should be no toleration of sexual improprieties or violence. Remember, in numbers there is strength so do this as a group with husbands included.

  • Real Estate management

    Sex abuse MUST be reported immediately. And you don’t even have to worry about mesira – our Rabbonim already issued a psak that this must be reported to the police. And your super is a goy anyway.

    How many people are going to tell you to call the police before you listen? Do it!

    And STOP paying rent. You landlord will send you a demand followed by a petition for eviction about a week later. Take it to court and tell the Judge you are withholding rent due to unsafe conditions in your building. Take all the written proof. Ask for an investigation. BTW, it sounds like you are in a Section 8 building, so contact HPD. Money talks. Lack of money SCREAMS – it will force the landlord to take action.

    Even if none of the above gets rid of the super, at least you will have several month’s rent saved up, so MOVE. Even if it’s to your parents basement. Isn’t your life worth it?

    Go now. Before it’s too late.

    Lshana Tova uMesukah

  • former re manager

    LOL Zaki Tamir would make sure he gets a job on the CHJCC carrying cash for Sam Chanin.

    The super may be a union super. They are harder to get rid of than cockroaches. You do need to press criminal charges.

  • Thinkster

    Sorry, but are all your husbands wimps? Some guy touches my wife inappropriately and I’ll be jumping down his %$#@ throat. Nobody has the right to harass people – and I mean nobody.

    Sure, you have to get rid of him. Meanwhile, put the fear of G-d into him.

  • Dude

    First off you need to tell your husband. Second you need to say were you live. Police will not do anything unless you can prove it. For all you no he can come into your appt whenever he wants. The best thing to do is to get him on camera. This will be hard knowing that one of you ladies will be the victim. But if your husbands don’t want to all come together and take action on this guy then you don’t have much options.
    P.s. Any time this guy comes to fix anything from any women’s appt. Make sure you have a few women over at the time never be alone. You all have this problem. you need to stay together no matter what.
    Gluck g-d speed

  • ALSO TERRIFIED

    I am also terrified of going out of home in CH albeit for a different reason: the sight of women shamelessly dressed (or shoud I say undressed?) in CH makes me fear for the kedusha of my family and myself

  • WONDER

    While I am not, chas vesholom, justifying anything, with what’s going on in CH one wonders if some Jewish women unwittingly act as provocateurs with their scanty clothes

  • Rebecca

    Silence gives him a lot of power.
    Call Chaverim.
    Call the cops.
    Call the newspaper.
    I am sure he has done and will continue to do terrible things until he is no longer physically able to.

  • Make a Police report

    Many years ago we hand a similar experience and the Police took care of the problem straight away, never have had a problem with that super again
    What building is it? it is a Mitzvah and obligation to take care of this

  • rosie the riveter

    Quit cowering in fear..thats what he is banking on..one good swift kick to the& %$# ought to do it. Stand up, girls! Sheesh….its almost embarassing to read …..and what kind of boys did you all marry? Sheep? One incident not taken care of by me, my husband would pulverize any twerp. Stick up for yourselves for god sake!show him who he is dealing with!!! Not one of you willing to take care of your little problem? Well no one else is gonna….take care of it yourselves!!! Quit crying like a girl and DO SOMETHING.

  • Family man

    To #34 and everybody else.

    And the landlord?

    He/they do/es not have a wife, kids, father, mother, sisters and brothers?

    Doesn’t everybody have to do their part?

  • FRom the attorney: WHAT THE HEAVENS?????

    WHAT THE HEAVENS???????????? FROM THE ATTORNEY…

    to #11 you call yourself a Rabbi, you should be ashamed, who even says “ then maybe you deserve it” ARE YOU EVEN NORMAL???????????

    and #46 why would u assume its a fisher building thats rude, disgusting and in Elul noch….. you have a lot of work to do my friend…
    As for those ladies, i am an attorney and i know u are afraid but not sharing this information with your husbands is harmful. Didn’t you make a promise on your wedding day to be honest? I would question those kinds of relationships…..

    Speak to the police directly they have wonderful witness protection programs where you can testify AND remain anonymous.
    Please do more to protect your children. Isn’t there one woman there that has an open honest relationship with her husband? I can’t even fathom keeping this from my husband.

    a lastly the address of the building really DOES have to be provided. woman walk into buildings alone all over Crown Heights and he might abuse one of those woman. At least they’ll know which buildings to avoid.

    May you all be blessed with a Shana Tova U’Mesukah and a safe new year away from this criminal.

  • to #11, the rabbi

    oh you’re a rabbi, huh? and your smicha gives you rishus to tell women they DESERVE sexual harrassment because they are afraid to go public? your attitude is almost as bad as the disgusting perv who is molesting these poor women. i’m appalled.

  • file a police report!!

    call the police. and file a report.
    if u are too scared to do it by yourself call a bunch of the ladies in the building to your apt one day and call the police that moment!! and each of u file reports. or all meet at the local police station together and file there. this is crazy. this guy has a sickness and will NOT stop.
    even if the landlord does fire him, he will be really angry and may come back and take revenge…. so the best way is to get him arrested , and get him off the streets in general.

    at risk of repeating myself again…FILE A POLICE REPORT! AS THIS LETTER TO COL IS A GOOD START, OTHER THAN PUBLICIZING IT , NOTHING REALLY CAN BE DONE. U MUST FILE A POLICE REPORT!!. YOU WILL FEEL SAFER AND MUCH MORE RELIEVED

  • something stinks

    1.-Is this guy JEWISH?
    2.-If not, why not call the Police?
    3.-If yes, then the Landlord & the Super should be taken to a din-torah.
    4.-If you’re really serious – then do someting about it!

  • Husbands

    I am shocked that women would not tell their husbands. Hello? Your husband is your protector. Something does not add up.

    This is not something that the women have to take care of, the MEN have to take care of it! Let the men in the building come, lay charges, confront the guy, launch the class action suit or whatever.

    Where are the MEN?

  • kiu

    i understand your concern. however what i dont understand is if this person makes a inappropriate gesture, your husband should go confront the super. and warn him one more time he would bring a bat or call the cops….what are you a sheep?

  • ce

    how about getting an undercover detective?
    How about getting a security camera put up?
    its really horrific that nobody could do anything, but at least you came out of the secret now and hopefully something will happen quick. Please let us know when that happens.
    praying that nothing has happened to any children.

  • scared tenant

    yes i live in that building.. this super has major issues……..we told management about this so many times and they care more about this super’s goyishe family than the safety of innocent jewish women……..there were several assaults but the women are afraid to file a police report since then the angry super will have an address Gd forbid where to take revenge…….yes the girls teenagers and women are all at risk here…….and those women who were assaulted live in daliy fear……..please help us get this guy and his family out……..he has to leave in a smoothe way so that the tenants here won’t have to live in fear that he will take revenge before he leaves……..i believe if they want they can tackle this in a smart way asap…….but for some reason they are not taking it seriously …..how many more women need to be traumatized for them to throw the guy out……..Hashem Yirachem aleinu!

  • rolling my eyes

    It’s amazing how people believe everything they read. This is so off the wall i’m not buying it especially the “i can’t tell my husband I’m too afraid part. the fear and ekkledik feeling might be there but the non-response is ridiculous. Get a life ladies and grow up. Take control instead of whining like little girls. If you can’t talk to your husbands you have more to worry about, your marriages are in trouble.

  • friends of the Ws

    this is the opportuntity for a certain corageous BW to take the lead. She has never shied away from a just fight. This is one. Police, petition to landlord, signed by most of the building, public (detailed) letter to CHJCC and problem solved. You could also share the information with the Williamsburg shmira, they will be happy to exterminate as needed. Come on, a little leadership.

  • There is help for this author! Why is sh

    There is help for this author! Why is she wirting blog posts. NYPD, NYPD, NYPD.

    I am ashamed for her that she has not called yet. This is not the landlords fault or anyone else is fault. Call the cops! That is why they are there!

  • ch mother

    I honestly do not believe this letter. If it was true an address would be posted. People would not be quiet. and people do not have to live like this. firstly if you can not tell your husband then a zoch un vey to this relationship. Where is your obligation to your children? Are you not afraid that he will harm them? A zoch un vey to the type of parents you are. CH.info why are you posting every shtus that someone writes. Is it only for the comments?

  • Mendel

    TO No’ 11 Rabbi give the lady your name so you could help all of them.
    Lady’s of the building or you report him to the police I would,
    Or all of you get him pin him up against the wall take his pants and clothes and throw him on the street, don’t be afraid together you can do it, Give him the fear back show him that your all in control
    BUT YOU MUST DO SOMETHING TALK TO RABBI SHEA HECHT

  • dave

    Lets take this guy out. Please post details.
    Why should this woman and others have to deal with this even for 1 minute.
    Who’s with me? we’ll go round to the super and make it clear that his legs will bend the other way if he even thinks about doing this again.

  • TITFESU OTO AL CHAM!

    Isha tzricha lehazmin oto letaken mashehu badirah. benatayim kamah gezunteh ungerleit machakim badirah beseter. Tofsim oto ve… osim lo “mochoy simcheh” vechu’ vego’

  • call the police

    if all of you file police reports. he will likely be arrested and an order of protection will be issued.
    he will likely be band from living or coming near your building and coming near any of the women who filed police report.
    your landlord is not the police.
    you need to get police involved.

  • uh hello

    Am I missing something? Why aren’t you calling the police,
    Do we need another Lieby Kletsky A’h incident c’v?
    Call before its to late c’v!

  • toshav hashchunah

    No alternative other than some nebulous expectations from posting a cryptic account on CH.I? A situation like this has numerous obvious readily availabe options and solutions but a cautionary note to those who would jump before looking.

  • Shoshana Miriam Bas Fraydl

    Contact the assistant DA’s office. Someone there will help you proceed. They also will offer psychological support or find you someone who will .

  • Everyone needs a job

    Can’t we get a frum Super with back up for Shabbos/Yom Tov, plenty of capable people looking for work

  • Helpless

    I live in the building this article is 100% true.if you think you can help us pls post a number .thank you.again our fear is that the super should not know who filed a report.

  • ex ch-r

    Sweetheart you HAVE to tell your husband and you HAVE to call the cops…. you have nothing to be ashamed of… this guy is a creep and there was nothing any of you could do about that

  • women..

    wats up with all these ppl being 2 ashamed or afraid?!! grow a pair seriously, this should not hinder u from reporting him

  • Reuven Lipkind

    My name is Reuven Lipkind I work for Sate Senator Eric Adams ,if you really want something done regarding your issue call me at 718-284-4700, I will keep your identity compleatly anonomous and will proceed with a profeessional and private style ,My office is willing to negotiage with the landlord to do the right thing regarding you, your family and your neighboors protection. Please call we will respond.

  • fight eisov with eisov

    Here is a solution let’s get a bunch of guys who DON’T live in 706 Eastern parkway, armed with hatchets,knives,and other tools of harm, and explain to him “nicely” that if he doesn’t get the hell out of there, we will be after him.

    give him 24 hours.

    Of course no one saw anything or knows anything, it didn’t happened

  • no mitzvah here

    You don’t want to call the police becuase it will get your chassid landlord / neighbor in trouble. DO NOT BE STUPID!!!!! He has a job, if he’s not doing it correctly then you take it to the next level. I live in a Chassid owned building, and when we had conituoes problems after speaking with him and NOTHING got doe. I filed a complaint with the health department. That day the problem was FIXED and he was fined!

    END OF STORY- DONT BE AN IDIOT>

  • Story is true

    I live in the building. this story is 100% true. I went to the super and warned him never to come to my apt. He is about 6.2, thin and bald headed. he looks at anything with a skirt in front of your eyes.

  • the super guy is crazy

    u say tell your hubby to approach the guy……hello u can’t approach a meshuganeh……he just needs to be sent away peacefully as possible and rite away

  • serel maness

    # 56 IS RIGHT,L UNDERSTAND THE FEAR OF THE GUY COMING BACK TO YOU ALL,MAKE A MEETING WITH TAMIR AND THE COPS,THAT’S FIRST,SECOND WE HAVE TO MAKE A BETTER EFFERT IN RAISING OUR LEVEL OF TORAH AND MITZVAHS,THAT INCLUDES TZNIUS,YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS THAT WE ARE ALL CONNECTED,IMM GEULA!

  • what?

    Wow, so many closed minded responses here.

    “why don’t the husband’s do something?”

    Really? This guy sounds dangerous, and can potentially be capable of murder. Would you really want your husband to put his life at risk just to show that he’s “macho man”?

    In these cases YOU GO DIRECTLY TO THE POLICE! DO NOT PASS GO, DO NOT COLLECT $200, GO STRAIGHT TO THE POLICE!

    Furthermore, the landlord is just as guilty here.

    I beg of anyone reading this to publicly post the address of the building and the name of the landlord.

  • Tenant of 349 Crown st.

    It’s crazy why everyone is scared to mention address of the building. It’s 349 Crown st. That super also touched my wife unappropriated, but made it look like it was an accident. We can’t make police report for that. He is not Jewish. Lives with his wife and 2 kids in our building. I heard that he has been fired but he still works here. It just looks like that owner gave him instructions not to enter anybodies apartments. It’s really nuts why is he still here???

  • Sue them all

    I can’t understand it, if someone was assaulted, why didn’t they call the police? the landlord may be at fault for allowing this to go unchecked. If I were in that situation, I’d contact a lawyer and gather the evidence needed here, including testimony from victims and possibly setting up cameras etc. There is a lot you can do, but waiting a year for this to go away seems silly

  • fire him now!

    You should all demonstrate outside your landlords office. I will come with my husband and children to show support.

  • IDEA

    get some of the women together at night and spray paint around the building. Write the guys name and some thoughts you have about him. I’m sure the landlord will get the message.

  • Confused

    Why haven’t you told your husband??!!!! What is there to be ashamed about?!
    There is no reason why this should be a secret. Tell everyone you know when it comes to such things.
    Your husband should take action, if that fails to change things call the police, file a sexual harassment claim and as a result your “Manager” will need to replace him.

    End of story.

  • SCARED GIRL

    I AM JUST MARRIED AND RECENTLY MOVED TO 706 EASTERN PARKWAY. MY HUSBAND GOES TO WORK EVERYDAY, AND IM HOME ALONE.
    I SAW THAT SOMEONE WROTE THIS BUILDING ADRESS, IF THIS IS THE BUILDING THIS WOMAN IS TALKING ABOUT, PLEASE SAY SO.
    THSI IS NOT FAIR FOR YOU AND FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME THAT DONT KNOW ABOUT IT, AND FOR FUTURE PEOPLE THAT ARE MOVING IN.
    PLEASE, IS THIS THE BUILDING??????????

  • Not 706

    I live in 706 and it is definitely NOT this building! The landlord for the building is not lubavich and doesn’t live in ch. And no one in the building is afraid to leave their homes…

  • Nobody

    #102, the question is why you are still there. If I were you, rent would be cut off completely, I would put aside the money to move, and move at the first opportunity.

    If the whole building went on an organized rent strike, that super would be gone in days.

  • Anon

    All tenants should should send in their rent check with a note that they will stop paying rent the next month if the problem is not dealt with. To sit in fear is wrong and honestly foolish. If you were my wife and you didn’t tell me about this I would be very upset with you.

  • what we can learn

    from here we can learn how important it is to keep the laws of yichud and to dress modestly. how this two laws keeps us safe.

  • Enough is Enough!

    Give the management an ultimatum. If nothing is done, People (I will help) should organize a demonstration!

  • to #107

    ucanalways askur neighbors about how its like tolive in that building…or about the super…in order to find out

  • to 107

    dude its not 706 trust me i live there and you dont have to be scared of the super hes not creepy or anything like that.

  • come clean

    This is getting stupider by the minute. IF it’s true, name the building, the owner, & the creepy super.

  • Willing to help

    Give the address. I am from out of town, will go there and make sure he never does anything again. Also post who the landlord is, and he eil get a visit too.

    Time for CH too stop being timid.

  • chanchie

    Should i call the cops for all you ppl that dont know how to protect your selfs your wives your community?? For heavens sake call 911! I could call it for you if its that scary to make your selfs safe!?

  • give me a hint if i-m hot or cold

    can the people in the building give us a hint to were the building is ? i’l tell you what is it on Montgomery st just tell me if i’m hot or cold

  • Help!

    How could this be posted without an address and names?

    Shame on you for not acting with full disclosure.

    You could help!!!!!!!!

    What address?

    What is the guys name?

    Who is landlord?

    All of this information is necessary and will NOT put you in harms way.

    Provide the above information and it will be dealt with by force.

  • i don-t blame the author

    I don’t understand how none of you understand that the victim is afraid of being revenged upon. it is natural that it is frightening to start up with a goy.

  • move on it!!

    Just slap the landlord with legal action. He will respond very quickly and terminated the super.

  • Anonymous

    Put the building name or address up, with his name and any other details that can help. It will get taken care of with the help of the management or without. Without these details, just bringing this concept to light does not help your cause.

  • UMMM.... calli crime stoppers!!

    to the victims:

    You do have options. There are numbers to call, (I don’t know it, to list it, but I know it exists in NYC anonymously, so the victimizer cannot come after the victim.

    If you are afraid to go out of your apartments, are you less afraid to let your kids go in and out of your apartments by themselves? I don’t think that’s too smart!!

  • You-re brave - you can do it!

    I think you’re really brave for speaking out. But Please, Please, for yourself and your friends, get together now with your neighbors and call the police. Don’t wait for another incident, Chas Vishalom!
    If the landlord fired him, he could get back at him too. The nly solution is to file reports on him. And get a restraining order so he can’t come back and hurt anyone.

  • RESTAINING ORDER

    BH

    You need to get a restraining order against him. That way he can’t even come close to you. If he does after the order has been issued, he can go to jail just for being too close to you. Speak to a lawyer and file a report NOW, if youhave not done so already.
    “Ubearta hara mekerbecha.”

  • DISGUSTED WITH THE LANDLORD

    PUT THE NAME OF THE LANDLORD,
    THE NUMBER AND STREET OF YOUR BUILDING ON CROWN HEIGHTS INFO – RIGHT NOW!
    CALL THE POLICE

  • awacs

    If enough tenants put their rent money in escrow, the escrow to be released when a new super is found, I’m certain that the landlord will find a solution to problem. Quickly.

    Money talks.

    (Ritual disclaimer: I am a lawyer, but not your lawyer, and this isn’t legal advice.)

  • SECTION 8??? ALL THE MORE REASON TO CALL

    YOU MUST REPORT THOSE INCIDENTS TO THE AUTHORITIES! YOU MUST!

  • What if it-s a Yid?

    Something similar happened to me in a cab w/ an Israeli driver & I was too afraid to leave the cab for fear he would follow!! I wonder if it is mesirah to report that.

  • To#11

    You aren’t really a rabbi, right? I do not want to believe that an rabbi would say such an insensitive thing such as “you might deserve it”. That sounds kind pretty harsh and ridiculous to me.