Jackson Heights Life

I never wear a mask in public, unless required by a store. The most current immunological and serological medical research completed by the SWISS POLICY REASEARCH  center states that there is a 0.1% lethality rate for COVID, same as a strong seasonal influenza.

Based on 237+ deaths in Jackson Heights (11372) so far and a population of around 66,000, we already have a 0.35% lethality rate, if you assume 100% of Jackson Heights has been infected.

But it's unlikely that 100% of Jackson Heights has been infected. If only 20% has been infected (the NYC average antibody rate) then the lethality rate in Jackson Heights is more like 1.75%.

The real answer is probably somewhere in between, maybe 1% lethality rate. But 0.1% is clearly wrong.

Given that Jackson Heights was one of the worst hit neighborhoods for coronavirus in the entire world, with at least 236 deaths here so far, trying to justify not wearing masks seems stupid

https://github.com/nychealth/coronavirus-data/blob/master/data-by-modzcta.csv

As a non-WP resident, I'm curious about how long a shareholder can sublet their apartment. Also which is it, sublet after two or three years?

Things may have changed since I read about this, but:

* Subletting is not a guaranteed right (subject to board approval, and the board is currently controlled by the sponsor, not by residents)

* If approved, you can sublet for up to 4 years (lifetime maximum) after 1 year of residence, but your maintenance will increase by 10% while subletting. Since the maintenance is already high, this could be a $100-$200 increase in your monthly maintenance.

Sounds like a sublet. Little fast to already have one of those.

Not really? Especially if you consider that whoever bought the un-renovated apartment in 2016 may have already lived there for a long time as a renter before buying it.

Also here's a photo of the view that some of the apartments have. Not bad

Here you can see the old floor plan of many apartments.
http://nyre.cul.columbia.edu/projects/view/26049

Thanks!

Here are some links to the full-size scans for Washington Plaza, since the download button doesn't give these:

Page 1:
https://derivativo-3.library.columbia.edu/iiif/2/cul:rfj6q57555/full/25600,22020/0/native.jpg?download=true

Page 2:
https://derivativo-4.library.columbia.edu/iiif/2/cul:k0p2ngf3cb/full/25600,11240/0/native.jpg?download=true

Page 3 (original floor plan):
https://derivativo-1.library.columbia.edu/iiif/2/cul:vx0k6djjv8/full/25600,20880/0/native.jpg?download=true

Page 4:
https://derivativo-1.library.columbia.edu/iiif/2/cul:4b8gtht8r0/full/25600,21840/0/native.jpg?download=true

You can zoom in much further on Page 1 and Page 3 now.

Re: FiOS, I gave Verizon a call and they said that Washington Plaza still had copper lines and that they had not even begun installing FiOS yet.

The Verizon representative said that they were not even sure if enough residents wanted FiOS, and that more residents would have to contact Verizon first. After making a decision to install FiOS, it would then take 6-12 months to complete. So maybe 2020?

I'm not sure what the real FiOS status is (this seems inconsistent with some of the earlier comments), but that is what the Verizon representative told me on the phone.

Hmm. Our understanding is that the sponsor still owns most of the apartments, but I'm not sure how many shares the unsold apartments have...

Unrelated: we also saw some comments from back in 2016 that FiOS was being installed, but it seems like that never finished. Does anyone know what the status is now?