October 15, 2014 Samy Mahfar, Owner SMA Equities 130 Allen Street New York, NY 10002 Re: 102 Norfolk Street Dear Mr. Mahfar, We write on behalf of residents at 102 Norfolk Street, one of the many buildings you own that has exhibited problems due to your neglect. Many residents have reached out to our offices with concerns about the ongoing construction in the building, lead exposure due to construction, and insufficient communication with tenants. We request that demolition work cease until you and the tenants agree to a construction mitigation plan that is safe and transparent. We also request that this plan be communicated to our offices. In discussions on July 22, 2014, regarding the concerns above, you indicated interest in working with the tenants and keeping an open line of communication. However, tenants continue to contact our offices with complaints that indicate severe decline in their quality of life due to intrusive construction. Some of these complaints have led to Department of Health and Mental Hygiene inspections, confirming lead dust exposure. Additional complaints involve security staff preventing access to City inspectors and collapsing ceilings in apartments. On August 14, 2014, a meeting was held between you, two of your staff members (Omer Zwickel and Galina Rozetti), and tenants of 102 Norfolk Street to discuss the ongoing concerns regarding the lack of communication from management on construction in the building. During this meeting, there were several agreements made between you and the tenants to address their concerns. Some of these agreements include a lead mitigation plan, providing tenants proper construction notifications, translation of notifications in Chinese, access to language translation services, identification of construction workers with nametags, and consent to schedule construction work in individual units. We remain concerned that some of these issues have not been addressed despite your commitments to comply. One of the most prominent incidents occurred on September 5, 2014, when demolition occurred in a vacant unit. This work occurred after you agreed to cease work until a construction and lead mitigation plan was agreed upon with tenants. As a result of this work, you agreed to cease work until another meeting was held with tenants. This meeting was held on September 11, 2014. Our offices were also able to organize representatives from the Department of Buildings, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Housing Preservation & Development, and lead paint experts to make sure any potential lead mitigation plans are safe and follow applicable laws. We also discussed the opportunity to submit these plans to the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene for review prior to doing any construction work.

Although it is a positive step that youre reporting that you recently secured an environmental consultant to oversee construction, we remain concerned that a permanent construction plan hasnt been worked out yet with the tenants. We look forward to working with you to address the problems raised here, and to being notified about the construction mitigation plans agreed upon with tenants. Additionally, we look forward to working with you to address concerns brought up by tenants at other buildings you own in our districts. Should you have any questions, feel free to reach out to any of our offices. Sincerely, Margaret S. Chin Daniel Squadron New York City Council Member, District 1 New York State Senator, District 26

Sheldon Silver Gale Brewer New York State Assembly Speaker, District 65 Manhattan Borough President CC: Rick Chandler, Commissioner, Department of Buildings (DOB)

Dr. Mary T. Bassett, Commissioner, Department of Health & Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) Vicki Been, Commissioner, Housing Preservation & Development (HPD) 102 Norfolk Street tenants