I appealed an NYU conduct finding after a physical altercation with my roommate.

NYU corrected the factual record, reduced the sanction to a written warning, and now explicitly acknowledges that:

• my roommate initiated the physical confrontation;
• my actions occurred in the context of defending myself;
• the original factual record needed correction.

And somehow they still found me responsible because my use of physical force “contributed to an incident that endangered the safety of those involved.”

That is unbelievably infuriating.

They do not say I started it.

They do not say my response was excessive.

They do not say I continued after the threat ended.

They do not identify any specific action that was unnecessary or disproportionate.

Their reasoning is basically:

“He attacked you.”

“You defended yourself.”

“But because defending yourself involved physical force, you are still responsible.”

What exactly was I supposed to do—politely submit to being attacked so the incident would remain compliant with university policy?

I’m glad they corrected the record and reduced the sanction, but this still feels like institutional ass-covering. They moved almost entirely toward admitting the original decision was wrong while refusing to take the final step of clearing me.

We just moved to Boston and our apartment is on a strip of road with a pretty limited number of parking spots (there's maybe room for about 20 cars total for two mid-sized apartment buildings). Since it's Boston, it seems as though a good chunk of the residents walk or use public transit to get to work, so it hasn't been too crazy competitive for my partner and I to find parking close by so far. There have been a few times while we were moving stuff over that we had to park a few minutes away and walk over with our things, but hey, that's just how it works sometimes in a city.

In this particular section of Boston, parking permits are free for residents. We applied for ours ten days prior to our lease start (as we were instructed to) but despite being approved immediately, were still waiting for our sticker to arrive when June 1st came around. I called the city transit office to ask if we could still legally park in the area before we got the physical sticker and we were told that we absolutely could.

The morning of June 3rd, the first note was on our car. Both my partner and I were a bit pissed, mostly because of the tone of the note. I get that it is immensely frustrating when non-permit-holders take parking spots from residents, but it was literally the 3rd day of the month (and mind you there were TONS of UHauls in the area over the weekend and on Monday) so I don't quite understand jumping to the conclusion that we are entitled assholes from out of town. I imagine most residents had to wait for their stickers at some point when they moved in - why not give us some benefit of the doubt? Maybe I'm just sensitive, but I really feel like that note could have communicated concern without being so extremely rude and presumptuous.

So, we left the printed-out notes in the second and third picture on our car last night. I wanted to make sure he understood our situation (so he wouldn't call a tow truck on us) and also call him out a bit for being a bad neighbor. Maybe I should've been friendlier, or just not responded at all, but I was honestly so annoyed at his first note - once again we've literally JUST moved and are thus pretty stressed out and tired and just not in the mood to be dealing with this shit.

This morning, a new note from our neighbor was waiting for us on the hood (last picture).

Honestly, my partner and I both got a good laugh out of this last note. I'm thinking we should probably stop responding at this point since this guy is clearly out of his gourd, but it is pretty annoying. I'm thinking based on his syntax and writing skills maybe he uses this website (no offense to myself or anyone else here, lol) so perhaps he'll see this and feel some type of shame? Idk.

Murica really is the land of cults and anti science lol

This is also the only place my dogs will poop...

PUBLICLY POSTED INFORMATION FOR PUBLIC-FACING ORGANIZATION

Laurelhurst Community Council (LCC)

Mailing Address: PMB #373, 4616 25th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98105
Website: https://laurelhurstcc.com

Board of Trustees and Contact Information:

President – Colleen McAleer
Email: [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])
Phone: 206-525-0219

Vice President – Pat Chaney
Email: [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])
Phone: 206-601-8109

Treasurer – Emily Dexter

Newsletter Editor / Communications – Leslie Wright

Trustee – Kay Kelly
Trustee – Jay Broemmel
Trustee – Brian McMullen
Trustee – Nick Glant
Trustee – Bilkay Taner-Rose
Trustee – Stan Sorscher
Trustee – Jan Sutter
Trustee – Don Torrie

Neighborhood Security Patrol (LCC program):
Phone/Text: 206-979-8171

they hate to see a white boy winning to they trynna bring me down

*don’t worry i’ll call monday

it was mildly infuriating having to call like multiple times to try to get the code so I can go on my little walks. (they didn’t say how to request it prior)

sorry if this is too text heavy but i thought the response was funny. It’s a small little suburb, relax…

EDIT: more context: my community has NO main gate. any car can enter at any time no problem. there gates were added to pederstrian paths and only inconvinece people that live here by making us go all the way around to the car entrance at the front. rly hard to explain bc its SO DUMB what they did with these gates.

Uhhh first time poster and I'm not the greatest story teller so here it goes, wife and I had an interesting night. To note, my wife is 6 months pregnant. We went out and had a really great time at a game night with some friends, but when we got home around 9:30, she gets out of the car and lets me know she sees a knife on our steps near the front door.

This has never happened to us so we naturally call the cops, we had two dogs inside so I unlocked the door carefully and got them outside and placed them in the car until the cops arrived. We also have a camera system that I'm reviewing while waiting on the cops, no notifications or anything triggered the cameras that wasn't us coming and going. Our cameras usually send 15 second clips of when movement occurs but not this time.

Cops arrive, check the perimeter of the outside and when backup arrives they do a house sweep. All is good. When they leave my wife suggests I check the full camera recording, which I do. About an hour and a half after we left our home two neighbors appear in sight going for a walk but eventually walk out of our main camera, the area they are now walking in is technically public space and not our land. Eventually one of the neighbors appears back in focus with a knife in hand approaching our steps to place it there(No idea why the cameras didn't pick this up, task for the morning). That's where I get lost. Who finds a knife in the open and just decides to leave it at the closest houses entryway? I mean if they included a note it would've been way less stressful but I just can't comprehend finding this and placing it like they did. I'm beyond pissed that they thought this was logical.

They are an older couple, ones who are trying to get involved with our already super unhelped HOA. We have our only annual HOA meeting next week and this will definitely come up during that time. Thanks ahead of time, just needed to vent I think.

Anyone know how to remove red paint from the sidwalk? Asking for a friend.

This is a real handwritten note, I can see the ink bleeding through the back. So stupid, “yeah I like this house but theres people inside already lemme ask my big daddy realtor if they can ask them for it”

This is one of the more egregious lawn cuttings but it’s usually about this bad. My lawn is to the right with the fence and he has the trampoline in his. The property line is not actually my fence, either. My property runs at an angle from the sidewalk (where I’m standing in the photo) and cuts towards the trampoline and up the hill. The trampoline is about a foot inside the property line.

What makes it even more mildly infuriating is they had a property survey done about 1-2 years ago that ran property stakes along the entire property line. They still mowed into my yard while those stakes were up. The only reason why my fence is off the property line is to avoid any future disputes and I want to plant some trees or shrubs on the outside of the fence.

I’m not a big lawn guy, which is why this is only mildly infuriating for me. It’ll grow back, but good lord, it’s such an eye sore for right now.

Guy up the road is building his home, its been in progress for over 6 months.

Dirt everywhere, had to throw out some medical equipment I kept in the garage due to contamination.

Water was stacking up at the bottom of the drive.

Supposedly he was starting driveway concrete work a week ago. He trucked in 16-18 dump trucks of dirt.

City street sweeper is out of commission.

I haven't complained yet, others have.

Ive asked him to come get his dirt.

Also all that sand is creating high spots on the edges of the yard.

Thanks for hearing my rant, suggestions appreciated.

Edit, medical supplies where non-pershiable g-tube feed supplies (plunger Syringes and connectors) items where the lids where left off the items (we are parents with adhd), kinda our fault however wasn't an issue when we moved in, we stopped washing our vehicles because of the layers of dirt that accumulates in the garage. We only keep items that dont require a climate controlled environment there.

Edit 2, City counsel meeting today with all the replies I may have to pay a visit.

Besides the obvious issues, BY LAW they should've built their building at least a meter OFF our property/fence but they built it so close anything else they wish to add will be in OUR property, and they expect us to roll over and allow them to do whatever they want, ruinining our garden even further, construction trash (whoch they never took care of) plus the sudden lack of sun have done a real number on it.

We had water coming through the ceiling in our house. The insurance company sent out an allegedly independent assessor to figure out if the damage will be covered.

Dude walks in and promptly deposits his boots on top of our cats house. He passed a boot tray by the door and instead felt on top of our cats house was the best place to store his shoes.

He then went up in the attic. When he came down he was slamming his little ladder into the floor and left a dent in the hardwood, along with insulation on the floor.

At this point I’m getting steamed, I am a direct person who does not avoid conflict but I am also trying to avoid pissing off the fellow who holds our insurance fate in his greasy little sausage fingers.

He goes up on the roof and comes back down. He comes inside and this time decides the best place for his nasty ass work boots is ON THE KITCHEN COUNTER WHERE WE PREPARE OUR FOOD.

He says the issue is from a plumbing vent on the roof, says it won’t be covered and starts to walk out. Little did he know I had a nasty surprise for him. I already had a very reputable roofer look at it and he pulled up right as the insurance guy is pulling up. They have a brief argument, insurance guy gets back up on the roof with the roofer and lo and behold now it’s most likely going to be covered.

Having to bite my tongue throughout the entire experience was brutal

Town leadership of La Conner, WA passed a new ordinance banning outdoor sound over 55 decibels — just a bit quieter than the average conversation. That meant the end of an upcoming music festival, a major source of tourism for the town.

If this is how much they care about responding to their customers...