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The world is filled with entitled dirtbags. This little shit has no clue that when he looks down on us, all he sees is our shadows.
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(Trigger Warning: Homophobic Slurs) Uber abusive rider University of Michigan (Original Post)
FrodosPet
Mar 2016
OP
If Steven Croman really is his father, it seems the apple does not fall far from the tree
FrodosPet
Mar 2016
#9
This needs to find its way to any current or prospective employer for this idiot.
VMA131Marine
Mar 2016
#4
trumad
(41,692 posts)1. The thing I take great pleasure in...
Is knowing the wonderful Internet will find this guy and plaster his name all over the place. His company...if he works ---most likely will no longer need his services anymore.
Internet is forever.
FrodosPet
(5,169 posts)9. If Steven Croman really is his father, it seems the apple does not fall far from the tree
EXCLUSIVE: Multimillionaire Manhattan landlord probed for possibly using illegal tactics to force out rent-stabilized tenants
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/exclusive-millionaire-manhattan-landlord-probed-force-tenants-article-1.1880709
BY GREG B. SMITH NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Saturday, July 26, 2014, 2:30 AM
The multimillionaire Manhattan landlord whose ex-cop employee is accused of terrorizing tenants is now himself the subject of an investigation, the Daily News has learned.
State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has launched a probe into the potentially illegal tactics used by landlord Steven Croman, 47, to force rent-stabilized tenants out of their valuable apartments, a source said.
The AG is investigating potential violations of city and state laws, including numerous infractions related to tenant harassment by Croman, the source said.
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Numerous tenants say Croman regularly files frivolous lawsuits, blows off repairs and uses every trick in the book to get them out so he can rent units at much higher rates.
~ snip ~
Landlord Accused of Harassment Leaves Tenants Without Gas For Months
https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20151109/hells-kitchen-clinton/landlord-accused-of-harassment-leaves-hk-tenants-without-gas-for-months
By Gwynne Hogan | November 9, 2015 2:42pm
HELLS KITCHEN From brownies to steaks, David Makman, 36, has had to cook all his meals on a waffle iron in his West 45th Street apartment.
Its like a George Foreman Grill but everything looks like waffles, said Makman, who's lived at 355 W. 45th St. since he was a child.
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Con Edison shut off the gas when inspectors discovered pipe work installed without a permit, according to Department of Buildings records.
~ snip ~
Croman, who owns around one hundred properties around the city, made Public Advocate Letitia James' 2014 worst landlord list and is being investigated by the state for potentially illegal tactics of ousting rent-stabilized tenants, a spokesman for State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office confirmed.
~ snip ~
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/exclusive-millionaire-manhattan-landlord-probed-force-tenants-article-1.1880709
BY GREG B. SMITH NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Saturday, July 26, 2014, 2:30 AM
The multimillionaire Manhattan landlord whose ex-cop employee is accused of terrorizing tenants is now himself the subject of an investigation, the Daily News has learned.
State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has launched a probe into the potentially illegal tactics used by landlord Steven Croman, 47, to force rent-stabilized tenants out of their valuable apartments, a source said.
The AG is investigating potential violations of city and state laws, including numerous infractions related to tenant harassment by Croman, the source said.
~ snip ~
Numerous tenants say Croman regularly files frivolous lawsuits, blows off repairs and uses every trick in the book to get them out so he can rent units at much higher rates.
~ snip ~
Landlord Accused of Harassment Leaves Tenants Without Gas For Months
https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20151109/hells-kitchen-clinton/landlord-accused-of-harassment-leaves-hk-tenants-without-gas-for-months
By Gwynne Hogan | November 9, 2015 2:42pm
HELLS KITCHEN From brownies to steaks, David Makman, 36, has had to cook all his meals on a waffle iron in his West 45th Street apartment.
Its like a George Foreman Grill but everything looks like waffles, said Makman, who's lived at 355 W. 45th St. since he was a child.
~ snip ~
Con Edison shut off the gas when inspectors discovered pipe work installed without a permit, according to Department of Buildings records.
~ snip ~
Croman, who owns around one hundred properties around the city, made Public Advocate Letitia James' 2014 worst landlord list and is being investigated by the state for potentially illegal tactics of ousting rent-stabilized tenants, a spokesman for State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office confirmed.
~ snip ~
Darb
(2,807 posts)2. Looking forward to some blowback.
That guy deserves it.
EmperorHasNoClothes
(4,797 posts)3. All this while wearing a puffy coat with a big fur fringe.
Big man.
VMA131Marine
(4,135 posts)4. This needs to find its way to any current or prospective employer for this idiot.
The internet is forever and hopefully he will be working minimum wage jobs for a very long time.
FrodosPet
(5,169 posts)6. Student in now-infamous Uber video reportedly Jake Croman
http://www.michiganreview.com/5820-2/
Student in now-infamous Uber video reportedly Jake Croman
MARCH 27, 2016 BY OMAR MAHMOOD
On March 23, local Uber driver Artur Zawada uploaded a video of what appears to be an abusive student haranguing him with insults. The student is part of a larger group that jeers at the driver as the student yells at him and records the event on his iPhone.
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The Michigan Review has spoken with an LSA Freshman who has confirmed anonymously that the student in question is Jake Croman.
A cover-photo from a locked Instagram account purporting to be Croman appears to be the same face of the student seen in the video. He has also been identified on Yik Yak.
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UMich extremely disappointed by student who abused Uber driver
http://thetab.com/us/michigan/2016/03/27/update-2363
UPDATE (8.37pm)
Jake Croman, the student shown in the video, has responded to our request for comment. He alleges the video shows one side of an argument I had with an Uber driver and says the driver made an offensive remark and refused to pick me up on the basis of my religion. We have asked him to substantiate that claim and we are waiting to hear back from him.
He goes on: I am not proud of my reaction to his discrimination and I regret my choice of words. Shortly after the verbal altercation, I filed a complaint with the Ann Arbor police department and they are now dealing with the issue.
~ snip ~
UPDATE (4.42pm)
A national spokesperson for TKE has echoed the universitys disappointment with Jake Croman, and added he could face expulsion from the fraternity.
~ snip ~
Student in now-infamous Uber video reportedly Jake Croman
MARCH 27, 2016 BY OMAR MAHMOOD
On March 23, local Uber driver Artur Zawada uploaded a video of what appears to be an abusive student haranguing him with insults. The student is part of a larger group that jeers at the driver as the student yells at him and records the event on his iPhone.
~ snip ~
The Michigan Review has spoken with an LSA Freshman who has confirmed anonymously that the student in question is Jake Croman.
A cover-photo from a locked Instagram account purporting to be Croman appears to be the same face of the student seen in the video. He has also been identified on Yik Yak.
~ snip ~
UMich extremely disappointed by student who abused Uber driver
http://thetab.com/us/michigan/2016/03/27/update-2363
UPDATE (8.37pm)
Jake Croman, the student shown in the video, has responded to our request for comment. He alleges the video shows one side of an argument I had with an Uber driver and says the driver made an offensive remark and refused to pick me up on the basis of my religion. We have asked him to substantiate that claim and we are waiting to hear back from him.
He goes on: I am not proud of my reaction to his discrimination and I regret my choice of words. Shortly after the verbal altercation, I filed a complaint with the Ann Arbor police department and they are now dealing with the issue.
~ snip ~
UPDATE (4.42pm)
A national spokesperson for TKE has echoed the universitys disappointment with Jake Croman, and added he could face expulsion from the fraternity.
~ snip ~
redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)7. He has been outed as the son of a rich guy from New York.
He won't have to worry about a job, his Dad or Trump (according to the NY Post he is friends with young Trump) will provide him a cushy job with a mind blowing salary and he can continue to be an asshole his entire life.
FrodosPet
(5,169 posts)8. He can enjoy a lifetime of TV watching without a care in the world
Such a tool. What frustrates me even more is that he is a U of M student.
Send his over-entitled ass to Columbus, Ohio!
trumad
(41,692 posts)5. Already busted.