Monday, December 3, 2012

Pig controversy at Whitestone co-op


From the NY Post:

Residents of a Queens co-op say the pet pig rooting around their courtyard isn’t kosher — and are determined to get the city to evict the unwelcome ungulate from the complex.

“What is this, Tobacco Road? I feel like I’m in another hemisphere!” one resident fumed. “Parents don’t want to let their kids play in the courtyard with pig pee and poop.”

“It’s just ludicrous that there’s a barnyard right under my nose!”

The co-op board at Clearview Gardens in Whitestone recently told Lou and Danielle Forgione, parents of Petey the Pig, that it had received numerous complaints about the 8-month-old porker since the summer but took no action while it consulted its bylaws, which forbid only dogs.

In the interim, the city took the bull by the horns.

“Harboring a pig is illegal in NYC! Must be removed from NYC premises as soon as possible,” reads a Nov. 20 Health Department notice slipped under their door.

The Forgiones remain defiant.

“He’s not a farm animal. He’s part of the family. We’re going to fight. We’re never giving him up,” Danielle, 33, told The Post.


I say we let them keep the pig and ban Toby Stavisky instead.

27 comments:

Jerry Rotondi said...

Continuing to keep some of our political "pigs" in office is even worse!

Keep informed and vote wisely!

BTW--Pigs are highly intelligent animals.

I wish I could say the same for a particular "representative" of mine!

Anonymous said...

Oink, oink, oink!
There's a pig controversy in the NYS Senate! Guess who? Hint...it's a dynastic pig.

Anonymous said...

Is "granny" Shulman living in Clearview Gardens now?

FluShing Rezident said...

Ha ha on Clearview. It's such an uptight, prissy little community, filled with lowlifes (lowlives?) that don't know it (although isn't that always the way!)

Those little pigs are smarter and cleaner than dogs. What kind of community bans dogs in the first place? They're so much more preferable to all those spoiled, overweight brats that currently reside at Clearview!!!

Anonymous said...

It isn't kosher to eat the pig; it's ok let it ran around alive.

Loudrich said...

Hmmm maybe this is a ploy to get out from their underwater mortgage? Just might work

Do you think a sheriff is going to break down a door and confiscate a pig? oh the publicity

Anonymous said...

Muslims don't like pigs either.
Muslims and Jews don't exactly get along great.
Maybe we need a few Muslims moving into Clearview Gardens.
That ought to keep the residents (heavily Jewish?) from evicting pigs.

Anonymous said...

RU sure that's not really legislative pork?

Anonymous said...

Maybe it's a therapy pig.
Then maybe she's got legal grounds to keep it.

Anonymous said...

I say we let them keep the pig and ban Toby Stavisky instead.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

AMEN!!!

Anonymous said...

33 and already has 6 kids, a brother who was fucking around on a doner-cycle and got smashed... sounds like a great family full of good decision makers.

Anonymous said...

Am I the only one who first thought of "Spider-Pig, Spider-Pig," and the unfortunate sequelae from Mr. Simpson's experiments in animal husbandry :)

Anonymous said...

Eight people in one tiny Clearview apartment.......even assuming it's a three bedroom...........the pig is the least of the co-op violations!

Anonymous said...

I had a pig when i was 17,but my father made me break up wth her and date a nice girl..........

Anonymous said...

Keep Pete the pig !!

Anonymous said...

I had a pig when i was 17,but my father made me break up wth her and date a nice girl..........

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Was her name Claire?

Anonymous said...

Isnt clearview gardens the coop whose board members went to jail?
Co-ops are nothing but a collection of political operatives, towing the party line.

Anonymous said...

I'm sure pigs are great pets but not in a co-op apartment and certainly not in public spaces. I mean, dogs are not allowed, why would you think you can have a farm animal? Selfish move by these people- you break the rules and then we are supposed to feel bad for you- you are hurting the animal by making selfish choices knowing that you can't keep the animal in your apartment. You want a farm animal, move to the countryside.

Anonymous said...

Sad to read here such anti-semetic remarks. This has nothing to do with Jews and Muslims and keeping kosher and if Clearview is heavily Jewish. Who is writing these posts, teenagers? Sadly no one addressed that issue. I expected more from people intelligent enough to read Queens Crap that they would not be racist, or such haters. We go from an illegal pig in an apartment to nasty comments about Jews. EPIC FAIL

Anonymous said...

Have you seen the collection of people who live in those chicken coops (yes, I mean coops...not co-ops)?

I'll bet that pig's got a higher IQ than the average resident!

Anonymous said...

Oh here we go again, with accusations of anti Semitism.

That's pure chop liver!

Anonymous said...


"I expected more from people intelligent enough to read Queens Crap..."
___________________________________________________
LOL!
You can stop your obvious patronizing.
You've buttered us up enough, now...to cause us all to be slipping and sliding all over the pavement.

In reality...I'M SURE that you really harbor MANY disparaging and hateful thoughts about the readers and posters of Queens Crap.

Uh...Muslims don't keep Kosher.
They adhere to Halal practices.

It's also nice to know that you're clairvoyant and know that QC posters are mostly teenagers.

Could you pick me a winning lottery number, please?

LOL!

Anonymous said...

Heavily Jewish????? I think not.
Maybe 25 years ago. Now it's just heavily white trash..........with maintenance men who shake down the shareholders for cash payments to do what they're being paid to do anyway!!!!!

Anonymous said...

They sound a lot like Mitchell Linden's maintenance men looking for tips.

Anonymous said...

This is much worse than "looking for tips." This is "I won't do this unless you give me "$xx.xx" of money in cash. And then the supposed work ticket that was written up never even materializes for signature!

Anonymous said...

I guess you shareholder in Clearview gardens should tip these guys or recognize what they do for you and they won't have to (so call shake you down)

Anonymous said...

Clearview gardens imposes hefty fines for allegedly having a dog enter ones own apartment, serves the shareholder with a five day notice to cure the default, makes them hire an attorney to prove their innocence all without proof. i say roast the damn pig