{"id":284097,"date":"2026-07-01T21:05:47","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T21:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/284097\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T21:05:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T21:05:47","slug":"doormen-and-staff-strike-against-luxury-midtown-manhattan-condo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/284097\/","title":{"rendered":"Doormen and staff strike against luxury Midtown Manhattan condo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Residents at a swanky Midtown West condominium near Billionaires Row are getting a crash course in DIY living this week after their building staff walked off <\/a>the job, leaving million-dollar apartment owners to open their own doors<\/a> and haul their own trash.<\/p>\n

The seven-member staff at Hudson Hill Condominium at 462 W. 58th St. began picketing Wednesday after an 18-month battle with the condo board for a contract with 32BJ SEIU, the union representing thousands of doormen, porters and superintendents across the Big Apple.<\/p>\n

The workers voted to join the union at the end of 2024 to boost hourly wages. Since then, they say, the condo board hasn\u2019t come to the table to finalize a contract<\/a> in good faith.<\/p>\n

Doorpersons and porters who service the luxury condo at 462 W. 58th St. walked off the job. Olga Ginzburg for the N.Y. Post<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes you\u2019ve gotta strike for what\u2019s right,\u201d the building\u2019s lead doorman, Terrence Jackson, told The Post from the picket line.<\/p>\n

Jackson has worked at the building for 17 years. He enjoys his job but wants some job security as he faces retirement.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve dedicated myself to this place,\u201d Jackson, 52, said. \u201cI\u2019m just asking for the same in return. I\u2019ve been there for them and I\u2019m asking them to be there for me and my family.\u201d<\/p>\n

During COVID, Jackson worked six days a week and took no time off. <\/p>\n

\u201cI cared for residents when they were too scared to even open their front doors,\u201d he said, bringing groceries into their homes himself.<\/p>\n

Terrence Jackson has worked at 462 W. 58th St. for 17 years. Olga Ginzburg for the N.Y. Post<\/p>\n

He regularly does favors for residents too, from walking their dogs to feeding their cats to putting their medication in the refrigerator.<\/p>\n

Building maintenance worker Henry Santana also worked full time during COVID, recalling additional duties like wiping down every apartment doorknob in the building.<\/p>\n

The 36-year-old has been unable to get knee surgery since a 2023 injury because he can\u2019t pay the $6,500 deductible or afford to be out of work.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m going to be out for a while and I don\u2019t have no 401-k or anything to pull for them while I\u2019m away because worker\u2019s compensation is only $170 a week,\u201d Santana, a father of two, told The Post. <\/p>\n

The building\u2019s workers are on strike, demanding that the condo board provide a fair union contract. Olga Ginzburg for the N.Y. Post<\/p>\n

32BJ SEIU members protest in front of\u00a0462 W. 58th St. on July 1, 2026 in New York City. Olga Ginzburg for the N.Y. Post<\/p>\n

The union would provide 100 percent employer-paid insurance and guaranteed paid sick leave and paid time off while he recovers.<\/p>\n

A recent union contract victory <\/a>secured historic wage and pension increases while protecting health care for 34,000 residential building service workers across the city.<\/p>\n

The union alleges the condo board has violated federal labor law and owes workers more than $100,000 in unpaid prevailing wages, tied to a since-expired tax abatement that required prevailing wage payment. 32BJ SEIU is taking legal action to pursue the back pay, a spokesperson for the union\u2019s New York chapter said.<\/p>\n

Five apartments in the 10-story, 67-unit building are currently on the market, ranging from a 760-square-foot one-bedroom, one-bath asking $900,000 to a 1,635-square-foot three-bedroom, two-and-a-half-bath asking around $2.2 million.<\/p>\n

Henry Santana, a maintenance worker at Hudson Hill Condominium, has put off getting knee surgery because he cannot afford it. Olga Ginzburg for the N.Y. Post<\/p>\n

The building accepted a tax abatement on the condition of paying workers a prevailing wage, which the union thinks it didn\u2019t do. Olga Ginzburg for the N.Y. Post<\/p>\n

Completed in 2008, the elevator building\u2019s amenities include full-time doormen, a concierge, a gym and an outdoor seating area.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery day, the residents of 462 W. 58th St. trust these workers with the most important part of their lives, their homes,\u201dKevin Stavris, executive vice president of 32BJ SEIU said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cConcierges, doorpersons and handypersons make sure the building is clean, safe, and comfortable. So it\u2019s downright insulting that the condo board continues to deny these workers the wages, health care and pensions they need to support their families.\u201d<\/p>\n

A rally is scheduled for 5 p.m.<\/p>\n

Sequoia Property Management, which manages the building, didn\u2019t immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Residents at a swanky Midtown West condominium near Billionaires Row are getting a crash course in DIY living…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":284098,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[2499,68859,68,5013,26920,1023,75,84,83,360,9,24,63,4648,1491,23289,3555],"class_list":["post-284097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-condos","tag-doormen","tag-exclusive","tag-homeowners","tag-labor-strikes","tag-luxury-real-estate","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-midtown","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-protests","tag-real-estate","tag-strikes","tag-unions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}