Rich building literally fences off poorer residents

Erik Clancy and Erin McFadzen fenced in by their landlord. Source: New York Post

FIRST there was the Poor Door. Now theres the Poor Porch.

A luxury tower in the New York City borough of Queens that was bailed out by the city is blocking the large terraces of a few affordable units so tenants above with tiny balconies dont get jealous, one resident claims.

Erin McFadzen chose her middle-income and rent-stabilised corner apartment at Long Island Citys new Q41 building because of its wraparound terrace.

But when she moved in, half of it was fenced off by what she calls a Jurassic Park-style barricade.

The ugly 6-foot-high wire barrier also interferes with views from every window of her sixth-floor, $2,186-a-month pad.

Were caged in, McFadzen told The Post.

Every time someone comes over, I have to explain why the fence is there ... and tell them were rent stabilised, like its a badge I have to wear, she said.

McFadzens boyfriend, Erik Clancy, who also lives in the two-bedroom pad, is outraged, too.

I cant imagine them saying [to market-rate tenants], You get this beautiful view of Manhattan behind a giant metal fence, he said.

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