The Chelsea Hotel has been known for decades as the home of the non-stop party, and while some of you may have thought the party was finally over with the ouster of the Bards, we’re here to say it ain’t so, Joe. The following is an excerpt from a sworn affidavit by a former hotel employee in a personal injury lawsuit, Arthur Nash, plaintiff vs. David Elder, Chelsea 23rd St. Corp., BD NY Hotels, LLC, Charles Ferri, et. al., before the Supreme Court of the State of New York. The document is especially revealing for the light it shines on Chelsea Hotel management practices. The former employee writes:
Office Environment
60. The Office was incredibly unorganized.
61. There was no clear hierarchy in the Office among the workers, with the exception of Tamasar who was the boss of the rest of us.
62. I occasionally asked [name redacted] for guidance or advice as [name redacted] worked there longer than I had.
63. Often, it felt like it was a party at the Hotel and in the Office.
64. Tamasar takes pain pills on a regular basis, which may or may not be prescription.
65. Tamasar came into the Office on many occasions and handed out his pain pills to employees.
66. Office employees were encouraged to regularly consume Tamasar’s pain pills during work hours while on the job.
67. On some occasions, Tamasar would take the Office employees out to eat and drink at a restaurant, and we would all consume alcoholic beverages.
68. On occasion, Tamasar and the Office employees would go out to drink alcoholic beverages excessively, including tequila shots, while the Office was closed during regular business hours.
69. After drinking at a restaurant, Tamasar would send the Office employees home, rather than back to open up the Office for the remainder of the regular business hours.
70. Tamasar also sent me to purchase alcohol to bring back to the Office that Tamasar and the Office employees then consumed while at work during regular business hours. This occurred a minimum of nine (9) or ten (10) times in my less than six (6) months spent working in the Office.
Party on, Tequila-tsar!
Seriously, though, we’ve repeatedly written in this blog that the post-Bard management is incompetent, and now it seems we have an insider who agrees with us. Frankly, we had no idea things had gotten this bad. The employee’s allegations, if true, would seem to raise serious safety, liability, and even criminal issues for the hotel.
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