Residents of a luxury building in Brooklyn's Williamsburg neighborhood are petitioning to bring back three popular front desk staffers who were allegedly fired by the property's new management. Tenants at 50 N. 5th St. have launched a campaign, including a website and a petition, to pressure Rose Associates, the building's management company, to rehire Ganesh, Diamond, and Irving.
The petition, which has garnered over 243 signatures from current and former tenants, aims to reach a goal of 250. Organizers state that the trio's dismissals on August 10th have led to a decline in service quality, with issues such as backlogged packages and an unresponsive front desk becoming more frequent.
Tenants describe the fired staff members as integral to the building's community, noting their familiarity with residents, their children, and even pets. "They knew everybody’s names; they knew the kids’ names; they knew the pets’ names," said petition organizer Indigo, who requested anonymity for privacy. "People would come down in the morning just to hang out with them and catch up, and it just really made the building feel more like a family and more like a home, versus like a big, faceless apartment building."
The new hires brought in to replace the dismissed staff have reportedly been met with dissatisfaction, with residents characterizing them as unfriendly and overworked. Victoria Brito, a resident who helped initiate the petition, expressed that the change has felt "very, very weird."
Rose Associates, which took over management of the building in mid-2025, initially stated in an email to residents that the firings were in support of the "long-term success" of the building and not performance-related. However, a spokesperson for the company later told local news outlet Greenpointers that the changes were "the result of complaints received from building residents."
Sources familiar with the situation claim that the fired employees were offered a severance package contingent on signing a nondisclosure agreement, which they reportedly refused. Ganesh, Diamond, and Irving were employed by a third-party company, QCS, which contracts workers to Rose Associates. Rose Associates has stated that QCS was responsible for the dismissals, asserting that they did not directly employ, manage, or terminate these individuals. This statement contradicts earlier communications from Rose Associates to tenants, which indicated that ownership and management had carefully considered the decision.
The fired staff members could not be reached for comment, and Rose Associates and QCS did not respond to requests for comment from The Post.