Mayor Daniel Lurie made a “surprise” visit to the Alice Griffith apartments on Monday, dropping in on a public housing complex in Bayview following tenant complaints of mismanagement by the John Stewart Company.
But though the visit was supposed to be a surprise, tenants say property manager Melanie Casperson knew when Lurie was scheduled to arrive, and made sure to clean and prune before the mayor’s 45-minute visit on Monday afternoon.
Lurie walked through the garage, but did not go upstairs to any units, according to tenants, who would have shown him mold, leaky ceilings, and pests. Instead, what he could see had been cleaned up. Even the elevators worked…