Exclusive | Inside the swanky midtown building near Billionaires Row where staff finally said enough and walked out

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 the job, leaving million-dollar apartment owners to open their own doors and haul their own trash.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.The workers voted to join the union at the end of 2024 to boost hourly wages.Since then, they say, the condo board hasn’t come to the table to finalize a contract in good faith.“Sometimes you’ve gotta strike for what’s right,” the building’s lead doorman, Terrence Jackson, told The Post from the picket line.Jackson has worked at the building for 17 years.

He enjoys his job but wants some job security as he faces retirement.“I’ve dedicated myself to this place,” Jackson, 52, said.“I’m just asking for the same in return.

I’ve been there for them and I’m asking them to be there for me and my family.”During COVID, Jackson worked six days a week and took no time off.“I cared for residents when they were too scared to even open their front doors,” he said, bringing groceries into their homes himself.He regularly does favors for residents too, from walking their dogs to feeding their cats to putting their medication in the refrigerator.Building maintenance worker Henry Santana also worked full time during COVID, recalling additional duties like wiping down every apartment doorknob in the building.The 36-year-old has been unable to get knee surgery since a 2023 injury because he can’t pay the $6,500 deductible or afford to be out of work.“I’m going to be out for a while and I don’t have no 401-k or anything to pull for them while I’m away because worker’s compensation is only $170 a week,” Santana, a father of two...