Creepy Hudson Yards construction workers brazenly peered at female fashion students from their dorm windows, used binoculars, photographed them and even shot them, according to concerned coeds and neighbors. It is said that they set up chairs and look into it.
Two Manhattan West workers, $2 billion 58-story skyscraper At Hudson Yards, which opened in January, a video shared on The Post shows a peek into the rooms at Fashion Institute of Technology's Kaufman Hall from across West 31st Street.
“You can't escape them,” said the resident, who said they were doing the same to residents of the apartment building next door, The Eugene.
Construction of Two Manhattan West, the final portion of the eight-acre Manhattan West complex developed by Brookfield Properties as part of the Hudson Yards redevelopment. Started in 2019 Peeping toms continue to be seen on some floors.
The workers, who appear to have come from another construction company, are so notorious that they have earned the nickname “Kaufman Creepers,” students said.
A video shared on TikTok last week by a 23-year-old Eugene resident shows a man wearing a helmet peering through a window into a student residence hall. The post has since been viewed more than 2.5 million times.
Dozens of former and current students commented that they too had experienced the Kaufman Creeper.
One former student said it would happen “on a daily basis.”
Another FIT graduate said he once woke up to a construction worker staring at him as he slept on scaffolding.
“One time I saw a worker in that building with binoculars,” enraged another.
Lilian, a Eugene-based social media influencer and singer who shared the video, requested that only her first name be published due to privacy concerns. She said she witnessed construction workers recording at least five times, and also saw them using binoculars and setting up chairs to look inside the dormitory.
In September, men were seen “gazing” and appearing to film naked co-eds as they changed after a shower.
“You feel so helpless, like you can't do anything for them. You can't just scream across the hall and be like, 'Oh my God, close the blinds!'” Lillian said.
Most dormitory windows have blinds, but several women said they left their windows open because their rooms didn't have overhead lights.
“You shouldn't be afraid to open the blinds to experience sunlight in your room. You shouldn't be afraid to open the windows,” sophomore Naomi Mitchell, 19, told the Post.
She said it's worrying for her and her friends in the 1,100-student dormitory to hear about regular occurrences of oglings.
“It's creepy to catch someone staring at you, especially if you're in a dorm with a lot of men and women,” she said.
Another FIT student, who asked to remain anonymous for fear of retribution, said she and her friends noticed construction workers and security guards staring into the windows for years. When they filed a complaint, they were simply told to email FIT's residential life department.
Lillian said she tried to tell one of the construction workers about the lewd behavior and was fired.
“He laughed at me and said, “So, what do you expect? “New York,” she said.
Since her video went viral, she has noticed that several dormitories have closed their blinds and construction workers have covered the building's windows with giant sheets of paper.
Throughout the course of the extensive project, various construction companies were hired, including new tenants.
Structure Tone, a contractor recently hired by the tenant and whose employees are believed to be seen in Lillian's video, did not immediately respond to inquiries from the Post.
The general contractor for the first project was AECOM Tishman.
“While we have completed the work, we have not been to this site in over a year and have no record of any complaints while we were on site,” a spokesperson told the Post.
FIT declined to comment, but students said officials contacted Two Manhattan West in an email Thursday saying they were taking the allegations seriously.
