Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village Tenants Association

Trunk Storage

An agreement that will permit tenants who have used the trunk storage service in the past to continue to use it with some limitations will be issued and implemented just after the holidays in early January.

Management has assured us that during this holiday period those tenants who have retrieved items from storage starting in July may return their items to storage, and those who need to access seasonal and holiday items may indeed retrieve and put items back into trunk storage during this time.

Management has asked that tenants consolidate their items wherever possible so that management may continue to remediate and consolidate trunk rooms and deal with abandoned trunks.

Should you call to restore trunks and management representatives provide information inconsistent with the above, please alert us immediately.

In a letter from the Tenants Association Counsel Tim Collins to Rose Associates, the Tenants Association challenged the recent change in management’s policy regarding the implementation of an $8 per card charge for card keys used for guests and employees.

Prior to this recent change in policy, the 2005 DHCR Rent Administrator’s decision allowed management to transition from the old key access system to the current card key system premised on a guarantee that that the first four key cards for guests and employees would be supplied without charge.

As set forth in the letter, the Tenant’s Association believes that the implementation of the new $8 per card charge constitutes a rent overcharge and/or a reduction in services.

The Tenants Association has called on management to reverse the new policy and restore the approved practice of only charging for keycards after the tenant has received four cards for their guests and employees without charge.

A copy of the letter can be found here.