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Mount Sinai Beth Israel—July 13 Meeting About Restructuring
July 07, 2016
Beth Israel has been an important go-to medical center for Stuyvesant Town–Peter Cooper Village residents for decades. To better serve the community in keeping with modern medical practices, the Mount Sinai Health System is investing $500 million to create an expanded network of state-of-the-art facilities river to river below...
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Membership Dues Are Changing
June 26, 2016
After much consideration, the TA board of directors has decided it’s necessary to raise our annual dues. As of July 1, 2016, Tenants Association dues will be $50 a year per apartment, and $25 a year per apartment for our neighbors on SCRIE or DRIE.
Another change: The...
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RGB Hearing, Monday, June 20: Demand a Rent Rollback or at Least a Freeze
June 14, 2016
Landlords’ costs went down this year, but will tenants will see that in their rent?
It’s time for a rent rollback or at least a freeze. Except for last year, when one-year renewal leases got a freeze, landlords have always been able to jack up the rents—even as much as...
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Tenant Town Hall, June 2: Stop Excessive Rent Hikes for Tenants Paying Market-Rate Rents
May 30, 2016
If you’re paying a preferential rent—less than the maximum legal rent—you can get hit with a HUGE increase when it’s time to renew your lease: hundreds of dollars more a month—all the way up to the legal rent.
The Real Rent Reform (R3) coalition is asking legislators to...
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Tenants Association Announces Election Results
May 19, 2016
At the Stuyvesant Town–Peter Cooper Village Tenants Association’s Annual Meeting, held May 14, 2016, Al Doyle, Chair of the Nominating Committee, announced the election of six directors to the TA’s board. Kirstin Aadahl, Soni Holman Fink, and Steven Newmark, all incumbents, were reelected, and new candidates Matt Arden, Gary...
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Rent Rollback Hopes Dashed by RGB Preliminary Vote
May 04, 2016
Despite a significant showing of rent-regulated tenants from all five boroughs demonstrating in favor of a rent rollback, the Rent Guidelines Board (RGB) has voted for increases as follows for leases starting or renewing on October 1, 2016 through September 30, 2017:
One-year lease: 0%–2.0%
Two-year lease: 0.5%–3.5%
The tenant...
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General Manager Rick Hayduk Featured Guest at TA May 14 Meeting
May 03, 2016
The STPCV TA will hold its annual members’ meeting on Saturday, May 14, 2016, at 1:00 p.m. in the auditorium of I.S. 104, 20th Street between First and Second Avenues. The first 30 minutes will be devoted to the announcement of the results of the election for open seats...
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Six candidates have been approved by STPCV TA for 2016 Election
March 25, 2016
The Board of Directors of the STPCV Tenants Association endorses six candidates for six open positions on the board. The election date is May 14, 2016.
The slate of candidates endorsed by the Board includes:
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Stuyvesant Town – Peter Cooper Village Affordable Housing Lottery Process Starts March 1
March 01, 2016
In accordance with the October 2015 agreement between Blackstone/Ivanhoe Cambridge and the City of New York to preserve 5,000 affordable units at Stuyvesant Town–Peter Cooper Village (PCVST) for the next 20 years, our landlord will solicit applications between March 1, 2016, and March 31, 2016, from eligible applicants who...
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Monday, Feb. 22: SCRIE/DRIE Rent Freeze Sign-Up Event at the Community Center, 1–4 p.m. RSVP
February 17, 2016
If you’re at least 62 or disabled, you may be eligible for a rent freeze. The city sponsors two programs that freeze the rent of eligible tenants: the Senior Citizen Rent Increase Exemption (SCRIE) and the Disability Rent Increase Exemption (DRIE).
