Latest News
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"Mayor Adams, Gov. Hochul Unveil Plan for First-of-Its-Kind Job and Education Hub for Growing Health Sector"
October 13, 2022
Media release of Oct. 13, 2022, announcing SPARC Kips Bay (Science Park and Research Campus), the plan for the 25th Street Brookdale site, formerly proposed for a sanitation garage.
Posted 10/13/22
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New TA Board Member Appointed
October 10, 2022
As sometimes happens, a TA board member finds it necessary to leave the board before their term ends as was the case recently with Steve Mullen. Steve was elected in 2022 and had already plunged into board activities, including working on a tenant survey and staffing the TA’s table at...
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Congestion Pricing: TA Submits Statement
September 22, 2022
Since the proposed congestion pricing zone includes all of Manhattan below 60th Street, the TA submitted this statement to the MTA and the Federal Highway Administration.
Posted 9/22/22
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State Senate Primary Candidates: We Sent Them a Survey
August 11, 2022
What the four primary candidates said about housing, congestion pricing, bail reform, our lawsuits, clean energy and more. They said a lot, but there's plenty of white space.
Posted 8/11/22; updated 8/11/22
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RGB Increases: Rent Justice Coalition Response to Mayor Adams
June 24, 2022
The Rent Justice Coalition, which the STPCV TA is part of, released this response to Mayor Adams's reaction to this year's high rent increases. https://assets.nationbuilder.com/stpcvta/pages/10/attachments/original/1656087613/2022-06-23_RJC_Statement_on_Eric_Adams_RGB_Response.pdf?1656087613
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RGB Increases; TA Statement
June 22, 2022
Rents will go up significantly for leases starting Oct. 1, 2022. Read our statement.
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TA Annual Meeting of 5/24/22—Video
May 26, 2022
The Tenants Association held its annual meeting to announce the election of board directors and present a financial report. Following that we were joined by elected representatives and attorney Tim Collins, who updated us on issues of importance.
Elected to the board were incumbents Anne Greenberg, Lynn Janovsky, and Jeanette...
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2022 Lease Renewal Rent Adjustments: The Process Has Begun
April 10, 2022
The city’s Rent Guidelines Board has begun meeting to decide on adjustments to rent-stabilized rents (that’s all of us) on lease renewals as of October 1. The final vote will be taken in June.
What’s different this year? We have a new mayor, who has just appointed two new members...
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14th Street Walkthrough: Letter to Mayor Eric Adams
April 08, 2022
On March 26, 2022, various electeds, representatives of the mayor, and TA president Susan Steinberg did a walkthrough of the 14th Street and First Avenue corridor. For more than a year, tenants and local business owners have complained about conditions, but despite all efforts, the sidewalk is blocked, the bus...
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UPDATE: Blackstone Withdraws Permits for Natural Gas CHP Plants in ST; Makes End Run Around State Pollution Regulations
March 03, 2022
Blackstone has withdrawn its permit requests for the fossil fuel power plants in Stuyvesant Town, according to Basil Seggos, the state’s commissioner of Environmental Conservation. Instead, Blackstone is planning to submit new permit requests for lower emissions just below the DEC threshold. As a result, the plants would...