Latest News
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Rent increases for 2023? The city’s Rent Guidelines Board starts its work
March 29, 2023
Thursday, 3/30, 9:30 a.m.: Watch on YouTube
The city’s Rent Guidelines Board sets rent adjustments every year for new rent-regulated leases and lease renewals. Tomorrow, Thursday, March 30, at 9:30 a.m., they will meet to discuss their report on owners’ income and expenses. You...
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Update: Blackstone to Appeal Court Ruling on 19 Facade MCIs
March 03, 2023
Blackstone intends to appeal the court’s decision in our favor on facade work Major Capital Improvement rent increases affecting 26 buildings. The decision annulled the MCI for 14 buildings, and tenants in those buildings who have already been paying the MCI would be...
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2023 TA Board Election – Notice to All Residents
January 17, 2023
The Nominating Committee of the Stuyvesant Town–Peter Cooper Village Tenants Association (the “TA”) is soliciting candidates for election to the TA’s Board of Directors. Two director positions are to be filled. The election will take place in May 2023.
This is an excellent opportunity for the community-minded to participate in...
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Court Rules in Our Favor on 19 Facade MCIs
January 07, 2023
Based on objections our attorneys Collins Dobkin & Miller LLP filed via Article 78s, 7 facade MCIs were annulled outright and 12 were sent back to DHCR (Order and Decision). We prevailed on two key issues—failure of the owner to file applications within DHCR's own established deadlines and failure...
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Judge Rules in Our Favor – All Apartments Stay Regulated
January 07, 2023
On January 4, 2023, Justice Robert Reed issued a decision in favor of the Stuyvesant Town–Peter Cooper Village Tenants Association, basically ruling that the 2019 rent laws supersede the regulatory agreement Blackstone signed with the City, which allowed for the deregulation of the J-51 units. The 2019 rent laws cover all apartments at...
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UPDATE: If You Missed Our Dec. 10 Meeting (or Want to Watch It Again), the Video Is on YouTube.
December 02, 2022
The video of our Dec. 10 meeting (1 hour 22 minutes), can be viewed on YouTube.
In 2023 we’ll have a new representative in Congress and a new state senator. Join us in saying good-bye to Carolyn Maloney and Brad Hoylman, and hello to Jerrold Nadler and...
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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
