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Major Polling Site Change in Stuyvesant Town
September 14, 2019
September 12—Thousands of Stuyvesant Town tenants learned yesterday that they would have to go across East 14th Street to 611 East 13th Street in Campos Plaza Community Center to vote, in accordance with a Poll Site Change Notice from the Board of Elections (BoE).
Year after year, polling sites, once...
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Statement by Met Council on Housing on New Proposed Rent Law
June 12, 2019
June 12—The State Senate and Assembly have reached a deal (scroll down for details). In summary, five of our bills—making Preferential Rent permanent for the duration of the tenancy, repealing the vacancy bonus, rent control relief, expanding the Emergency Tenant Protection Act across the state, and changing the 4-year look-back...
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Before June 15: Things You Can Still Do for Rent Reform
May 30, 2019
PAINLESS
Sign an on-line petition
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/stand-with-tenants-and-help-us-make-historyREALLY EASY—PHONE THE ELECTEDS
Governor Andrew Cuomo: give your zip code (his office tracks this info)
(518) 474-8390 (9 a.m.–5 p.m.)Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie: at both his offices
(518) 455-3791 and (718) 654-6539Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart Cousins:...
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Thurs., May 30, 6:30 p.m.: Tenants Association Annual Meeting. Election of Board Members & Other Tenant Business.
May 24, 2019
If you stopped to talk to us at the flea market
. . . you’ve been getting our eblasts
. . . you’re a member of our Facebook pageWe hope you’ll join us at our annual meeting.
The...
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Tues., May 14—Bus to Albany for Stronger Rent Laws. If You Pay Rent, This Trip’s for You!
April 26, 2019
Rent laws that protect all of us expire 6/15/19. This year we have a tenant-friendly legislature, and many of its members are cosponsoring nine bills that strengthen and expand the laws.
WE ALL HAVE TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. The governor and legislators need to see we care...
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Thurs., April 11, 5:30 p.m.: Tenants Rally and March for Rent Law Reform—Laws Expire June 15, 2019.
April 07, 2019
Paying market rate? Longtime tenant? Join us for a rally and march to show Albany tenant strength. We need stronger and expanded rent laws this year.
Time: 5:30 p.m. (doors open at 5 p.m.)
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Petitioning Period Begins for 2019 Election to the STPCV TA Board of Directors
March 14, 2019
The Board of Directors of the STPCV Tenants Association endorses two candidates for positions on the board as recommended by the Nominating Committee. The election date is May 30, 2019.
Candidates endorsed by the Board include:
Alvin D. Doyle
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Wed., Feb. 27: Albany Lobby Day—Rent Laws Expire June 2019. RSVP by Feb. 23.
February 16, 2019
Ride the bus with the TA to fight for rent reform. Whether you’re a longtime tenant or a preferential renter, rent reform affects you.
Bills that give tenants relief have been written and are in committee in the state legislature. But we have to keep up the pressure—landlords are lobbying...
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2019 TA Board Election Notice
January 18, 2019
NOTICE TO ALL RESIDENTS
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. Five director positions are available. The election will take place in May 2019.
This is an excellent opportunity for the community-minded to...
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L Train: Get Info, Stay Up-to-Date
January 14, 2019
As of 1/14/19, it looks as though the L-pocalypse has been averted. Here are some ways to stay up-to-date and places to go for info:
Press release 1/3/19: “MTA Announces L Train Shutdown Averted”
The press release describes the new proposals for fixing the L train...
