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Attorney running for Council
Helene Jnane outside Peter Cooper VillagePhoto by Sabina Mollot By Sabina Mollot It’s not easy to be a Republican in New York City, in particular on Manhattan’s East Side, and even less simple is...
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Garodnick: Bondholders say they’re owed $4.7 B
Tenants pack the auditorium of the Simon Baruch Middle School for the Tenants Association meeting on Saturday. (Photo by Maria Rocha-Buchel) By Maria Rocha-Buschel While the future of Stuyvesant...
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What does investigation of Silver mean for tenants?
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver By Sabina Mollot Following the news that last week that Sheldon Silver, the longtime speaker of the Assembly, is being investigated for mysterious payments received for...
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TA attends rally outside Cuomo’s office
Stuyvesant Town tenant leaders participated in a rally for stronger rent laws outside Governor Cuomo’s Manhattan office last Wednesday. (Photo by Rebecca Dumais) By Sabina Mollot Last Wednesday, a...
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OP-ED: The rent laws need teeth, so tenants will need to show theirs
By Susan Steinberg, Board Chair, Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village Tenants Association Sometimes in the life of our community, I feel like a barker at a carnival. Two of those times are upon us: a...
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Hoylman: Why I needed to get arrested
Photo courtesy of Brad Hoylman By Brad Hoylman, State Senator, 27th District Bayard Rustin once wrote, “We need in every bay and community a group of angelic troublemakers.” I can’t think of a more...
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On the rent laws’ limited improvements
By Assembly Member Brian Kavanagh With the rent laws that protect more than 2 million tenants set to expire on June 15 this year, and the inadequacies and loopholes in the current laws all too...
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Tenants lose bargaining power under new state budget
State Senator Brad Hoylman (Photo by Sabina Mollot) By Sabina Mollot On Sunday night, when the New York State budget was passed by the Senate, landlords won an extension of the 421 tax break for new...
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Tenants and homeless protest side by side at ‘Cuomoville’
A protest for stronger rent laws spanned three days outside the governor’s midtown office. (Photos by Maria Rocha-Buschel) By Maria Rocha-Buschel Tenant activists, including some who are homeless,...
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Opinion: Why we’re pushing for stronger rent laws early
(Pictured after returning from Albany, left to right) Tom Kuhn, Peter Sullivan, Judy Miller (back row), Mary Garvey, Sherryl Kirschenbaum, Michael Madonia (back row), Susan Steinberg, Patrice Michaels,...
View ArticleOpinion: The moment of truth
By former Assemblymember Steven Sanders Throughout my entire 28-year tenure in the State Assembly, the State Senate was controlled by the Republican Majority with their leadership mostly based in...
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New pols promise stronger rent regulations
Tenants carry signs at a rally in front of City Hall. (Photo by Sabina Mollot) By Sabina Mollot Since the flipping of the State Senate last month, local Democrat elected officials have been crowing...
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Stringer releases affordable housing plan
Comptroller Scott Stringer, pictured at a town hall earlier this month (Photo by Maria Rocha-Buschel) By Maria Rocha-Buschel City Comptroller Scott Stringer unveiled an affordable housing plan at the...
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Accusations of racism fly at rent regs hearing
Assembly members at a hearing on rent regulations (Photos by Sabina Mollot) By Sabina Mollot A hearing on Thursday about the rent regulations that are sunsetting this June in Albany at times got heated...
View ArticleEditorial: Landlords scared and should be
The fact that the power has shifted drastically in Albany has been missed by no one, in particular landlords, who for many years could rely on the Republican-controlled State Senate to kill any bill...
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Local politicians, experts answer questions on rent laws
Delsenia Glover, Ellen Davidson and State Senator Brad Hoylman answered questions about the rent laws. (Photos by Maria Rocha-Buschel) By Maria Rocha-Buschel More than 200 tenants attended a housing...
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Tenants Association files lawsuit against Blackstone
Tenants Association President Susan Steinberg with local elected officials last Thursday (Photo by Maria Rocha-Buschel) By Maria Rocha-Buschel The Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village Tenants...
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