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Read
Met Council's latest issue of Tenant/Inquilino
(July
2010 Issue).
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Demand NYS Senate Allies Block
End of Session until Tenant
Bills Pass
Nearly every Republican - if not
every single Republican - is
likely to vote against any
budget deal that the Democrats
come up with - which means that
it would only take one or two
brave Democratic Senators
to withhold their votes on the
budget deal until the Senate has
voted on our tenant legislation.
Last year, Pedro Espada held
Albany hostage for a month,
purely to enrich himself. It's
an extreme measure to call on
anyone to grind Albany to a halt
again - but it's clear that
landlords are going to the
extreme to kill our bills, and
we cannot afford to be kicked to
the curb yet again.
Call your State Senator with a
simple message:
Senator __X__, I am a tenant in your
district, and I have been
waiting for decades for the
Senate to finally do something
for tenants. You claim to be
pro-tenant, but the landlords
are clearly setting the agenda.
[To Democrats] I am asking that
you CALL SENATE CONFERENCE
LEADER JOHN SAMPSON AND TELL HIM
THAT YOU WILL NOT VOTE FOR THE
BUDGET DEAL UNTIL AFTER THE
SENATE HAS BROUGHT THE REAL RENT
REFORM LEGISLATION TO A FULL
VOTE. If you really care about
tenants, you need to take a
stand - and the time to take it
is NOW.
To find out who your Senator is,
and to get the phone number for
their office, go to
http://www.nysenate.gov/senators
Call the New York City district
office of your Senator first
(212 or 718 area code)
Tell Governor Paterson to
sign important pro-tenant
bill stopping illegal hotels
in residential buildings!
Despite the gridlock in
Albany, important pro-tenant
legislation
passed both houses of the
New York State legislature
in the past few weeks. The
first was a bill that made
rent and eviction
protections for tenants in
loft buildings permanent,
while expanding the scope of
these protections. Governor
Paterson considered vetoing
the bill, but thanks to
people like you who called
in to support the rights of
loft tenants, he signed it
into law.
Now, both the Assembly and
Senate have passed a bill to
stop the conversion of
affordable rental apartments
into illegal hotels.
Landlords get away with
illegal conversions owing to
loopholes in the law, and
they have hired lobbyists to
spread misinformation about
the bill, hoping to
encourage Governor Paterson
to veto it.
We are now concerned that Governor Paterson may be considering a
veto of this important
legislation!
Call Governor Paterson:
518-474-8390
Tell him:
"Sign the bill that would
stop illegal hotels from
depleting our affordable
housing stock.
SIGN
A.10008/S.6378."
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Hearing rumblings of a
buyout in your
Mitchell-Lama? Check out
A Mitchell-Lama Tenant's
Buyout Handbook for
information on what to do
and how to organize. |
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Welcome
to Met
Council on
Housing's
Website!
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 Met
Council is a membership organization dedicated to
preserving and expanding New York City’s supply of
decent, affordable housing. Most New Yorkers live in
rented apartments—almost all low, moderate, and
middle-income people in New York rent their
homes—and over 1 million of those apartments are
covered by rent regulations. Met Council focuses on
preserving rental housing and strengthening tenants’
rights. Rent-regulated tenants have more long-term
stability, better services, and lower rents than
those who rent on the open
market. For more information, go to
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The Rent Guidelines Board
set rent increase for all
1.3 million rent stabilized
apartments in New York City.
For leases renewals between
October 1, 2009, and
September 30, 2010, the rent
increase is 3% for one year
leases, and 6% for two year
leases - and for tenants
residing in their apartments
for more than six years
whose current rent is less
than $1,000, minimum
increases of $30 for one
year leases and $60 for two
year leases.
For leases renewals between
October 1, 2010, and September 30, 2011, the rent
increase is 2.25% for one year leases, and 4.5% for
two year leases. See our
RGB page for more info. Or
click here
for printable chart of
guidelines. |
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New RGB or MBR increases more than you
can afford? Two city
programs offer rent freezes
for those who qualify.
The Disability Rent
Increase Exemption Program
gives disabled tenants a
rent freeze. The application is available
at the
Dept
of Finance
website or call 311. See our
DRIE
page for more
info.
The Senior Citizen Rent
Increase Exemption
freezes rents for senior
households who qualify. For
more information, go to
our
Resources for Seniors
page. |
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Watch a video of the past year's efforts of
the Real Rent Reform campaign. Watch the
video on YouTube
here. |
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Just getting started educating yourself on
tenants' rights? Want to research your landlord?
Need names and addresses of local housing groups or
government agencies? Start with our
Fact Sheets
and
Housing Links |
