Pols tell tenants their stories are needed in rent law fight
Over 400 people listen as local state elected officials brief them on the uphill battle over the rent laws coming in June. (Photo by Sabina Mollot) By Sabina Mollot On Saturday, over 400 residents of...
View ArticleLetters to the Editor, June 11
Cartoon by Jim Meadows Tenants Assoc. to Cuomo: Loopholes in rent laws are eroding Stuy Town’s stability Dear Governor Cuomo, I’m writing on behalf of the 25,000 residents of Stuyvesant Town and Peter...
View ArticleEditorial: The city can, and should, help ST/PCV’s market rate residents
For the past couple of weeks, residents of Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village have been able to talk about little else but what the latest sale of the property means for them — or doesn’t. For...
View ArticleMore ‘Roberts’ money on the way for some Stuy Town residents
Council Member Dan Garodnick discusses the payouts. (Photo by Sabina Mollot) By Sabina Mollot Nearly 2,000 residents of Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village who were part of the “Roberts vs. Tishman...
View ArticleThird round of ‘Roberts’ checks may be on the way
By Sabina Mollot Last October, residents of Stuyvesant Town/Peter Cooper Village who were represented in the “Roberts v. Tishman Speyer” class action lawsuit saw a second wave of payouts from the...
View ArticlePSLL celebrates big wins and new division
The PSLL girls’ championship team members wear celebratory jackets at Con Ed Field. (Pictured) Olivia Sheh, Julianna Fabrizio, Sarah Acocelli, Camile Bernard, Dorie Levine, Amanda Haspel and Jordan...
View ArticleStuy Town’s new apartments will be rent stabilized, but probably not affordable
A building under construction outside the Avenue C Loop (Photo by Sabina Mollot) By Sabina Mollot For those wondering what the new apartments being built in Stuyvesant Town in the old management office...
View ArticleResidents have mixed reactions to affordability plan
Jonathan Gray listens to tenants. (Photo by Sabina Mollot) By Sabina Mollot At the big announcement on Tuesday, residents who’d skipped work that morning as well as a number of retirees made up most of...
View ArticleLast of ‘Roberts’ cash will go to TA, PSLL
By Sabina Mollot Earlier this month, it appeared there might be another distribution of checks, albeit small ones, to residents of Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village who’d been represented in the...
View ArticleWatchdog says affordability preserved through Stuy Town deal was exaggerated
Mayor Bill de Blasio and other elected officials with tenants in October, 2015 announcing the sale of Stuyvesant Town (Photo by Sabina Mollot) By Sabina Mollot In October of 2015, a grinning Mayor Bill...
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