ESHC May 2010 Newsletter

The ESHC Newsletter is a monthly publication of the East Side Housing Coalition, an all volunteer grassroots organization dedicated to protecting tenants rights & providing a voice for fair housing practices in NYC’s East Side Neighborhoods

*ESHC at the Third Avenue Street Fair*
Sunday, June 6th
11 AM to 5:30 PM
West Side of 3rd Avenue between 84 & 85 Streets
The ESHC will have a booth at the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce Street Fair on June 6th. Our booth will be on the west side of 3rd Avenue between 84th and 85th Streets. ESHC members will answer tenants’ and co-op/condo owners’ questions on housing issues. Please visit our booth to learn more about the East Side Housing Coalition and the services it provides. If you would like to get involved with our tenant advocacy or co-op/condo owners programs, email us at e.sidehousingcoalition@gmail.com or call 212.734.8995.

Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer
Speaking on Affordable Housing Crisis
Tuesday, May 18th
6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
St. James Church, Parish House (Sunderland Hall)
865 Madison Avenue (71st and 72nd Street)
The East Side Congregations for Housing Justice is hosting an evening with Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer on Tuesday, May 18th. The East Side Housing Coalition will co-host this event, which offers an opportunity to hear from the MB President on how the City can best respond to the continuing affordable housing crisis and the record numbers of homeless at a time when the City and State are cutting back on homeless services.

ESHC Launches Co-op/Condo Owners Program
The mission of the new ESHC Program is to educate owners on their legal rights, teach them the skills to protect those rights, and to help them organize into a unified force to affect legislative change. A steering committee was formed in February and is addressing issues of board governance, communication, transparency, and fiduciary duties and compliance. Other areas of concern are the responsibility of sponsors, agents, accountants and attorneys, rising costs of maintenance and capital improvements, repairs and habitability. If you would like to get involved, please send a brief summary of the issues you face as an owner to e.sidehousingcoalition@gmail.com, or call 212.734.8995.  Represenatives from this group will also be present at the June 6th Street Fair (see above).

Real Rent Reform Campaign Phone Bank: May & June
Help Make Calls to Win Rent Reform in Albany!
Monday thru Thursday, 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM
UFT Offices/52 Broadway (5th Floor), Manhattan
We need volunteers to help call tenants in neighborhoods where State Senators are blocking rent-reform. With less than 6 weeks to go before the legislative session ends, the time to act is now! To volunteer, call Tiffany at 212.920.6613 or email tiffany@housinghereandnow.org. Directions: Take the #4 or #5 subway to Wall Street stop & walk 1 block south on Broadway. OR take the R, W or #1 to Rector Street

Free Legal Clinic Offered to Tenants
NYS Assembly Member Micah Kellner, Eviction Intervention Services and a group of pro-bono attorneys led by Dan Quart are offering a free legal clinic to assist tenants whose incomes are above the limit for free legal assistance but who cannot afford the standard hourly rates of private attorneys. Clinics are being held on the first Mondays of each month from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM at the Eviction Intervention Services offices, 1233 2nd Avenue (64-65th Streets). To schedule an appointment, call Assembly Member Kellner’s office at 212.860.4906. If you would like to help or to discuss your issues, call Dan Quart at 212.828.7502 or email: danquart.nyc@gmail.com. For information, visit: www.emailbrain.com/eb_members/107130/ftp/micah.pdf http://eisny.org/services.html

Rent Guidelines Board Recommends Rent Increases
The RGB approved increases of 2 % to 4% for 1-year leases and 4% to 6% for 2-year leases, among the lower range of increases the 9-person panel has recommended in recent years. After public hearings on June 15 and June 17, the final increase will be set at a meeting June 24. Manhattan tenants are encouraged to testify at the public hearing on June 17th at the Great Hall at Cooper Union, 7 East 7th Street (corner of 3rd Ave.) from 10AM to 6PM. Directions: Take the #6 (Lexington Ave. Local) subway to Astor Place. http://www.housingnyc.com/html/about/meetings.html

Housing Here and Now/Real Rent Reform Campaign
Unites Community, City & State Tenant Advocates
The ESHC and other community, city and state tenant advocacy organizations have united in an effort to reform rent laws before the end of the state legislative session. In April, over 400 tenants lobbied in Albany to demand the repeal of vacancy decontrol, repeal of the Urstadt Law, and protection of Mitchell-Lama and Section 8 Housing tenants by placing them under rent stabilization; reform of the Rent Guidelines Board to prevent automatic annual rent increases of rent-controlled tenants, and other legislative reforms. The main targets are 3 Democrats: Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr.; Sen. Martin Malave Dilan and Sen. Jeff Klein; and 1 Republican, Sen. Marty Golden. These 4 senators represent more than 175,000 households who reside in rent-stabilized and rent-controlled apartments. For more information, visit: http://realrentreform.org/

 ESHC Community Outreach
The ESHC is reaching out to East Side churches, synagogues and community organizations to ask them to distribute our newsletters to their congregations or members. We need assistance with our outreach and appreciate your help. To volunteer, please email: e.sidehousingcoalition@gmail.com

Tenant Resources
City Wide Taskforce on Housing Court: 212.962.4795 http://www.cwtfhc.org
Department of Housing & Community Renewal (DHCR)
http://www.dhcr.state.ny.us/ General Info: 718.739.6400

Eviction Intervention Services: 212.308.2210
http://eisny.org/services.html

Housing Here and Now: 718.802.9540 ext. 9 www.housinghereandnow.org

Housing Conservation Coordinators: 212.549.5996
www.hcc-nyc.org/legalservices/housinglinks.htm

Lenox Hill Neighborhood House’s Legal Advocacy and Organizing Department: 212-744-5022 x1392
http://www.lenoxhill.org/content/who-we-help/legal-advocacy-and-organizing.html

Metropolitan Council on Housing: http://www.metcouncil.net
Hotline: 212-979-0611 (M, W- F, 1:30 PM to 5 PM)

Rent Guidelines Board (RGB): http://www.housingnyc.com/

Tenants Political Action Committee (PAC): 212.577.7001 http://tenantspac.org/

Tenants & Neighbors: Tel: 212-608-4320 www.tenantsandneighbors.org/

ESHC NEWSLETTER

 *Real Rent Reform Lobby Trip to Albany
Tuesday, April 27*
Come to Albany to Show Support for Stronger Tenant Protection Laws!
The ESHC has joined Housing Here & Now, the Metropolitan Council on Housing, Tenants & Neighbors, and other tenant advocacy groups throughout NYC in the R-3 Campaign to fight for tenants’ rights and affordable housing. Public Advocate Bill Di Blasio, City Council Member Dan Garodnick and other NYC officials will join us in Albany.
 
A bus will leave from 79th Street & 3rd Avenue at 7:30 AM, and will return to that location approximately 12 hours later.  First-time lobbyists will be given training enroute.  To reserve a seat, email us at: e.sidehousingcoalition@gmail.com, or call: 212.734.8995. For information on other buses’ pick up locations, email michelle@housinghereandnow.org  or call 347.265.9307.  For more information on the Real Rent Reform Campaign and rent reform legislation, visit:  http://realrentreform.org/
 
AG Andrew Cuomo Charges Espada with Looting Soundview
Albany Times Union
4-20-10
Andrew Cuomo’s office is filing suit against the Democratic Majority Leader, alleging that he diverted the charitable assets of his Bronx health care organization, Soundview, “and used the money for himself, his family, his friends, and his political operation.”  Espada and his family are charged with siphoning more than $14 Million over 5 years  and packing board with family members and senate employees to rubber stamp expenditures. 
Read more at:  http://www.timesunion.com/
 

Real Rent Reform Phone Banking:  May & June
Tenant advocacy organizations are recruiting volunteers to call tenants in neighborhoods where state senators are blocking rent-reform legislation.  Please help make calls to win real rent reform in Albany this year!!
 
Housing Here & Now and the East Side Housing Coalition will operate a phone bank 3 nights a week at the UFT offices, 52 Broadway, starting in May (dates & times TBA).  To volunteer, email: e.sidehousingcoalition@gmail.com, or call 212.734.8995. Take the 4 or 5 subway to Wall Street, walk south on Broadway 1 block.  For more travel directions, go to:   http://www.uft.org/about/boro_offices/
 
The Metropolitan Council on Housing will conduct phone banks on Wednesday evenings from 5:30 to 7:30 PM at their Manhattan offices, 339 Lafayette Street, on May 12, 19, & 26; June 2, 9, 16, & 23.  To volunteer, email:  mario@metcouncil.net or call: 212-979-6238 x200.
 
NYS Tenants & Neighbors will run a phone bank for Mitchell-Lama PIE at their office, 236 West 27th Street (4th Fl.) on May 3, 11, 18, & 25, and June 2, 8, 15, 22, & 29 from 6 to 9PM. To volunteer, email:  Katie@tanda.org or call 212.608.4320 x400.
 
Housing Conservation Coordinators is holding weekly phone banking at their offices at 500 West 52nd Street (10th Ave.).  For more information, call 212.541.5966, or visit http://hcc-nyc.org/
 
Stabilization Now, Tomorrow and Forever?
The NY Observer
4-13-10
In the world of tenant activists, 2009 was a year of tremendous optimism.  And then it wasn’t.  Democratic control of the State Senate failed to provide any of the radical changes to rent laws that activists had long fought for—and that were expected once Republicans were booted from the majority. Deadlock dominated; the housing committee chair led a short-lived coup; then status quo regained power, allowing the real estate industry to exhale.  Now, a new front is opening in an age-old fight. 
 
With a budget past due and the Senate Democrats looking increasingly vulnerable to losing their 32-30 majority in November’s elections, the tenants are scrambling to get something—anything—passed, approaching the rent law changes with a new urgency.  Next week an array of tenant activist groups are planning to formally launch a campaign to push the Democratic conference—which has long said that tenant issues are at the top of its agenda—to pass major changes before the end of the legislative session in June, including abolishing the right of landlords to take empty apartments market rate.  http://www.observer.com/2010/real-estate/stabilization-now-tomorrow-and-forever
 
NYS Tenants & Neighbors Coalition Position on
Senator Espada’s “Rent Freeze” Proposal
State Senator Pedro Espada has proposed legislation to freeze rents for tenant households with incomes less than or equal to $45,000 if their rent rises above 33% of their income, while allowing landlords to be released from their obligations under the J-51 tax exemption in return for repayment of the tax benefits. The city would then cut the taxes of these tenants’ landlords by the amount of the foregone rent increases, using the proceeds of the J-51 repayment program.  This proposal is superficially attractive, but the New York State Tenants & Neighbors Coalition strongly opposes it for several reasons.  Read more:  www.tenantsandneighbors.org/
 
NYC to Begin Collecting Rent from Homeless with Jobs
NY Magazine/Daily Intel
4-13-10
New York City’s homeless people who have jobs are going to have to start paying rent in order to stay in shelters, according to city officials. … Shelter residents will have to pay up to 44 percent of their income in the first year of the program: a family of three making $10,000 will have to pay only $36 a month, but a family of the same size making $25,000 will owe the city $926 per month. Read more at:
http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2010/04/nyc_to_begin_collecting_rent_f.html
 
Rent Regulated Tenants: Take Action to Keep Your Rent Affordable!
The Rent Guidelines Board (RGB) holds a series of public hearings every year where landlords and tenants testify.  The RGM then determines rent adjustments for the coming year.  If you are a rent regulated tenant, please plan to testify at one of the hearings about the need to keep rents affordable!
 
Wednesday, May 5, 5:30 to 9:30 PM:  Preliminary Vote
Tuesday, June 15, 4:00PM to 10:00 PM:  Public Hearing (Public Testimony)
Thursday, June 17, 10:00AM to 6:00PM: Public Hearing (Public Testimony)
Thursday, June 24, 5:30PM to 9:30PM:  Final Vote
 
NOTE:  The Rent Guidelines Board reserves the right to cancel or reschedule public meetings and amend meeting agendas. For a complete schedule and locations of these events, go to:   http://www.housingnyc.com/html/about/meetings.html
 
Dan Garodnick and Jessica Lappin Join City Council’s New Coop and Condo Caucus
OurTownNY
4-14-10
City Council members form voting blocs and caucuses based around race and ethnicity, gender or political ideology. But now, there is a caucus focused on those who live in coops and condominiums. A Queens Council member, Mark Weprin, recently formed the Coop and Condo Caucus and recruited 23 of his colleagues including East Side Council members, Dan Garodnick and Jessica Lappin.
Read more:  http://ourtownny.com/2010/04/14/coop-and-condo-dwellers-of-new-york-unite/
 
Displaced Second Avenue Tenants Concerned With Cracks, Vibrations
OurTownNY
4-14-10
Tenants from six Second Avenue buildings, who will be relocated because of construction, will have their apartments inspected again after voicing safety concerns.  About 50 tenants from 1873 and 1821-29 Second Ave. met April 12 with officials from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Department of Buildings at the Stanley Isaacs Center, on East 93rd Street. The topic was relocation plans for 28 people in 60 apartments, scheduled for this summer.  Read more at:
http://ourtownny.com/2010/04/14/displaced-tenants-concerned-with-cracks-vibrations/#more-6227
 
The Best Places to Live in NYC
New York Magazine Ranks the Most Livable 50 Neighborhoods
4-19-10
See How Your Neighborhood Ranks at: http://nymag.com/realestate/neighborhoods/2010/
 
In Manhattan, It’s Still a Renters’ World
Metro International
4-09-10
Despite reports of a national economic rebound, Manhattan renters continue to get discounts.
Rents dropped 6.1 percent in the first quarter from a year earlier as landlords cut prices to lure tenants.
Read more:  http://www.citylimits.org/news/article.cfm?article_id=3893
 
Renters Be Damned!
Huffington Post
4-07-10
… Federal rental assistance programs have reached a breaking point as insufficient federal support, increased demand, and lower incomes have meant fewer available vouchers and lower levels of assistance.  In perhaps the worst example, the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), the nation’s largest housing authority that administers both public housing and housing voucher programs, has announced that underfunding by the federal government might force it to cut 10,000 low-income tenants from its Section 8 rental assistance programs. Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/harry-moroz/renters-be-damned_b_529316.html
 
Tackling the Tenant Blacklist with New Legislation
The New York Times
4-07-10
If you have ever been in housing court for an eviction proceeding — whether you withheld rent because of the hole in your ceiling or because of the ticket you bought to Maui — your name may be on a list that screening companies sell to landlords to help them spot potentially troublesome tenants.  Even if you won the case.  But in February the City Council passed legislation, introduced by Councilman Daniel R. Garodnick, called the Tenant Fair Chance Act. It requires landlords, property managers and brokers to disclose which screening company, if any, they plan to use for these background checks.  Read more at:  http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/11/realestate/11posting.html?ref=realestate
 
Save the Dates!
Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer speaking on Affordable Housing Crisis
Tuesday, May 18th, 6:30 to 8:00 PM
St. James Church, Parish House (Sunderland Hall)
865 Madison Avenue (71st  – 72nd Street)
The East Side Congregations for Housing Justice is hosting an evening with Scott Stringer on May 18th.  The East Side Housing Coalition will co-host the event, which offers an opportunity to hear from the Borough President on how the City can best respond to the continuing affordable housing crisis and the record numbers of homeless at a time when the City and State are cutting back on homeless services. Please RSVP to:  e.sidehousingcoalition@gmail.com
 
Housing Here and Now Cocktail Party
Tuesday, May 25th , 6:30 to 9:00 PM
330 West 42nd Street (Penthouse – 33rd floor)
Housing Here and Now will hold a cocktail party fundraiser on Tuesday, May 25, from 6:30 to 9:00 PM. City Council Member Margaret Chin, Rev. Mark Hallinan of East Side Congregations for Housing Justice, and labor organizer Ed Ott will be honored.  The event is being sponsored by the 1199 Union.  Please RSVP to:  e.sidehousingcoalition@gmail.com
 
 
Tenant Resources
City Wide Taskforce on Housing Court:  212.962.4795 www.cwtfhc.org
 
Department of Housing & Community Renewal (DHCR):  http://www.dhcr.state.ny.us/ 
General Info:  718.739.6400
 
DHCR Rent Stabilization/Control Fact Sheets:  http://www.dhcr.state.ny.us/Rent/FactSheets/#fac1
 
Eviction Intervention Services:   212.308.2210 http://eisny.org/services.html
 
Housing Conservation Coordinators/West Side Neighborhood Alliance:  http://hcc-nyc.org/
 
Housing Here & Now:  718.802.9540   www.housinghereandnow.org
 
Lenox Hill Neighborhood House’s Legal Advocacy & Organizing Department:  212-744-5022 x1392
http://www.lenoxhill.org/content/who-we-help/legal-advocacy-and-organizing.html
 
Metropolitan Council on Housing:  www.metcouncil.net  Hotline:  212-979-0611 (M, W- F, 1:30 to 5 PM)
 
Tenants Political Action Committee (PAC) 212.577.7001 http://tenantspac.org/ 
 
Tenants & Neighbors:  212.608.4320 www.tenantsandneighbors.org/

NYS Assembly Member Micah Kellner & Eviction Intervention Services Launch a Free Monthly Legal Clinic for Tenants on Monday, April 5th

Is your landlord harassing you or threatening you with eviction?  Can’t afford to hire a lawyer?  Call 212.860.4906 to make an appointment for a free legal clinic.  The clinics will be held the first Monday of every month, beginning April 5^th, at 1233 Second Avenue (bet. 64^th & 65^th Street) from 6:30PM to 8:30 PM, with appointments. http://www.micahkellner.net/, http://eisny.org/services.html

No More “Affordable” Housing Scams! (NO MAHS)

Saturday, March 27th 
9:30 AM to 5:00 PM
Hunter College West (8th Floor)
Take #6 to 68th Street ­ Hunter College

NO MAHS is a forum for housing activists, tenants, squatters, community organizers and homeless people to discuss radical strategies for accessing, securing, and preserving land, community space, and truly affordable housing.  The housing crisis will not be solved with band-aids!
 
PROGRAM FEATURES:
Setting the Context:  Tom Angotti, Peter Marcuse and Frances Goldin
Tactics for Control of Community Land:
Community Land Trusts:  James Tracy and Alice Liu (San Francisco CLT) Limited
Equity Coops:  Jessica Hall (HDFC), Marina Metalios (UHAB)
 
Participatory Budgeting:  Josh Lerner (The Participatory Budgeting Project)
Community Planning:  Esther Wang (CAAAV), Julie Lawrence (Community-Based Planning Campaign) Mutual Housing Associations:  Val Orselli (Cooper Square)
Squatting and Occupations:  Frank Morales, Rob Robinson (Picture the Homeless)
 
Purchase lunch on-site ($7.00) or bring your own.
Let us know if you’re in need of childcare or translation services.
To RSVP or for more information, contact:  212-650-3328 or communitylandnyc@gmail.com

January 2010 ESHC Newsletter

 

 

The ESHC Newsletter is a monthly publication of the East Side Housing Coalition, a volunteer grassroots organization dedicated to protecting tenant’s rights & to providing a voice for fair housing practices in New York City’s East Side Neighborhoods.

 

Electoral Advocacy: 
What it is and why it’s so important in 2010
We were so confident at the beginning 2009 that having a Democratic majority in the NYS Senate would mean seeing the housing bills passed by the Assembly become a reality on the floor of the Senate. Sadly, that was not to be.  A critical factor in the chaos that took place in Albany was the precious but narrow majority that Democrats held—only TWO seats. Unfortunately, our legislature’s partisan process of doing business meant that each and every Democrat had to be on board in order for many bills to pass. This November, our state legislators are up for re-election, so we must act NOW to put legislators in office who will vote our way. For those who live in Manhattan, this means going outside our districts to educate others on the issues. It means making phone calls, writing letters, and actually campaigning in districts where legislators do not support the housing bills. To get involved, please email: e.sidehousingcoalition@gmail.com

 

Upcoming Housing Events:
Co-op/Condo Forum
Wednesday, February 17, 6:00 to 8:00 PM
Baruch College (CUNY) – School of Public Affairs
135 East 22nd Street (Room 301)
Senator Liz Krueger & Assembly Member Brian Kavanagh invite owners to have their questions answered on NYS & NYC laws, co-op & condo by-laws, the roles of boards, and shareholders’ rights by attorneys Lucas Ferrara of Finkelstein Newman Ferrara; Kevin McConnell of Himmelstein, McConnell, Gribben, Donoghue & Joseph; and Lisa Wallace, Assistant Attorney General, Real Estate Finance Bureau.  Reservations are not required. For information, email Alice Fisher at alicefisher.nyc@gmail.com, or call 212.490.9535.

 

ESHC Launches Co-op/Condo Owners Program
The Program will educate owners on their legal rights, teach them necessary skills to protect those rights, and help them organize in order to affect legislation.  A meeting will be held on Thursday, February 25th to select a steering committee of owners who will dedicate their time and expertise to this important initiative. If you are interested in serving on the steering committee, please email a summary of your experience and the issues you face as an owner to: e.sidehousingcoalition@gmail.com

 

Landlord Faces Lawsuit for Harassment
NY Times
State Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo announced Thursday that he intends to sue a major New York landlord (Vantage Properties) that he says harassed hundreds of tenants in rent-regulated apartments in Queens and Manhattan in a systematic effort to force their departure to create vacancies for higher-paying tenants. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/29/nyregion/29vantage.html?ref=nyregion

 

Tishman Speyer Properties/BlackRock Realty
$5.4B NY Housing Complexes Go to Creditors
The financially troubled owners of two massive apartment complexes that sold for a record $5.4 billion a few years ago said they’re turning them over to their creditors. The ownership team led by Tishman Speyer Properties and BlackRock Realty couldn’t make a multimillion-dollar loan payment earlier this month for the Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village apartments in Manhattan. http://www.dailyfinance.com/article/owners-54b-ny-housing-complexes-go-to/847370?flv=1

 

Tenants and Neighbors Help Tenants Win
Lawsuit against Rent Guideline Board
The tenant movement won a major victory when the NYS Supreme Court ruled that the NYC Rent Guidelines Board exceeded their authority when they determined that tenants who have lived in their apartments for 6 years or longer and whose rent is under $1,000 a month should pay higher rent increases than all other rent stabilized tenants. Tenants & Neighbors was a plaintiff in the lawsuits filed against the RGB in 2008 and 2009 by the Legal Aid Society and the South Brooklyn Legal Services.  http://tandn.org/

 

Metropolitan Council on Housing Phone Campaign: 
Say NO to Espada as Housing Chair in 2010!
At the urging of the Met Council, hundreds of tenants called Senate Democratic Leader John Sampson’s office to tell him that Pedro Espada must not be made chair of the Senate Housing Committee in 2010.  They asked Sampson to appoint a member who will pass rent reform legislation this year, including the repeal of vacancy decontrol.  Tenants were asked to report their results to:  active@metcouncil.net

 

2010 Tenant Priority Bills:
In January 2009, the NYS Assembly passed tenant protection bills which went to the State Senate’s Committee on Housing, Construction and Community Development, Chaired by Pedro Espada Jr. Unfortunately, the bills became captive to the Senate’s political upheaval in June, and went nowhere.  The tenant priority bills for 2010 are the same as 2009, but have been assigned new numbers.
 
A.1688  Repeals the 1971 Urstadt Law, and by doing so, would restore full home rule powers over rent and eviction laws to the New York City Council and Mayor.
 
A.860     Luxury Decontrol: Would raise rent-stabilization rent and income thresholds from $2,000 monthly rent and $175,000 AGI annual household income to $2,700 rent and $240,000 AGI annual income, above which rents are no longer rent-stabilized.
 
 A.1928  Makes rent increases for Major Capital Improvements (MCI) a temporary and separately listed surcharge, which allows landlords to re-coup the cost of a building-wide improvement over a period of 7 years.
 
A.2005    Repeals vacancy decontrol in NYC and some suburban counties which removed an estimated 300,000 apartments from rent and eviction protections and would re-regulates 90 to 95 percent of the apartments that have been vacancy decontrolled in the past 15 years.
 
We expect landlords to step up their lobbying against the tenants’ reform package.  The ESHC, in coalition with other tenant advocacy organizations, must fight to get pro-tenant legislation through the Senate.  To achieve our mission of preserving and expanding rent-regulated housing, we must build a critical mass of committed activists.  We rely on our members to form this critical mass and to help lobby in Albany, make phone calls and write letters.  To get involved, please email us at:  e.sidehousingcoalition@gmail.com

 

Tenant Resources
 
City Wide Taskforce on Housing Court:  212.962.4795.  www.cwtfhc.org
 
Department of Housing & Community Renewal (DHCR) http://www.dhcr.state.ny.us/ 
General Info:  718.739.6400
DHCR:  To find email addresses & telephone numbers: http://www.dhcr.state.ny.us/AboutUs/contact.htm#phone
 
DHCR Fact Sheets:  www.dhcr.state.ny.us/Rent/FactSheets/
 
Eviction Intervention Services:  212.308.2210
http://eisny.org/services.html
 
Housing Conservation Coordinators:   212.549.5996
www.hcc-nyc.org/legalservices/housinglinks.htm
 
Lenox Hill Neighborhood House’s Legal Advocacy and Organizing Department:  212-744-5022 ext.1392
http://www.lenoxhill.org/content/who-we-help/legal-advocacy-and-organizing.html
 
Metropolitan Council on Housing:  www.metcouncil.net
Hotline:  212-979-0611 (M, W- F, 1:30 to 5 PM)
 
Tenants Political Action Committee (PAC):  212.577.7001 http://tenantspac.org/
 
Tenants & Neighbors:  Tel:  212-608-4320 www.tenantsandneighbors.org/
 
Tenant Net:  Provides online resources:  http://tenant.net/
 
ESHC Community Outreach
The ESHC is reaching out to East Side churches, synagogues and community organizations to ask them to distribute our newsletters to their congregations or members.  We need assistance with our outreach and appreciate your help. To volunteer, please email: e.sidehousingcoalition@gmail.com

Eastside Housing Coalition Meeting: March 2009

Bring your Friends & Neighbors to a

Community-Wide Meeting

 

 Guest Speaker Jenny Laurie of Tenants PAC will talk about Housing Issues and What You can Do!

 

The Meeting will be held on Thursday, March 26th, 2009 at Community Church.

 

Community Church

40 East 35th St.

(Between Madison & Park)

Hall of Worship 2nd Fl.

6:00 – 8:00 p.m.

 

Keep the Momentum Going!

For more information and to R.S.V.P,

Contact Alice or Lauren at

E.SideHousingCoalition@gmail.com

Tel: 212-490-9535