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By Nancy Koan (a CSC client)
Cosmetic surgery doesn’t necessarily change the way a person feels about themselves inside. The same can be said for cosmetic renovation of buildings: If it’s not going well under the skin of the edifice, nothing will really change, or in fact, can get worse.
My East Village apartment building has been basically a laissez-faire situation since I moved in some 16 years ago. The landlords, of which there were many, rarely bothered us with such amenities as proper and consistent heat and extermination, and we rarely bothered them. Most of my long-term neighbors have been residents for more than 30 years and have seen the neighborhood change greatly. It has never been overly comfortable, but we managed. I had a menagerie of mice and squirrels living with me at one time, but eventually they all were evicted. This — namely, eviction — is something we are trying not to have happen to ourselves.
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From the Village Voice
By Jason Parham, Tue., Nov. 2 2010 @ 2:43PM
...According to Brandon Kielbasa, a housing specialist at Cooper Square Committee, the trend has only worsened. "Landlords benefit from creating turnover in buildings with rent stabilized units, so it's a win-win for them," he says. "Make a bunch of money on these illegal hotel units and chase out the long-term tenants to boot so they can make even more money all at the expense of the community."...
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The Real Deal - July 13, 2010
Advocates charge Senate Democrats with a disregard for tenants' rights.
About a dozen activists were arrested outside New York City Housing Authority's Downtown offices today, during a protest criticizing the Democratic-controlled State Senate for failing to vote on a 10-bill package of legislation that could potentially strengthen rent-stabilization practices in New York City.
The protest, which was led by umbrella activist group Real Rent Reform Campaign, included approximately 200 activists from various community groups, according to Mario Mazzoni, the lead organizer with tenants' rights group Metropolitan Council on Housing, and one of the people arrested.
He was one of 13 people arrested and charged with disorderly conduct outside NYCHA's office at 250 Broadway at around 1 p.m., according to a spokesperson for the New York Police Department.
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On March 2, 2010, Mayor Bloomberg signed the Tenant Fair Chance Act, under which "landlords are required to tell prospective tenants whether they are using a tenant screening service, and to provide contact information for the tenant screening company so that tenants can clear records that are erroneous."
For more details, see the article on CityLimits. |
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The West Side has its Lincoln Center. Nice, but a little garish for our taste. The East Village, on the other hand, has East 4th Street, a block-long cultural retreat boasting no fewer than 12 theaters, eight dance and rehearsal studios, and a screening room for avant-garde films.
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With defiant declarations of neighborhood empowerment, poetry, dance and some choice words, the Cooper Square Committee celebrated 50 years of community organizing and housing preservation at its golden anniversary gala recently.
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The Cooper Square Committee in the News - a list of links to articles.
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Tenants from rent-stabilized buildings and their supporters took to the streets at the end of last month in the most vocal show of force yet against so-called predatory lending in the East Village.
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Steve Herrick of the Cooper Square Committee, a community-based group that develops and operates affordable housing, called the plan “preferable to the current zoning.
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The Villager
Volume 77, Number 12 | August 22 - 28, 2007
The Cooper Square Committee has been awarded a $125,000 New York Main Street grant to help preserve cultural buildings on E. Fourth St. The grant award was announced Aug. 7 by the New York State Housing Trust Fund Corporation.
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