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Senator Espaillat, Council Members Rodriguez and Levine, Hold Press Conference to Inform Tenants of Their Rights as Rent Laws Near Expiration
Adriano Espaillat
June 14, 2015
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ISSUE:
- Housing
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Senator Espaillat, Council Members Rodríguez and Levine, Hold Press Conference to Inform Tenants of Their Rights as Rent Laws Near Expiration
Espaillat, Rodriquez and Levine also Renewed Their Call for Stronger Rent Laws
- Rent stabilized tenants are entitled to a minimum of 90 days notice of their right to renew their leases.
- Tenants who received renewal offers for leases renewing on July 1st, August 1st and September 1st have the right to accept those offers and to be protected by one or two year renewal leases.
- Only tenants with leases expiring on September 30th (or later) would be exposed to not getting renewal offers if the Emergency Tenant Protection Act were to expire on June 15th and their renewal offers were due by June 30th.
Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation's Housing Legal Services: (212) 822-8300
The Metropolitan Council on Housing tenants' rights telephone hotline: 212- 979-0611 ( Open Mondays and Wednesdays from 1:30 - 8:00pm and Fridays from 1:30pm to 5pm)
Mirabal Sisters Cultural and Community Center and scores of tenants.
"Our city, in communities in every borough, is losing more affordable housing than we have the resources to build. As communities like ours begin to transform, so too does the fabric of our city. Now more than ever we must come together with our colleagues in state government and fight for better rent regulations so that our city can combat this housing crisis.” Said Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez
"If Albany fails to renew the rent laws, they will put countless New York City tenants in a precarious and vulnerable position. A straight extension of the status quo would also be a missed opportunity that would fail to tackle the epidemic of evictions. Now more than ever, we need bold action to strengthen the rent laws for tenants. And at this uncertain time, we must refuse to allow unscrupulous actors who seek to profit by punishing vulnerable tenants, to capitalize on Albany's inaction," said Council Member Mark Levine, Co-Chair of the City Council Affordable Housing Preservation Task Force.
"NMIC's Legal Services Department is ready to work with tenants who are at risk of losing their housing. NMIC is committed to preserving affordable housing and stands with our elected officials in our fight to protect tenants," said Maria Lizardo, Executive Director of the Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation.
The press conference was held in front of building on 141 and Broadway which was without gas for a year.
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