Effort to protest mid-lease rent increases continues
The ST-PCV Tenants Association’s signs, like the one pictured, have been popping up at local stores. By Sabina Mollot Two weeks after CWCapital announced that mid-lease rent hikes would be issued to...
View ArticleTenants outraged as RGB votes to raise rents by 4 and 7.75 percent
Tenants sit, holding signs calling for a rent freeze, at the vote of the Rent Guidelines Board. Photo by Maria Rocha-Buschel By Maria Rocha-Buschel On Thursday night, the city’s rent-stabilized...
View ArticleReminder: Tenants Association hosting mayoral forum tonight
The major candidates for mayor have accepted the Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village Tenants Association’s invitation to be part of a forum on the evening of June 26th at Simon Baruch IS 104, East...
View ArticleMayoral candidates: We’ll be more pro-tenant than Bloomberg
Christine Quinn Photos by Maria Rocha-Buchel By Maria Rocha-Buschel Last Wednesday, the candidates for mayor attempted to appeal to residents of Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village by discussing...
View ArticleLetters to the Editor, July 18
You gotta have a scandal To the Editor: Well, now that Eliot Spitzer has joined Anthony Weiner in running, or rather dancing with the stars, in the elections this November, the other candidates for...
View ArticleResidents unsure who to vote for
Undecided republican voters Aaron and Dorothy WilkinsonPhoto by Sabina Mollot By Sabina Mollot The primary for the mayoral election as well as other citywide positions is right around the corner, but...
View ArticleResidents choose de Blasio
De Blasio, Lhota, Mendez, Brewer top in primary By Maria Rocha-Buschel Assemblyman Brian Kavanagh and staffer Anna Pycior campaign for Gale Brewer outside Stuy Town on Tuesday. (Photo by Sabina Mollot)...
View ArticleLetters to the Editor, Sept. 19
Why Quinn, Thompson, Liu and Weiner lost The following letter was originally published as a comment on the Town & Village Blog in response to the story, “Residents choose de Blasio,” T&V, Sept....
View ArticleSee Dan run for mayor… maybe
Council Member Dan Garodnick (Photo by Sabina Mollot) By Sabina Mollot For months now, Councilman Dan Garodnick would only say he’s exploring his options when asked what position he’s now fundraising...
View ArticleEditorial: Cuomo should be worried
After a brief period of gauging the public’s response to a Governor Miranda, award-winning actress Cynthia Nixon made her candidacy as a primary challenger to Governor Andrew Cuomo official. On Monday,...
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