PA'LANTE Monthly Newsletter

June 2022

The preservation of rent regulated apartments is paramount to keeping families living in Upper Manhattan out of already overcrowded homeless shelters and in safe and habitable homes.
 
As of January 7, 2022, prior to the eviction moratorium being lifted, there were 5,692 eviction filings in these Manhattan neighborhoods. We urge the Rent Guideline Board (RGB) to consider the violent impact a rent increase would have on hard working families. Thousands are already rent burdened at no fault of their own. Thanks to our State Senator Robert Jackson for testifying his recent testimony to the Rent Guideline Board.
 
Read Senator Robert Jackson's testimony here in English and Spanish. 

Join us in welcoming Sachaly De Leon and Camila Rivadeneyra to the P.A.’L.A.N.T.E. Familia! Sachaly and Camila are our Summer 2022 Social Change Fellows and will focus on assisting tenants living in T.I.L. buildings who have been waiting decades to own their buildings.  
 
About the Fellowship: Leadership for Democracy and Social Justice is a joint initiative between the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership at City College of New York and the CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies.

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Monthly Real Estate Article Roundup 

'If we eat, we cannot pay rent': Tenants protest proposed rent increase at final public hearingThe Rent Guidelines Board hosted several hearings leading up to the June 21st vote, which could raise rents for more than 1 million rent-stabilized apartments. Before the final one on Wednesday, tenants rallied outside in protest, calling for a rent rollback instead.

Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP)The Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) can help eligible New Yorkers heat and cool their homes. If you are eligible, you may receive one regular HEAP benefit per program year and could also be eligible for emergency HEAP benefits if you are in danger of running out of fuel or having your utility service shut off.

Faulty Door at Site of Deadly Twin Parks Blaze Was Cited by Inspectors in 2019 for Failure to Self-CloseDays after a deadly fire at the Twin Parks apartment building killed 17 tenants last January, fire officials determined that the blaze was able to quickly sweep through the entire building due to a chimney effect created by self-closing doors that didn't function.

Don't Raise NYC's Rents, Manhattan Leaders Tell Guidelines BoardNEW YORK CITY - A slew of Manhattan elected officials are pleading with the city's Rent Guidelines Board not to raise rents for thousands of stabilized tenants, saying the planned increase would come at "the worst possible" time.

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