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Tenant-friendly bills idle in Albany
Pending legislation aims to reform the Rent Guidelines Board.Photo by Maria Rocha-Buschel By Sabina Mollot For years, tenant-friendly politicians (Assembly Democrats) have been pushing in Albany for...
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Free kayaking, Family Day at Stuyvesant Cove
Participants enjoy a kayaking event at Stuyvesant Cove Park held in June. Photo by Marisa Buxbaum/Solar One Community residents are invited to a free kayaking event at Stuyvesant Cove Park on Saturday,...
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Last paddle of the season at Stuy Cove
Click to view slideshow. By Maria Rocha-Buschel Community residents got a taste of nature last Saturday when Stuyvesant Cove Park hosted an afternoon of free kayaking. The Long Island City Community...
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CW talks plans for new management office
The Avenue C management office will be converted into a children’s facility.(Photo by Sabina Mollot) By Sabina Mollot In anticipation of major construction work to be done on the First Avenue Loop for...
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Peter Cooper Village residents hit with MCI
Tim Collins, counsel for ST-PCV Tenants Association By Sabina Mollot Just one week after residents of Stuyvesant Town were hit with a major capital increase (MCI) for video intercoms and a security...
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Residents get MCIs for water valves, resurfacing and doors
Susan Steinberg, chair of the ST-PCV Tenants Association, pictured at a protest against mid-lease rent increases in May, said the Tenants Association will soon hold a meeting on the latest MCIs.(Photo...
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Hurricane Sandy: A look back
It’s hard to believe it’s been exactly a year since Hurricane Sandy battered and in some cases destroyed entire neighborhoods in New York and New Jersey. Manhattan fared better though it certainly...
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Halloween in Stuy Town
Click to view slideshow. Hundreds headed out to the Oval on Sunday for Stuyvesant Town’s annual carnival for kids, which included games, pumpkin painting, a vaudeville act by performers from Parallel...
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Reminder: ST-PCV Tenants Association holding MCI meeting on Saturday at 1 p.m.
The Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village Tenants Association will hold a meeting to address five recently issued major capital improvement (MCI) rent increases on Saturday, November 2 from 1-4 p.m. at...
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Tenants Association to challenge round of MCIs
TA tells tenants: Ignore CWCapital’s reduction offer, CW says: We’re trying to avoid conflict Tenants pack a meeting on MCIs, held at the Simon Baruch Middle School auditorium.(Photo by Sabina Mollot)...
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TA blasts CWCapital’s MCI info workshops
Tenants Association volunteers John Sicoransa, Judith Preble Miller and Anne Greenberg hand out fliers that urge tenants not to sign CWCapital’s offer while outside 360 First Avenue, where an...
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Hoylman: Add ST/PCV, hospitals to Sandy restoration area
14th Street between Avenues B and C during Sandy (Photographer unknown) By Sabina Mollot State Senator Brad Hoylman, along with other East Side elected officials, has been petitioning the state’s new...
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Lease signed for future Peter Stuyvesant Post Office
The current Peter Stuyvesant Post Office, which will be relocated to another space on East 14th Street (Photo by Sabina Mollot) By Sabina Mollot The U.S. Postal Service, which in May decided to proceed...
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Stuyvesant Town/Peter Cooper residents won’t see MCIs on rent bills until...
At a meeting held on November 2, ST-PCV Tenants Association attorney Tim Collins speaks to residents about the MCIs, while Assembly Member Brian Kavanagh, State Senator Brad Hoylman and TA Chair Susan...
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Town & Village holding holiday toy drive
Some of the toys from a previous Town & Village toy drive With the holiday season here, Town & Village is asking readers and community residents to help spread cheer by participating in our...
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Mammogram van to come to Stuy Town today
Project Renewal’s Scan Van will be offering free mammograms to women over 40 on Monday, December 16, from 1:30-4:30 p.m. on First Avenue between 16th and 17th Streets. All insurance plans are accepted,...
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MCIs will show up on January rent bills
Tenants Association attorney Tim Collins speaks to residents about MCIs at a recent meeting, while Assembly Member Brian Kavanagh, State Senator Brad Hoylman and TA Chair Susan Steinberg listen. (Photo...
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THANK YOU: Generous T&V readers donate toys for the holidays
Bonnie Robbins, coordinator of children and family services at Beth Israel, with some of the toys at her Second Avenue office (Photo by Sabina Mollot) By Sabina Mollot At Town & Village, holding a...
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Stuy Town photog sheds a little light on East Village’s community gardens
The Diaz y Flores Community Garden on East 13th Street is one of 30 local gardens to be photographed by George Hirose. By Sabina Mollot Ever since the 1970s, when he moved to the East Village,...
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MTA gets earful about L train and station crowding
Straphangers head upstairs to exit the First Avenue L station on a recent morning. (Photo by Maria Rocha-Buschel) By Maria Rocha-Buschel Representatives from the Metropolitan Transit Authority made an...
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