(Stuy) Town Hall Meeting About Tishman Speyer's Mailbox Surprises

Scott Stringer.
James Hamilton.
Scott Stringer.

Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, Assemblyman Brian Kavanagh, Councilman Dan Garodnick, and assorted community groups are hosting a town hall meeting on Thursday evening to discuss the issues facing Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village residents.

The non-renewal notices from landlord Tishman Speyer that are allegedly flooding the mailboxes of both legal and illegal rent-stabilized tenants will be on the agenda; so will rent protection for market-rate tenants, roof improvements, and development concerns for the Con Edison site along First Avenue, according to a release issued today.

In this week’s Observer, Mr. Garodnick, himself a resident of Peter Cooper Village, talked to Eliot Brown about Tishman Speyer’s pursuit of illegal tenants subletting below-market-rate units since it bought the 11,200-apartment complex for $5.4 billion almost two years ago. Mr. Garodnick has called for a moratorium on non-renewal notices because they have been sent to many legal tenants.

The meeting will be at 423 East 23rd Street and will start at 6.

http://www.observer.com/2008/garodnick-and-stringer-call-town-meeting-about-stuy-town

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