Housing Notebook

Mon, Feb 28, 2022 20:00 PM

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Hosts: Scott Sommer and Vajra Kilgour

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Information of interest to tenants, plus an update on the battle to save the residents of 964 Park Place in Brooklyn from homelessness and alleged deed theft -

Synopsis:

THE BATTLE FOR PARK PLACE CONTINUES

Scott Sommer hosted an update on the battle to save the residents of 964 Park Place in Brooklyn from homelessness and alleged deed theft; listener phone calls.

Housing Notebook is a production of the Metropolitan Council on Housing, New York's oldest tenant union.

Guests:

Esteban Giron - Crown Heights Tenant Union; Oliver Hinds

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Info / Links:

Met Council hotline: 212-979-0611, M & W 1:30-8 PM, Tu 5:30-8 PM, F 1:30-5 PM (no walk-in clinics during pandemic); www.metcouncilonhousing.org, thetenant.org; info@metcouncilonhousing.org; Facebook & Instagram: search for Met Council on Housing; email: housingnotebook@wbai.org – no housing problems please! Twitter: @met_council, @scottmsommer, @wbai.org; wbai.org – live stream, find archive, join radio station there or call 212-209-2950 – become a WBAI buddy in the name of Housing Notebook!
brooklynevictiondefense.org, brooklynevictiondefense@gmail.com, 917-982-2265; crownheightstenantunion.org, crownheightstenantunion@gmail.com
Heat & hot water: 10/1 – 5/31: From 6 am to 10 pm: If the outside temperature falls below 55 degrees, the inside temperature must be at least 68 degrees everywhere in your apartment. From 10 pm to 6 am in NYC: the inside temperature must be at least 62 degrees everywhere in your apartment regardless of the outside temperature. Hot water at a minimum 120 degrees at the tap must be provided 24 hours a day, year round. Call 311 to report lack of heat &/or hot water; outside NYC call dept. of health or buildings. Call hotline (212-979-0611) for help with organizing, get a heat sheet at metcouncilonhousing.org (bit.ly/heathotwater).
Not mentioned on air, but useful: Rent guidelines for leases beginning between 10/1/21 & 9/30/22: in NYC for apartments & lofts: for a 1-year lease, 0% in the first 6 months & 1.5% in the following 6 months; for a 2-year lease, 2.5%. No increase for SROs, rooming houses, & hotels. Rockland County: 0.5% for a 1-year lease, 0.75% for a 2-year lease. Westchester County: 0.5% for a 1-year lease, 1% for a 2-year lease. Nassau County: 1% for a 1-year lease, 2% for a 2-year lease.

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