Housing Notebook

Mon, Nov 11, 2024 20:00 PM

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Hosts: Scott Sommer and Vajra Kilgour

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Topics of general interest to tenants, specifically the likely impact of election results. -

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WHAT A WEEK! WHAT DO YOU THINK?

Well that was some week and some election! Did the results surprise you? What were your thoughts? With Scott Sommer hosting, there was plenty of time for listener phone calls about the election, or whatever else was on people's minds.

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

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Met Council hotline: 212-979-0611, M & W 1:30-8 PM, F 1:30-5 PM; www.metcouncilonhousing.org, thetenant.org; info@metcouncilonhousing.org; Facebook & Instagram: search for Met Council on Housing; email: housingnotebook@wbai.org – no housing problems please! X: @met_council, @wbai.org @scottmsommer; wbai.org – live stream, find archive, join radio station there or go to buddy.wbai.org to become a WBAI buddy – be sure to scroll down to choose Housing Notebook as the show you want to support! Or call 833-922-4692. Mail a check made out to WBAI-Pacifica to WBAI Radio, 388 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn NY 11217.
Tuesday walk-in clinics have resumed: uptown November 12 & 26, 6-8pm, at CUNY in the Heights, 5030 Broadway in Manhattan; downtown November 5 & 19, 6:30-8pm, at Trinity Commons, 76 Trinity Place in Manhattan. For more information, click here.
New rent guidelines taking effect 10/1/24: New York City, 2.75% for a 1-year lease and 5.25% for a 2-year lease; Nassau County 1.5% for 1 year, 2.5% for 2 years; Rockland County 2% 1 year, 3% 2 years; Westchester County 2.5 for 1 year, 3.5 for 2 years; City of Kingston 0 and 0! City of Poughkeepsie TBD. If you're in a rent-stabilized apartment in Kingston or Poughkeepsie, contact For the Many for more information.
Heat & hot water: Heat law is in effect starting October 1 and continuing until May 31: from 6am to 10pm, when the outside temperature is below 55, the temperature everywhere in your apartment must be at least 68 degrees; from 10pm to 6am, the temperature everywhere in your apartment must be at least 62 degrees, regardless of the outside temperature. Hot water at a minimum 120 degrees at the tap must be provided 24 hours a day, year round. Go to portal.311.nyc.gov or call 311 to report lack of hot water, for NYCHA call 718-707-7771; outside NYC call dept. of health or buildings. Call Met Council hotline (212-979-0611) for help with organizing; for more information and to get a heat sheet, click here.

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