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SPEAKER CHRISTINE QUINN URGES NEW YORKERS TO JOIN HEARING ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

by Joelle Panisch
 
To read recent SoHo Journal articles on affordable housing click here and here.
 
A message from City Council Speaker Christine Quinn:
 
Dear New Yorker,
 
This year we have the best chance in a generation to save affordable housing across our City.
 
On Monday, March 16, 2009 at 10 a.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall, the Council will hold a hearing on a package of legislation designed to preserve and protect our City's affordable housing supply, including: 
 
  • two bills extending the rent-stabilization and rent-control laws; and  
  • two resolutions calling on Albany to end vacancy decontrol and repeal the state's Urstadt law, returning control over rent regulations to the City Council.
 
I know this is short notice, but if you can make it, I hope you'll consider coming out to City Hall that day.
 
By participating in this hearing and speaking out on the need to strengthen rent protections, you can help us send a clear message to Albany that control over rental housing must be returned to our City's leaders.  
 
For more information about next Monday's hearing, please click on the following link: 
 
http://www.nyccouncil.info/html/calendar/calendar_meetingdetail.cfm?meetingid=5428
 
Additionally, as you may know, this past Wednesday we held a rally in support of these proposals on the steps of City Hall.  In case you missed it and want to read more about these proposals, please see our press release at: 
 
http://council.nyc.gov/html/releases/affordable_housing_rally_3_11_09.shtml
 
Thank you.  If you have any questions, please contact Ben Goodman of my staff at (212) 788-9124.  Or e-mail me directly at quinn@council.nyc.ny.us.  
 
I hope to see you at the Council hearing this Monday.
 
Best,
Christine C. Quinn
Speaker
 
 
 

 

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