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PWVTA WORKS FOR YOU!
Our vision for Park West Village
Remember why you moved here? Large, affordable apartments, trees, Central Park, views, and the diverse population of neighbors who could become a personal universe of good friends!
All this and more has made Park West Village a very special place. But now new stores and monstrous buildings on Columbus Avenue are upending our wonderful neighborhood. “Columbus Village” would be a destination shopping area like the East Side or Columbus Circle.
The PWVTA has worked to create a vision of the PWV community that’s manifested in our lives here today. We provide helpful information, protect your rights, and connect with other advocacy groups and local elected officials to resolve issues of common concern.
Your participation is welcomed too — JOIN US!
⇒ PWVTA BROCHURE HERE!
Tenth Annual MLK Interfaith Peace Walk
Monday, January 16 at 2:00 PM
Start at Holy Name Church, Amsterdam Ave and 96th Street at 2:00 P.M.
Proceed together as a group in an Upper West Side circuit including Advent Lutheran, St. Paul & St. Andrew Methodist, West Park Presbyterian and Central Baptist churches. Please join with us to celebrate Martin Luther King's legacy and remember:
ALL ARE WELCOME!
West Side Spirit Dec 15, 2011
Assemblymember O'Donnell on Hydrofracking
West Side Spirit December 8, 2011
West Side’s Grannies Fuel Movement
Local activists say media ignores Occupy’s seniors
By Allen Houston
Occupy Wall Street protestors may have been evicted from Zuccotti Park, but for three Upper West Side seniors, the battle continues.
To Batya Lewton, Kitty Williston and Nancy Brandon, the OWS movement is only the latest incarnation of a series of protests for equality that they’ve waged during their lives.
The trio took part in the recent Occupy Lincoln Center protest and marched partway from 181 Street to Wall Street with State Sen. Adriano Espaillat’s march Nov. 7.
“What I’ve learned is that you have to raise hell if you want change,” Williston, 69, said. She has also marched... CONTINUED HERE
PLANTING NEW TREES ON COLUMBUS AVE!
TREES TO BE PLANTED ALONG COLUMBUS AVENUE FROM 97th – 100th STREETS
Sixteen trees in several varieties will be planted during November on the east side of Columbus Avenue between 97th and 100th Streets.
These will replace the trees removed in 2008 to allow for construction of three residential and several commercial buildings along this superblock.
Arrangements for the planting were completed through the efforts of Columbus Square Management, the New York City Parks Department, and the Park West Village Tree/Landscape Committee. Harder Tree and Landscape Services of Long Island was contracted to do the planting and maintain the trees over the next two years.
Info and original notice was prepared by the Park West Village Tree/Landscape Committee, 212-865-3078. 11/11/11 FOR YOUR COPY TO PRINT AND POST PLEASE CLICK HERE.
LOCAL STUFF: Dis-Abilities aid notices
October 29, 2011
Coalition of People of Dis-Abilities of NYS
Messages In This Digest (4 Messages)
1. Social Security
From: Melissa Farrell
2. ARE YOU READY FOR NOVEMBER? FEW EVENTS JUST FOR NEXT WEEK
From: Luda Demikhovskaya
3. Fw: Up Coming Independent Lens Documentary on PBS
From: Luda Demikhovskaya
4. Fw: Increased Seating Capacity! 11/8/11 Social Media Training Semina
From: Luda Demikhovskaya
CLICK HERE FOR FULL MESSAGES!
PARK WEST VILLAGE
OWNERS, DEVELOPERS, MANAGEMENT
THE REAL DEAL July 28 2011
Chetrit pulls South Beach Gansevoort condos from market without warning
Posted: 28 Jul 2011 11:00 AM PDT
From the South Florida website: Less than 50 days after launching a new sales campaign, unsold condominiums in oceanfront South Beach project Ganesvoort South have been "withdrawn" from the market by New York City-based Chetrit Group without explanation, according to a new report from Condo Vultures...CONTINUED HERE
REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS PROSPER
NY TIMES January 1, 2011
THE CHETRIT GROUP -- AN "EQUAL OPPORTUNITY" DEVELOPER
REPORT -- from Urgent Neighborhood Meeting
July 12, 2011
Joseph Chetrit, the Most Mysterious...
Feuding Chetrit brothers split into two firms
CHETRIT/GLUCK REPORTS IN THE REAL DEAL 6-24-11
PWV LANDLORD LARRY GLUCK MAKES DEAL ON INDEPENDENCE PLAZA
PWVTA Exhibit at NYU Open Through August
Tenant Organizations and Housing Policy —
An Exhibit Featuring PWVTA's 35-year legacy
Tamiment Library, 10th floor, NYU Bobst Library, 70 Washington Square South, Monday−Thursday, 10−5pm FREE Tel: 212-998-2630
See PWVTA.org for further info and history, with a partial list of accomplishments:
PWVTA ACCOMPLISHMENTS (1975-2011)
Promoting "Columbus Square" in Real Estate Weekly June 21 -- our "blighted neighborhood"???
Columbia Spectator April 22
By Emily Neil and Karla Jimenez
Park West Village resident Russell Banks said it’s hard for him to stomach the idea of a rent increase when he’s been waiting for months to get a replacement for his air conditioner, which stopped working last summer. “More money, less service —that seems to be the problem,” Banks said, noting that he also had to wait seven months for his stove to be repaired last year.
In March, the city’s Division of Housing and Community Renewal sent residents of Park West Village buildings 784, 788 and 792—three of the complex’s seven apartment buildings along Columbus Avenue from 97th to 100th streets—a letter stating that the landlord had applied for a rent increase.
Landlords can apply for such increases after making repairs or providing new appliances, like stoves or refrigerators.
“We’re contesting the increase,” said Albina De Meio, vice president of the Park West Village Tenants’ Association. “We responded to it through legal counsel, but we haven’t heard anything yet.”
CLICK FOR COMPLETE ARTICLE!
www.columbiaspectator.com/ 2011/04/22/park-west-residents-call-repairs-rent-decreases
WARNING: PEDESTRIANS AND DRIVERS
SAFETY FIRST!
The Department of Transportation released 2010 data on traffic fatalities Feb. 7, announcing that the city has sustained a four-year low in vehicle-related deaths. But Upper West Side community activists say there is more work to be done to make streets safer for pedestrians.
Several advocacy groups submitted a proposal to the Department of Transportation last year to address problems of pedestrian safety along the 96th Street corridor, which encompasses streets between Riverside Park and Central Park on West 95th, 96th and 97th streets. There are many schools in this area, and local school officials and parents have been vocal advocates of increased safety measures from the DOT....[continued]
WestSide Spirit on Dangerous Streets!!
ANTI-HARASSMENT LAW UPHELD
City Law Allowing Tenants to Sue Over Harassment Upheld
By Daniel Wise from Sue Susman
11-17-2010
The Appellate Division, First Department, yesterday sustained the constitutionality of a New York City law enacted in 2008 that gave tenants the right to sue in Housing Court their landlords for harassment.
The ruling in Prometheus Realty Corp. v. City of New York, 111132/08, rebuffed a challenge to the 2008 law mounted by the Rent Stabilization Association (RSA), a group that represents the interests of approximately 25,000 owners and managers of apartment buildings in New York City.
The RSA and two real-estate companies attacked the city law, the New York City Tenant Protection Act, as impermissibly expanding the jurisdiction of the Housing Court beyond the limits set by the state Constitution.
>>CONTINUED HERE>>
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NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS
TimeBanksNYC is a citywide network of neighbors helping neighbors. The TimeBanking model relies on the strengths and assets of individuals to bolster the overall community. It is a way for people to share their skills, spread their passions, meet neighbors, and support each other.
⇒ Visit TimeBanksNYC here!
ARE YOU BEING OVERCHARGED?
If you have moved into an apartment in 784, 788 or 792 Columbus Avenue, there is a strong possibility that you are being overcharged.
These buildings are covered by the New York State Rent Stabilization Law which requires landlords to follow a specific formula when setting new rents following an apartment vacancy. The owners of Park West Village have a history of overcharging new tenants by inflating the costs of apartment renovations
What should you do? Call the New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR) at 718-739-6400 and request the rent history on your apartment.
Upon receiving the rent history, call the PWVTA Hotline at 212-662-2610 to set up an appointment with a member of the Overcharge Committee who will help you through the process.
For more information click on homepage link “PAST PWVTA NEWSLETTERS” above. There you’ll find details on PWV’s history of rent overcharges in the March 2008 newsletter.
PWVTA EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING
TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 7:00
Ryan Health Center 110 W 97 St.
--> Meeting will end by 8:30 to go hear the State of the Union address at 9pm.
PWVTA Members and Associate Members welcome to attend. MORE INFO: write Info@pwvta.org or call PWVTA Hotline 212-662-2610.
JOIN/RENEW THE PWVTA HERE!
Associate Members Welcomed!
At its membership meeting March 15, 2007, the PWVTA
adopted a new membership status for Park West Village
residents who may not be tenants. Termed "Associate
Members", they can enjoy most of the status and privileges
of other PWVTA members except for specific votes pertaining
to tenant-members only, including the ability to serve on
the PWVTA Executive Board.
Membership coupon HERE>>
PWVTA WORKS FOR YOU!
Our vision for Park West Village
Remember why you moved here? Large, affordable apartments, trees, Central Park, views, and the diverse population of neighbors who could become a personal universe of good friends!
All this and more has made Park West Village a very special place. But now new stores and monstrous buildings on Columbus Avenue are upending our wonderful neighborhood. “Columbus Village” would be a destination shopping area like the East Side or Columbus Circle.
The PWVTA has worked to create a vision of the PWV community that’s manifested in our lives here today. We provide helpful information, protect your rights, and connect with other advocacy groups and local elected officials to resolve issues of common concern.
Your participation is welcomed too — JOIN US!
PWVTA NEWSLETTER
June 2011
PAST PWVTA NEWSLETTERS
June 2011
PAST PWVTA NEWSLETTERS
⇒ PWVTA BROCHURE HERE!
Tenth Annual MLK Interfaith Peace Walk
Monday, January 16 at 2:00 PM
Start at Holy Name Church, Amsterdam Ave and 96th Street at 2:00 P.M.
Proceed together as a group in an Upper West Side circuit including Advent Lutheran, St. Paul & St. Andrew Methodist, West Park Presbyterian and Central Baptist churches. Please join with us to celebrate Martin Luther King's legacy and remember:
ALL ARE WELCOME!
West Side Spirit Dec 15, 2011
Assemblymember O'Donnell on Hydrofracking
West Side Spirit December 8, 2011
West Side’s Grannies Fuel Movement
Local activists say media ignores Occupy’s seniors
By Allen Houston
Occupy Wall Street protestors may have been evicted from Zuccotti Park, but for three Upper West Side seniors, the battle continues.
To Batya Lewton, Kitty Williston and Nancy Brandon, the OWS movement is only the latest incarnation of a series of protests for equality that they’ve waged during their lives.
The trio took part in the recent Occupy Lincoln Center protest and marched partway from 181 Street to Wall Street with State Sen. Adriano Espaillat’s march Nov. 7.
“What I’ve learned is that you have to raise hell if you want change,” Williston, 69, said. She has also marched... CONTINUED HERE
PLANTING NEW TREES ON COLUMBUS AVE!
TREES TO BE PLANTED ALONG COLUMBUS AVENUE FROM 97th – 100th STREETS
Sixteen trees in several varieties will be planted during November on the east side of Columbus Avenue between 97th and 100th Streets.
These will replace the trees removed in 2008 to allow for construction of three residential and several commercial buildings along this superblock.
Arrangements for the planting were completed through the efforts of Columbus Square Management, the New York City Parks Department, and the Park West Village Tree/Landscape Committee. Harder Tree and Landscape Services of Long Island was contracted to do the planting and maintain the trees over the next two years.
Info and original notice was prepared by the Park West Village Tree/Landscape Committee, 212-865-3078. 11/11/11 FOR YOUR COPY TO PRINT AND POST PLEASE CLICK HERE.
LOCAL STUFF: Dis-Abilities aid notices
October 29, 2011
Coalition of People of Dis-Abilities of NYS
Messages In This Digest (4 Messages)
1. Social Security
From: Melissa Farrell
2. ARE YOU READY FOR NOVEMBER? FEW EVENTS JUST FOR NEXT WEEK
From: Luda Demikhovskaya
3. Fw: Up Coming Independent Lens Documentary on PBS
From: Luda Demikhovskaya
4. Fw: Increased Seating Capacity! 11/8/11 Social Media Training Semina
From: Luda Demikhovskaya
CLICK HERE FOR FULL MESSAGES!
PARK WEST VILLAGE
OWNERS, DEVELOPERS, MANAGEMENT
THE REAL DEAL July 28 2011
Chetrit pulls South Beach Gansevoort condos from market without warning
Posted: 28 Jul 2011 11:00 AM PDT
From the South Florida website: Less than 50 days after launching a new sales campaign, unsold condominiums in oceanfront South Beach project Ganesvoort South have been "withdrawn" from the market by New York City-based Chetrit Group without explanation, according to a new report from Condo Vultures...CONTINUED HERE
REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS PROSPER
NY TIMES January 1, 2011
THE CHETRIT GROUP -- AN "EQUAL OPPORTUNITY" DEVELOPER
REPORT -- from Urgent Neighborhood Meeting
July 12, 2011
Joseph Chetrit, the Most Mysterious...
Feuding Chetrit brothers split into two firms
CHETRIT/GLUCK REPORTS IN THE REAL DEAL 6-24-11
PWV LANDLORD LARRY GLUCK MAKES DEAL ON INDEPENDENCE PLAZA
PWVTA Exhibit at NYU Open Through August
Tenant Organizations and Housing Policy —
An Exhibit Featuring PWVTA's 35-year legacy
Tamiment Library, 10th floor, NYU Bobst Library, 70 Washington Square South, Monday−Thursday, 10−5pm FREE Tel: 212-998-2630
See PWVTA.org for further info and history, with a partial list of accomplishments:
PWVTA ACCOMPLISHMENTS (1975-2011)
Promoting "Columbus Square" in Real Estate Weekly June 21 -- our "blighted neighborhood"???
Park West residents call for repairs, rent decrease
Residents said they are contesting their landlords recent request to increase the complex's rent.Columbia Spectator April 22
By Emily Neil and Karla Jimenez
Park West Village resident Russell Banks said it’s hard for him to stomach the idea of a rent increase when he’s been waiting for months to get a replacement for his air conditioner, which stopped working last summer. “More money, less service —that seems to be the problem,” Banks said, noting that he also had to wait seven months for his stove to be repaired last year.
In March, the city’s Division of Housing and Community Renewal sent residents of Park West Village buildings 784, 788 and 792—three of the complex’s seven apartment buildings along Columbus Avenue from 97th to 100th streets—a letter stating that the landlord had applied for a rent increase.
Landlords can apply for such increases after making repairs or providing new appliances, like stoves or refrigerators.
“We’re contesting the increase,” said Albina De Meio, vice president of the Park West Village Tenants’ Association. “We responded to it through legal counsel, but we haven’t heard anything yet.”
CLICK FOR COMPLETE ARTICLE!
www.columbiaspectator.com/ 2011/04/22/park-west-residents-call-repairs-rent-decreases
WARNING: PEDESTRIANS AND DRIVERS
SAFETY FIRST!
The Department of Transportation released 2010 data on traffic fatalities Feb. 7, announcing that the city has sustained a four-year low in vehicle-related deaths. But Upper West Side community activists say there is more work to be done to make streets safer for pedestrians.
Several advocacy groups submitted a proposal to the Department of Transportation last year to address problems of pedestrian safety along the 96th Street corridor, which encompasses streets between Riverside Park and Central Park on West 95th, 96th and 97th streets. There are many schools in this area, and local school officials and parents have been vocal advocates of increased safety measures from the DOT....[continued]
WestSide Spirit on Dangerous Streets!!
ANTI-HARASSMENT LAW UPHELD
City Law Allowing Tenants to Sue Over Harassment Upheld
By Daniel Wise from Sue Susman
11-17-2010
The Appellate Division, First Department, yesterday sustained the constitutionality of a New York City law enacted in 2008 that gave tenants the right to sue in Housing Court their landlords for harassment.
The ruling in Prometheus Realty Corp. v. City of New York, 111132/08, rebuffed a challenge to the 2008 law mounted by the Rent Stabilization Association (RSA), a group that represents the interests of approximately 25,000 owners and managers of apartment buildings in New York City.
The RSA and two real-estate companies attacked the city law, the New York City Tenant Protection Act, as impermissibly expanding the jurisdiction of the Housing Court beyond the limits set by the state Constitution.
>>CONTINUED HERE>>
aff-hous mailing list aff-hous@save-ml.org http://save-ml.org/mailman/listinfo/aff-hous_save-ml.org
NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS
TimeBanksNYC is a citywide network of neighbors helping neighbors. The TimeBanking model relies on the strengths and assets of individuals to bolster the overall community. It is a way for people to share their skills, spread their passions, meet neighbors, and support each other.
⇒ Visit TimeBanksNYC here!
ARE YOU BEING OVERCHARGED?
If you have moved into an apartment in 784, 788 or 792 Columbus Avenue, there is a strong possibility that you are being overcharged.
These buildings are covered by the New York State Rent Stabilization Law which requires landlords to follow a specific formula when setting new rents following an apartment vacancy. The owners of Park West Village have a history of overcharging new tenants by inflating the costs of apartment renovations
What should you do? Call the New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR) at 718-739-6400 and request the rent history on your apartment.
Upon receiving the rent history, call the PWVTA Hotline at 212-662-2610 to set up an appointment with a member of the Overcharge Committee who will help you through the process.
For more information click on homepage link “PAST PWVTA NEWSLETTERS” above. There you’ll find details on PWV’s history of rent overcharges in the March 2008 newsletter.
PWVTA EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING
TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 7:00
Ryan Health Center 110 W 97 St.
--> Meeting will end by 8:30 to go hear the State of the Union address at 9pm.
PWVTA Members and Associate Members welcome to attend. MORE INFO: write Info@pwvta.org or call PWVTA Hotline 212-662-2610.
JOIN/RENEW THE PWVTA HERE!
Associate Members Welcomed!
At its membership meeting March 15, 2007, the PWVTA
adopted a new membership status for Park West Village
residents who may not be tenants. Termed "Associate
Members", they can enjoy most of the status and privileges
of other PWVTA members except for specific votes pertaining
to tenant-members only, including the ability to serve on
the PWVTA Executive Board.Membership coupon HERE>>
illustrated brochure entitled "Park West Village: History of a Diverse Community." Prepared by the Park West Neighborhood History Group, the pamphlet was printed with a grant from NYC Council member Melissa Mark Viverito and has been distributed to all PWV residents and to local public officials and libraries. Additional copies are available at the Bloomingdale Library or by calling 212-865-3078.
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