For everyone who was railing about the encroachment of illegal "hotel" apartments in Stuyvesant Town, this e-mail comes from the WSNA. Even if you can't attend the rally, you can contact the governor to sign the bill.
Press conference to call on Gov. Patterson to sign illegal hotels bill: NOW ON WEDNESDAY!
The Illegal Hotel Bill gained major ground with its passage in the NYS Assembly following Senate approval. Big thanks to everyone who called Speaker Silver and asked him to pass it. Now we need to ensure the Governor passes the bill. Join us and the electeds who supported the bill for a press conference asking Governor Patterson to sign the bill.
What: Tenant rally & press conference in support of the illegal hotels bill
When: Wednesday, July 21st at 11am, (please arrive by 10:30am)
Where: 1 Centre Street (R to City Hall, 2/3 to Park Place, A/C/E to Chambers, 4/5/6 to Brooklyn Bridge). There's a chance it will be moved across the street to the steps of City Hall. We'll have signs and someone directing people to the right location.
Please call Bennett at 212-956-2585 or email him at BBaumer@hcc-nyc.org to RSVP and/or to make posters with us on Monday, July 19th for the press conference.
In addition to coming to the rally, everyone please email, write, call or fax Governor Patterson NOW asking him to stop the loss of NYC apartments to illegal hotels and Sign A.10008/S.6378.
- Write to: Governor David A. Paterson, State Capitol, Albany, New York 12224
- Call the Governor's office at 518-474-8390 or Fax to 518-486-1921.
- E-mail the Governor by visiting - www.state.ny.us/governor - this will take you to the Governor's home page and in the navigation on the left side of the homepage there's a link to "contact" and from there another link to "e-mail the governor."
Lobbyists working against the bill are the RSA and a travel website that represents big illegal hotels operators. These operators are taking hundreds of rent stabilized apartments out of the market and renting them out as hotels and hostels, to the dismay of the other tenants in the buildings and the rooms often have fire and safety violations.
We also had some great press coverage in the past week. For a more detailed discussion of the bill, listen to Assembly Member Dick Gottfried in a July 8 interview on the Brian Lehrer Show on WNYC. There as also a great editorial in the New York Times calling on Governor Patterson to pass the bill.
For more info or to get involved, contact Bennett at 212-956-2585 or BBaumer@hcc-nyc.org.










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