Current News
IPN Tenants Have Won the J-51 Case!
Apartments are rent-stabilized.
On August 30th Judge Friedman ruled that Independence Plaza is rent stabilized because it received J-51 benefits both before and after exiting from the Mitchell Lama program, and that HPD did not change that status when it permitted the landlord to “pay back” the post-exit tax benefits.
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN TO YOU? A general tenants meeting will be held after Labor Day where our attorney, Seth Miller, will answer questions and discuss next steps. We suggest that ALL TENANTS (whether voucher, LAP or Free Market) attend, since this ruling affects our various situations.
We will also have a newsletter out after the tenant meeting, responding to questions in writing. We strongly suggest you attend the meeting AND read the newsletter.
Thank you, as always, to all active tenants who have stood by the IPNTA and assisted with distribution, etc. all these years. We need all tenant volunteers and support more than ever now.
If you haven’t joined the IPNTA for 2010, this would be the time to do so. Download a membership form.
News Coverage
Tribeca Trib, Aug 31, 2010, Judge Rules for IPN Tenants in Rent Stabilization Lawsuit,
Crain's New York, Aug 31, 2010, Court rules against big Manhattan landlord
Downtown Express, Rent stability returns to I.P.N. after five years, Aug 25 - Sep1- 7, 2010
DNA Info, TriBeCa Tenants Win Rent-Stabilization Case Against Landlord, Aug 31, 2010
One-way Traffic on Chambers Street, beginning Aug 29, 2010
Download the Community Advisory
Major Ruling on the Stuyvesant Town Case
Listen to our own Ed Rosner, discuss the case on WBAI.
WBAI Arts Magazine, Tuesday, December 1, 2009, 2pm
"The unraveling of the Tax Abatement Decision, lawyers Ed Rosner and Alex Schmidt testify."
WBAI.org web site:
http://archive.wbai.org/files/mp3/091201_140001artsmag.MP3
Or download the file (mp3) here
WBAI Program Archive: http://archive.wbai.org/
NY Times article about IPN, features interviews with IPN tenants:
In TriBeCa, a Face-Off Over City Tax Breaks and Rents
New York Times, November 4, 2009
"The special city tax breaks that the owner of a large apartment complex in TriBeCa received from 2004 to 2006 could hardly be described as a windfall — $17,879.42 for a cluster of buildings in Lower Manhattan worth tens of millions of dollars. The development, Independence Plaza North, has undergone a transformation since leaving the state’s middle-income Mitchell-Lama housing program. ..." [Full Story]
Court Deals Blow to Owners of Apartment Complex
from New York Times, October 23, 2009
"The state’s highest court dealt a potentially crippling blow on Thursday to the owners of the sprawling Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village complexes in Manhattan when it ruled that they improperly began charging market rents on thousands of apartments.
..." [Full Story]
Court Shakes Up New York Landlords
Wall Street Journal, O ctober 23, 2009
Court rules rents improperly raised in Stuy Town
NY Post , October 22, 2009
[See In The Press for additional links about this important ruling. ]
Previous Stories -- see IPNTA Newsletters or Archive
IPN in the News (also see In The Press)
- Judge Rules for IPN Tenants in Rent Stabilization Lawsuit, Tribeca Trib, By Matt Dunning, Aug 31, 2010
- Court rules against big Manhattan landlord, Crain's New York, By Amanda Fung, Aug 31, 2010
- State Agency Rules Against IPN Tenants in Rent Stabilization Suit, Tribeca Trib, By Matt Dunning, March 15, 2010
[Article Updated Mar 15, 2010] - Albany Sides With Owner in a Rent Suit in TriBeCa, NY Times, By Cara Buckley, March 10, 2010
- State agency hits I.P.N. with a ‘punch in the stomach', Downtown Express, March 5-11, 2010
- Feds say Gluck is gouging I.P.N., Downtown Express, February 5 - 11, 2010
- In TriBeCa, a Face-Off Over City Tax Breaks and Rents
New York Times, November 4, 2009
| Documents | |
| J51 Decision, Aug 2010 | Decision_30_Aug_2010.pdf |
| IPNTA Membership 2010 | IPNTA Membership Form |
| General Meeting May 2010 | Presentaton/Discussion: Why IPN Should Have Been Rent Stabilized Beginning on June 29, 2004 |
| J51 Law Suit | Judge Friedman's decision in the J-51 case, released Friday, April 3, 2009 (also see Archive) |
| September 28, 2007: On September 27, Judge Friedman issued two interim decisions about the J-51 case. Both are posted here as pdfs: J51 Summary Judgment Decision and IPNTA decision re Amend Complaint [Full story in Archive...] |
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| Filing Rent Overcharge with DHCR -- If you are filing now: | Instructions and DHCR Overcharge Form |
| DHCR Web site: http://nysdhcr.gov/Forms/Rent/ra89.pdf | |
| Filing Rent Overcharge with DHCR - Group Filing (March 2008) | The complaint forms have been filed by our attorney with DHCR, accompanied by this cover letter (Full story -- see Archive or March 2008 Newsletter) |
| IPNTA Bylaws | IPNTA Bylaws (Amended Nov 2009) |
| IPN Settlement Agreement | IPN Settlement Agreement (March 2004) |
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