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IPNTA
Newsletters
July 2004
Our Struggle Continues—And We Need Your Help
A word from our new President
Hello, everybody, and welcome to the next phase in our ongoing struggle
to keep our homes affordable and comfortable.
We are now in the so-called transition phase, moving from Mitchell-Lama
to a private complex. As with any transition, it is not easy, but we —
IPNTA — are still actively dealing with, frankly, a hellish situation.
So far we have been addressing over 300 individual tenant problems:
lease issues, voucher issues, LAP issues, pet issues and so many more
we can barely enumerate them. We try to contact every single tenant who
has notified us of their situation. It seems that there is a new crisis
every day.
We now have several functioning committees.These include the Transition
Committee, helping hundreds of tenants navigate through the difficulties
of dealing with HPD, etc.; the Environmental Committee, now headed by
Harriet Grimm, working with Stellar management on testing the window replacements
in empty apartments throughout the complex to advocate on behalf of tenants’
health and safety; the Political Action Committee, headed by John Scott,
now a VP of the Dowtown Independent Democrats and working closely with
the Working Families party; and Virginia Clammer, working on numerous
issues as a member of our “extended” board. Also, we have
three new people on the board: Ella Biondi, Judy Bernstein, Jean Hartman.
Here’s one of our recent victories: Our former “security”
director, Mike Grasso, who had been fired from the NYPD for brutality,
is now gone.
So please, during this very difficult time, have patience. And continue
to support us in our unending fight to save and improve our homes. If
you have not renewed your membership this year, we will send you a reminder.
We need you, both as regular members, as volunteers on our various activities,
and to contribute to our defense fund for lawyers, lobbyists, communication,
and all our other expenses.
Thank you for all your support. And let us all “keep on keeping
on.” — Diane Lapson
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