Forum/Town Hall: Forum on Rent Regulations, May 26 6:00 pm

Related Issues: Housing

Date: Thursday, May 26th, 2011, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Location:

Church of the Ascension

221 West 107th Street (bet. Broadway and Amsterdam)

New York City, NY 10025

See map: Google Maps

Purpose

Join me, with Senator Bill Perkins, Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal and Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer for a forum on rent regulations, tenants' rights and New York's Housing needs.

Related information

File:

5.26 Forum on Rent Regulations (Bilingual)

Related news

Hundreds of NYC Tenants, Join Sen. Espaillat, Democratic Legislators in Rallying for Strong Rent Laws

Posted by Adriano Espaillat on Tuesday, May 24th, 2011

Interactive forum, including online platforms, used to communicate urgent need to extend and strengthen rent regulations

(Albany, NY) – With rent regulations that protect affordable housing for over 2.5 million tenants set to expire on June 15th, hundreds of New York City tenants joined Senator Adriano Espaillat (D – Manhattan/Bronx) to express the urgent need to extend and strengthen rent regulations.

Broadcast live over the Internet, via Twitter and Facebook, Senate and Assembly Democrats, led by Senator Espaillat, engaged housing advocates from across the state on the pressing need to pass a strong rent regulations bill before June 15th. In addition to the more than 200 tenants who came to the capital to participate in the forum and other day-long advocacy efforts, hundreds participated in the the forum online.