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BY SHAN REHMAN

QUEENS - From the outside, nothingeems out of the ordinary at 37-06 69th

Street, a rent-regulated building in Wood-ide, Queens.

The entrance lobby is neat and tidy, trashs neatly stacked, and the building seemserfectly representative of the diverse and

middle-income neighborhood in which its located. But as is the unfortunate casewith much of the affordable housing stockn New York City, inside individual apart-ments the story is a much more distress-ng one of corruption, neglect - and often,arassment.

Motiul Tipu, an immigrant tenant from

Bangladesh had lived in his apartment for

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over three years before he started com-plaining about the leaking ceiling, peelingpaint and the broken window frame thatleft his apartment freezing.

Mr. Tipus complaints fell to deaf ears untilone day, the disgruntled superintendent recently laid off by the landlord - informedhim that the building was rent-regulatedand that he and many other tenants werebeing overcharged. Word spread quicklyin the building, where over 90 percent ofthe units were inhabited by Bangladeshiimmigrant families, and the tenants real-ized that they needed more detailed in-formation on their rights.Tipu and two other tenants eventuallyfound Chhaya CDC, a non-prot hous-ing justice organization based in JacksonHeights, in January 2009. With the sup-port of the Neighborhood Opportunities

Fund and ANHD through the Initiafor Neighborhood and Citywide Onizing (INCO), Chhaya had just broa Bangla-speaker, Shirhad Meah, on as a tenant organizer. (INCO provgrant support to 15 community-basedganizations to increase their capacitorganize in their own neighborhoodwell as to increase community residability to inuence city-wide policyhousing issues.)

By March 2009, over 30 tenants inbuilding had agreed to form a tenansociation to aggressively seek repaitheir individual apartments; and wrequired, le rent-overcharge complawith DHCR.By the summer of 2009, with the a

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Harvey Epstein of Urban Justice Ceter speaks to the ANHD Inc. Readabout the recent successes of UJC.December 2009, a dozen tenants 1600 Sedgwick Ave in the Bronx, wthe help of UJC won a preliminary

junction from New York State SupreCourt to stop their Landlord, RiverviRedevelopment Co, from its prac

of hiking rents for rent regulated apaments. Riverview Redevelopment Coa subsidiary of Starrett Corp.

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2 FEBRUARY 2, 2010VOLUME XXXV, NUMBER 3

IN THE PRESS

All Those Little Stuyvesant TownsBy GRETCHEN MORGENSON Published January 30, 2010 in The New York Times.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/31/business/31gret.htmlWHEN money grew on trees during the late great creditboom, private equity rms plunged headlong into New YorkCity real estate. Not only did these companies snag dazzlingManhattan ofce towers, they also paid up for thousands ofmundane rental apartments across the ve boroughs.

Sure, they had taken on monumental debt to buy theseproperties, but they had a potent strategy. If they were ableto jack up the apartments rents, even on those that hadmuch lower, regulated rates, theyd have no trouble protingmightily.

The most famous such bet was the $6.3 billion purchase in2006 of Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village on theEast River in Manhattan. The buyer was a partnership thatTishman Speyer Properties and BlackRock Realty oversaw.But last week, the properties now valued at less than$2 billion went back to the banks that had nanced thistop-of-the-market deal. The investors in the project had de-faulted.

Stuyvesant Town is a high-prole deal, to be sure. But therewere many others like it in the mania, struck by lesser-knowncompanies with private equity backing. They bought rent-regulated apartments in Manhattan, Queens and the Bronx.Some of these deals are now vulnerable, too.

When the transactions took place several years ago, pri-

vate equity chiefs were riding high. Loading debt onto thecompanies they bought, managers dismissed workers, cutcustomer services and sold off assets to pay themselvesand their investors and to meet their debt payments.

The private equity rms took a similar approach to rentalapartments. But instead of dumping workers, they hoped tojettison low-revenue renters so their units could be renovat-ed and leased out at much higher prices.

Private equity rms have nanced the purchase of 100,000units of rent-regulated housing across New York City since2005, according to the Association for Neighborhood andHousing Development, a coalition of nonprot housinggroups in New York. These owners account for almost 10

percent of the citys rent-regulated housing.Under pressure to turn over apartments to meet their nan-cial obligations, some of these properties managers haverun roughshod over tenants and the regulations intendedto protect them. Last fall, for example, New York Stateshighest court ruled that Stuyvesant Towns owners had im-properly raised rents on 4,400 apartments in the complexes,forcing the rents to be rolled back.

On Thursday, Andrew M. Cuomo, the New York attorneygeneral, said he was preparing to sue Vantage Properties, aprivate-equity-backed owner of 9,500 mostly rent-regulatedapartments in working-class neighborhoods across NewYork City.

In a letter warning Vantage of impending litigation, Mr. Cuomos ofce contended that Vantage, which has bought morthan 125 buildings in Queens, Harlem and other areas sinc2006, had engaged in a systemic pattern of harassmento generate signicant tenant turnover. Increasing turnovewas central to Vantages business strategy, the attornegenerals ofce said, so that it could charge much higherents after renovating the newly vacant apartments.

Vantages ability to satisfy its projected prots largely depends on its ability to evict rent-regulated tenants and raisrents to market levels, wrote Alphonso B. David, chief othe Civil Rights Bureau in the attorney generals ofce, ia letter to the company last week. Vantage tried to forcout long-term tenants by serving baseless legal notices ancommencing frivolous housing court eviction proceedingshe wrote.

A spokesman for Vantage and for Neil L. Rubler, its presdent, said the company was genuinely committed to serving its residents and to the future of affordable housing iNew York City.

We look forward to demonstrating this to the attorney general, the spokesman added.

They will have to work hard. According to Mr. Davids letteVantage routinely tried to evict tenants by sending them no

tices that their leases were not being renewed. Vantage justied the letters, known as Golub notices, with phony claimslike contending that the tenants didnt have the right to live the rent-regulated apartments, Mr. Davids letter said. In thcompanys business plans and annual reports to its investors, the attorney generals ofce said, Vantage even nameits business model the Golub program. One of the companys business plans said that its legal efforts are startinto bear fruit and rent prices continue to exceed plan, all contributing to what should be a strong year to come.

IN a 2007 regulatory ling, Vantage had a different name foits model. Calling it a recapturing strategy, Vantage said expected to turn over 20 percent to 30 percent of units in property during its rst year of ownership a rate ve time

the norm.One Vantage tenant cited in the attorney generals letter halived in his apartment without incident for 14 years. AfteVantage bought his building, the company put the tenanthrough three unfounded eviction proceedings in one yeathe attorney generals ofce said.

First, it said, Vantage improperly claimed that his rent wadelinquent, then incorrectly contended that he had anotheprimary residence, which is not permitted for those livinin rent-regulated apartments. Finally, it said, Vantage madanother baseless claim that he hadnt paid his rent.

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one of this surprises Benjamin Dulchin, executive director ofhe Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development.e says that harassment is central to rental real estate invest-

ments backed by private equity rms because the onerous debthey have taken on requires signicantly higher revenue than cane generated in rent-regulated buildings.

nd, he argues, even if these properties go into bankruptcy, theattern of harassment may continue. Distressed-debt investors in-

erested in buying them may continue trying to force out tenants,e said.

Vulture funds are lining up to buy the debt at what is still a specu-ative price, he added. The question is, will they recognize that in

rent-regulated building, you need to pay a price that the current

enants can support? Paying any more eventually leads you to ausiness model that is based on harassment, as the attorney gen-rals action has shown.

ullying as a business model? Unfortunately, it seems to work alloo often.

ance of Chhaya and the Urban Justice Center, the tenant as-ociation of the 69th street building had successfully led an HPction against the landlord and rent-overcharge complaints with

DHCR.

Although representing a substantial proportion of the tenants inQueens, South Asian tenants have historically never played aignicant role in the broader tenant rights movement. In fact,he owner of the 69th street building had preferred South Asianenants- presumably for their supposed docility and lack of under-tanding of the law. We never knew about these things- DHCR,

HPD, 311, and so on. The landlord knows now that we are alltanding together and cant be taken advantage of, said Mr. Tiput one of the rst Housing Court hearings (where the landlordould be heard screaming and cursing at the tenants).

he most important aspect of this particular success in preserv-ng and maintaining affordable housing in Queens is that Mr. Tipund other tenants are now active participants in the broader ten-nt rights movement, and can be regularly seen at rallies andctions across the city.

While Shirhad and other advocates have convinced many newmmigrants to organize, many others still shy away from ght-ng back. There are very real difculties with these immigrants,Shirhad says, This is new to them. Back home (Bangladesh)andlords can say, Im not renewing your lease, get out. In NewYork City, however, organized tenants can be a force to be reck-oned with.

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NEW YORK, NY (January 28, 2010) Attorney GeneralAndrew M. Cuomo last Thursday announced his intento sue Vantage Properties, a major New York City land-ord, to stop it from harassing tenants in rent-regulatedapartments and to obtain monetary damages for ten-ants who have been victimized. The Attorney Generalhas sent Vantage a ve day notice letter, as requiredby statute, notifying the company of his intent to com-mence litigation against them.

Since March 2006, Vantage haspurchased more than 125 buildingscontaining over 9,500 apartments

almost all of which are rent-reg-ulated throughout Queens, Har-lem, and Upper Manhattan. TheAttorney Generals legal action al-leges that Vantage is taking actionto force long-term, rent-regulatedtenants to move out of their homes,and imposing signicant rent in-creases on new tenants in order toincrease prots. Vantage aggres-sively pressures long-term tenantsby serving baseless legal notices

and commencing frivolous Housing Court eviction pro-ceedings.

Landlords who illegally harass tenants to boost theirbottom line do great harm to the fabric of this City, saidAttorney General Cuomo. Their underhanded tacticsdisplace long-time residents from their homes and exac-erbate the acute affordable housing shortage. My ofces committed to the preservation of affordable housing.We will continue to enforce the laws intended to protectenants and bring unscrupulous landlords to justice.

After purchasing a building, Vantage tries to evict someenants by falsely claiming that they do not primarily liven their apartments or that they have failed to pay rent.Vantages actions are often based on information that

s incorrect or information that Vantage should knows false. In some cases, Vantage refuses to cash rentpayments from tenants, and then begins Housing Courteviction proceedings based on nonpayment of rent.

Vantages actual business plans refer to their strategyof removing tenants from rent-regulated apartments ashe companys Golub program. A Golub notice is a

notice of intent not to renew a lease combined with anotice to terminate tenancy. Vantage makes specicargets for each building to determine how many resi-

dents they needed to remove to increase their prots.For example, Vantages 2008 business plan for a groupof residential apartment buildings in the Washington

Heights neighborhood of Manhattan states, Our goafor scal year 2008 is to generate unit turnover throughactive management of the Golub program and other le-gal efforts Our legal efforts are starting to bear fruitand rent prices continue to exceed plan, all contributingto what should be a strong year to come.

Under New York City law, it is unlawful for a landlordor property owner to harass tenants. Specically, land-lords cannot interfere with or disturb the privacy, com-fort, peace, or repose of quiet enjoyment of the tenantin his or her use or occupancy of the housing accom-modation, or engage in harassing conduct intended to

cause the tenant to vacate such housing accommoda-tion.

Benjamin Dulchin, Executive Director of the As-sociation of Neighborhood Housing Development,said, Tenants and affordable housing across New YorkCity are threatened as private-equity backed develop-ers are purchasing a signicant percentage of afford-able, rent-regulated apartments. The Wall Street typelevel of competition and prot seeking of private equitynancing is causing an epidemic of tenant harassment.Vantage and their nancers are jeopardizing economicdiversity and long-term stability of our neighborhoodsThe Attorney Generals commencement of an enforce-

ment action against Vantage puts landlords and theirinvestors on notice that tenant harassment is againstthe law and violators will be sought out and brought to

justice.

This legal action is part of Attorney General Cuomosongoing efforts to enforce laws that promote accessto affordable housing for low and middle income NewYorkers. In June 2009, the Attorney General took legaaction against Amerimod, a leading New York foreclo-sure rescue company, for charging illegal up-front feesand engaging in consumer fraud. In January 2009, theAttorney General reached a groundbreaking settlementover discriminatory practices, in which two mortgage

brokerage companies HCI Mortgage and ConsumerOne Mortgage agreed to collectively pay $665,000 inrestitution to approximately 455 Black and Latino bor-rowers who were illegally charged higher fees thansimilarly-situated White borrowers. At the time it wasthe rst law enforcement action of its kind in New YorkState. In 2007, the Attorney General secured $1 millionin restitution to approximately 270 Black and Latino bor-rowers who experienced discriminatory lending practic-es by GreenPoint Mortgage. The case is being handledby Assistant Attorney General Brooke Davis under thesupervision of Civil Rights Bureau Chief Alphonso B.David and Counsel for Civil Rights Spencer Freedman.

Cuomo Commences Legal Action Against VantageOfce of Attorney General

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DHCR ANNOUNCES FUNDS AVAILABILITYHCR has announced the availability of $29 million in state andderal tax credits and $63 million in funding anticipated to be

warded next year. These resources will help to preserve, de-elop and create affordable housing opportunities for low andoderate-income residents and persons with special needs.

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TENANCY PRESERVATION LEGAL SERVICEShe NYC Department of Homeless Service is seeking appro-iately qualied legal services provider(s) to provide Tenancyreservation Legal Services to assist in fullling its mission toevent homelessness and shelter entry. The services requirede to provide an array of legal and related services to help en-

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VETERANS BUSINESS OUTREACH CENTER PROGRAM

e U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has issued a pro-

am announcement to issue $150,000 in Federal cooperativegreement awards to eligible nonprot & State and Local gov-nment organizations to conduct Veterans Business Outreachenter (VBOC) projects. The projects are to provide outreach,ssessment, long and short-term business training, counsel-g, directed referring, electronic or on-line assistance and otherchnical assistance services to veteran, service disabled vet-an and US Military Reserve Component business owners and

ntrepreneurs, including discharging service members eligibler participation in the DOD/DOL Transition Assistance Program.he project period is a 5-year term consisting of one base yearnding with four option years.PPLICATION DUE FEBRUARY 22, 2010APPLY HERE or click this link: http://www.sba.gov/idc/groups/public/documents/

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MetLife Foundation is accepting applications for CommunPolice Partnership Awards Program. Grants of up to $25,will be awarded to community organizations or development porations, and police/sheriffs departments, working to promneighborhood safety and revitalization.APPLICATION DUE: FEBRUARY 26, 2010

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NEA MAYORS INSTITUTE ON CITY DESIGN25TH ANNIVERSARY STATEMENT OF INTEREST

The Arts Endowment is announcing the NEA Mayors InstituteCity Design 25th Anniversary Initiative which will award a limnumber of grants, ranging from $25,000 to $250,000, to shcase and celebrate the goals of the MICD during its anniversin 2011. MICD mayors know that the arts and culture contrib

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NOTICESGovernors Budget of Necessity Cuts Spending,Maintains Commitment to Affordable Housing

This is a reminder that the Abyssinian Development Corpo-ration will host the Harlem! A Salon Series on February 3,2010, at 6:30 at the Dwyer Cultural Center. If you have al-ready RSVPed, we have included your name on the guestlist and there is no need to reply again. If you do want toattend the event and have not yet RSVPed, please do so byreplying to this email and we will also add your name to theguest list. Thanks!

The New York Times featured an article describing the Har-lem of today; the importance of ADCs mission to preserveand build quality affordable housing is exemplied by thesituation described in the article.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/06/nyregion/06harlem.html

Governor David A. Paterson has proposed a budget of ne-cessity, designed to help the state recover from a cripplingeconomic downturn and record level decits. The reforms andspending reductions proposed in the Executive Budget willclose a shortfall projected to exceed $7 billion.

The proposal reduces State agency operations costs by morethan $1 billion, in part through mergers and shared servicesidentied by the Governor Patersons Ofce of Taxpayer Ac-countability.

There are no more easy answers, the Governor said, Wecannot keep spending money that we do not have. Signicantspending reductions are necessary if we want to emerge from

this crisis and build a strong scal and economic recovery. To-gether, through shared sacrice, we will move forward towarda more hopeful and optimistic future for New York.

DHCRs Acting Commissioner, Brian Lawlor said The Gov-ernors budget reects his continuing support for the creationand preservation of affordable housing, but in order to success-fully confront the States economic situation, New York Stateshousing agencies must work with their public and private sec-tor partners to develop and implement streamlining strategiesthat result in direct cost savings for the State and its partners inthe housing community.

Lawlor noted that DHCR and nyhomes have been workingtogether successfully over the last three years to reduce ad-

ministrative costs and red tape. We are well-positioned to leadan effort to develop and implement the Governors initiative tocreate a single management structure for DHCR and nyhomesto reduce costs of program delivery while maintaining his com-mitment to preserving and increasing the supply of affordablehousing for New Yorks families and seniors. The work we havedone over the last few years to make our agencies more effec-tive and efcient will enable us respond to the economic chal-lenges we are facing today and emerge stronger in the future.

Budget documents can be found at:Division of Budget website:or click this link http://publications.budget.state.ny.us/eBudget1011/ExecutiveBudget.html

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New Lots Plaza Apartments is pleased to announce that ap-plications are now being accepted for 68 affordable housingrental apartments under construction at 683 Barbey Street, inthe East New York section of Brooklyn. This building is beingconstructed through HDCs Low-Income Affordable Market-place Program (LAMP) and HPDs Mixed Income Rental Pro-gram (MIRP) of the Department of Housing Preservation andDevelopment. The size, rent and targeted income distributionfor the 68 apartments are as follows:

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Call Astella Development CorpFor more info: (718)266-4653

Qualied Applicants will be required to meet income guidelines

and additional selection criteria. To request an application,mail a SELF ADDRESSED STAMPED ENVELOPEto: New Lots Plaza Apartments c/o: The Wavecrest Manage-ment Team, 87-14 116th Street, Richmond Hill, NY 11418, ordownload from www.newlotsapts.com.

Completed applications must be returned by regular mail only(no priority, certied, registered, expressed or overnight mailwill be accepted) to a post ofce box number, that will be listedwith the application, and must be postmarked by 02/06/2010.Applications postmarked after 02/06/2010 will be set aside forpossible future consideration. Applications will be selected bylottery; applicants who submit more than one application willbe disqualied. Disqualied applications will not be accepted.

A general preference will be given to New York City residents.Current and eligible residents of Brooklyn Community Board 5will receive preference for 50% of the units.

Eligible households that include persons with mobility impair-ments will receive preference for 5% of the units; eligible per-sons that include persons with visual and/or hearing impair-ments will receive 2% of the units; and eligible City of New YorkMunicipal Employees will receive a 5% preference.

No Brokers Fee. No Application Fee.

APPLICATION DUE FEBRUARY 6, 2010APPLY HERE

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SR. PROJECT MANAGER

AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEV....................................................................................................

West Side Federation for Senior and Supportive Housing seeksa Senior Project Manager for Housing Development. Respon-sibilities: Oversight of ongoing housing development activitieswhich shall include activities such as: identifying sites, devel-oping project budgets and securing necessary project funding,managing projects during construction, and coordinating activi-ties of all internal and external team members to ensure thatprojects are delivered on time and on budget.

Qualications: The successful applicant will have demonstra-ble skills in nancial analysis, demonstrable real-estate relatedproject management experience (in particular, management ofprojects while in-construction), and experience utilizing NewYork City, New York State, and federal programs for subsidizedhousing. Candidate should understand and be comfortable withgrant, equity, and debt structures including bond and commer-cial credit transactions. The ability to juggle multiple prioritiesand maintain an attention to detail is paramount, as is the abilityto manage workload with minimal oversight. The ideal candi-date will be creative and motivated, with the capacity to developa long-range vision for existing and potential projects.

Salary: commensurate with experience.

Interested applicants should email [email protected] to request a full job description explaining application re-quirements. Please do not contact the ofce by phone or fax...................................................................................................

FAMILY SPECIALIST...................................................................................................Jericho Project is seeking an experienced and enthusiastic in-dividual to join its team as a full-time Family Specialist for ourScatter-site Housing Program for episodic homeless families.Our Family Specialist will provide case management, servicecoordination and network with landlords to provide safe afford-able housing for up to 10 families in the program.

REQUIREMENTS: Qualied candidates will have a Masters inSocial Work, and the ability to provide case management to par-ents and children who have experienced homelessness.The location of this position is the Bronx. The candidate will re-port to the Director of Special Programs and work Full Time,some evenings and weekends.Responsibilities Include:Salary is commensurate with experience. Jericho Project offersa comprehensive benets package including health insurance,dental insurance, retirement plan, and four weeks paid vacation.

Contact: [email protected]

FACILITATED ENROLL..............................................................................................

Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation (NMIC), a sservice community-based organization in Washington HeInwood is seeking a full-time Facilitated Enroller who will bsponsible for enrolling families and children in health insuraDuties include: conducting preliminary assessments to dmine eligibility for health insurance, completing health iance applications and submitting all pertinent supporting dmentation to funding source, utilizing trade-specic softwastore data, conduct outreach to promote the program Conoutreach to promote the program and complete outreach

reports. Attend trainings and meetings as scheduled. Refeents to internal NMIC services and outside CBOs.

Successful applicants should possess a Bachelors Degreequivalent education and three to ve years relative experiwith an extensive knowledge of entitlements and health iance. Be able to exhibit knowledge of community resouComputer literacy is necessary for this position. Ability to municate effectively with clients and community groups inEnglish and Spanish is required.

To apply, send resume/cover (with position in subject linNMIC, Human Resources Director, 76 Wadsworth AvenueNY 10033 [email protected] or fax to (212) 928-4..............................................................................................

EMPLOY/BENEFIT COUNSELO..............................................................................................Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation (NMIC), is sing a full-time Employment and Benets Counselor whobe responsible for completing benets eligibility assessmand provide employment counseling. Duties include: Procommunity residents with benets counseling and enrollin benets programs. Provide advocacy to ensure that cobtains benets. Conduct educational, vocation and emment screening and develop an employment plan. Work inlaboration with NMICs Community Organizing Departmepromote services, attend tenant meetings and board meeof tenant-controlled buildings. Attend trainings and meetinscheduled. Refer clients to internal NMIC services and ouCBOs.

Successful applicants should possess a Masters Degreethree to ve years relative experience with an extensive knedge of entitlements and be able to exhibit knowledge of munity resources. Computer literacy is necessary for this tion. Must be able to work a minimum of two (2) nights weMust be able to work independently, be results orientedorganized with an attention to detail. Ability to communicafectively with clients and community groups in both EnglishSpanish is REQUIRED.

To apply, send resume/cover (with position in subject linNMIC, Human Resources Director, 76 Wadsworth AvenueNY 10033 [email protected] or fax to (212) 928-4


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