New York City Rent Control and Rent Stabilization expire and must be renewed by April 1, 1997 in the City Council, and renewed again by June 15, 1997 in the State Legislature.
Many tenants think elected officials do not listen to phone calls and read letters. Nothing could be further from the truth. The whole City Council and the Mayor are up for re-election in November, less than one year away. Right about now they are starting to listen very hard. This is the time for tenants to make themselves heard, loudly and often. The legislators in the Assembly and State Senate as well as Governor Pataki are up for re-election in November 1998, less than two years away. The City Council list was published in the October Tenant/Inquilino. The state legislators are listed below.
Tenants demand that legislators support them, not landlords. Further, we demand that the 1993/1994 vacancy-decontrol amendments be repealed so that the harm they are doing is stopped. Using this list, find your local legislators and write or call. Tell them you want them to vote against vacancy decontrol and for rent and eviction protections.
Assemblymembers
Peter J. Abbate
(718) 236-1764
8500 18th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11214Carmen Arroyo
(718) 292-2901
384 East 149th Street, Suite 608
Bronx, NY 10455Jeffrion L. Aubry
(718) 457-3615
102-13A Northern Blvd.
Corona, NY 11369Samuel D. Bea
(718) 547-8854
3677 White Plains Road
Bronx, NY 10467William F. Boyland
(718) 498-8681
1636 Pitkin Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11212James F. Brennan
(718) 788-7221
416 Seventh Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11215Denis J. Butler
(718) 932-4052
43-08 30th Avenue
Long Island City, NY 11103Ann M. Carrozza
(718) 229-7744
35-25 Bell Boulevard
Bayside, NY 11361Barbara M. Clark
(718) 479-2333
97-01 Springfield Blvd.
Jamaica, NY 11429Elizabeth A. Connelly
(718) 494-3200
1150 Forest Hill Road, Bldg. A
Staten Island, NY 10314Vivian E. Cook
(718) 322-3975
142-15 Rockaway Blvd.
South Ozone Park, NY 11436Joseph Crowley
(718) 651-3185
84-32 Grand Avenue
Elmhurst, NY 11373Gloria Davis
(718) 588-3119
540 East 169th Street
Robert Fulton Terrace
Bronx, NY 10456Nelson Antonio Denis
(212) 369-9002
218 East 106th Street
New York, NY 10029Ruben Diaz
(718) 893-0202
1217 Stratford Avenue
Bronx, NY 10472Jeffrey Dinowitz
(718) 796-5345
3107 Kingsbridge Avenue
Bronx, NY 10463Adriano Espaillat
(212) 304-2090
656 West 204th Street, Apt. 3
New York, NY 10034Herman D. Farrell. Jr.
(212) 234-1430
2541-55 A.C. Powell Blvd
New York, NY 10039Daniel L. Feldman
(718) 375-0770
1227 Avenue U
Brooklyn, NY 11229Anthony J. Genovesi
(212) 312-1488
270 Broadway, Room 714
New York, NY 10007Deborah J. Glick
(212) 674-5153
853 Broadway, Room 2120
New York, NY 10003Richard N. Gottfried
(212) 807-7900
242 West 27th Street
New York, NY 10001Alexander B. Grannis
(212) 860-4906
1672 First Avenue
New York, NY 10128Roger L. Green
(718) 596-0100
55 Hanson Place
Brooklyn, NY 11217Aurelia Greene
(718) 538-2000
1188 Grand Concourse, Suite D
Bronx, NY 10456Edward Griffith
(212) 312-1434
270 Broadway, Room 720
New York, NY 10007Dov Hikind
(718) 853-9616
1310 48th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11219Rhoda S. Jacobs
(718) 434-0446
Three Hillel Place
Brooklyn, NY 11210Melinda Katz
(718) 263-5595
98-08 Metropolitan Avenue
Forest Hills, NY 11375Stephen B. Kaufman
(718) 829-7452
2910 Bruckner Blvd.
Bronx, NY 10465Jeffrey Klein
(718) 409-0109
728 Lydig Avenue
Bronx, NY 10462Ivan C. Lafayette
(718) 457-0384
33-46 92nd Street
Jackson Hts., NY 11372Joseph R. Lentol
(718) 383-7474
619 Lorimer Street
Brooklyn, NY 11211Vito J. Lopez
(718) 452-1112
1438 Myrtle Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11237Nettie Mayersohn
(718) 463-1942
65-01 Fresh Meadow Lane
Flushing, NY 11365Brian M. McLaughlin
(718) 762-6575
35-20 147 Street
Flushing, NY 11354Gregory W. Meeks
(718) 337-4343
21-17 Mott Avenue
Far Rockaway, NY 11691Catherine T. Nolan
(718) 456-9492
879 Woodward Avenue
Ridgewood, NY 11385Clarence Norman, Jr.
(718) 756-1776
854 Nostrand Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11225Felix W. Ortiz
(718) 492-6334
404 55th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11220N. Nick Perry
(718) 385-3336
942 Utica Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11203Audrey I. Pheffer
(718) 945-9550
90-16 Rockaway Beach Blvd.
Far Rockaway, NY 11693-1530Jules Polonetsky
(718) 265-6530
532 Neptune Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11224Roberto Ramirez
(718) 933-2204
2488 Grand Concourse, Room 417
Bronx, NY 10458John A. Ravitz
(212) 861-9061
251 East 77th Street, LL
New York, NY 10021Peter M. Rivera
(718) 931-2620
1506 Castle Hill Avenue
Bronx, NY 10462Steven Sanders
(212) 979-9696
201 East 16th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10003William Scarborough
(718) 949-5216
119-02 Merrick Boulevard
St. Albans, NY 11434Anthony S. Seminerio
(718) 847-0770
114-19 Jamaica Avenue
Richmond Hill, NY 11418Sheldon Silver, Speaker
(212) 312-1420
270 Broadway, Room 1807
New York, NY 10017Robert A. Straniere
(718) 667-0314
182 Rose Avenue
Staten Island, NY 10306Scott Stringer
(212) 873-6368
230 West 72nd Street
New York, NY 10023Edward C. Sullivan
(212) 866-3970
245 West 104nd Street
New York, NY 10025Darryl C. Towns
(718) 235-5627
264 Jamaica Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11207Albert Vann
(718) 919-0740
613-19 Throop Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11216Eric N. Vitaliano
(718) 761-5083
1736 Richmond Avenue
Staten Island, NY 10314Helene E. Weinstein
(718) 648-4700
3520 Nostrand Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11229Mark Weprin
(718) 428-7900
61-08A 224th Street
Bayside, NY 11364Keith L. Wright
(212) 866-5809
163 West 125th Street, Room 920
New York, NY 10027State Senators
Catherine M. Abate
(212) 417-5504
270 Broadway, Room 608A
New York, NY 10007Howard E. Babbush
(212) 417-5517
270 Broadway, Room 1002
New York, NY 10007Martin Connor
(212) 417-5512
270 Broadway, Room 1000
New York, NY 10007Pedro Espada, Jr
(718) 402-6591
861 East 149 Street
Bronx, NY 10455Vincent Gentile
(718) 232-8610
7401 13th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11228Emanuel R. Gold
(718) 544-9750
70-17 Austin Street, 2nd Floor
Forest Hills, NY 11375Efrain Gonzalez
(718) 299-7905
1780 Grand Concourse
Bronx, NY 10457Roy M. Goodman
(212) 417-5563
270 Broadway, Suite 2400
New York, NY 10007Carl Kruger
(718) 743-8610
2201 Avenue U
Brooklyn, NY 11229Seymour Lachman
(718) 449-1443
2346 86th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11214Franz S. Leichter
(212) 397-5913
10 Columbus Circle, Suite 1470
New York, NY 10019Serphin R. Maltese
(718) 497-1800
71-04 Myrtle Avenue
Glendale, NY 11385John J. Marchi
(718) 447-1723
358 St. Mark's Place
Staten Island, NY 10301Marty Markowitz
(718) 284-4700
572 Flatbush Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11225Olga A. Mendez
(212) 860-0893
2130 3rd Avenue
New York, NY 10035Velmanette Montgomery
(718) 643-6140
70 Lafayette Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11217George Onorato
(718) 545-9706
28-11 Astoria Blvd.
Long Island City, NY 11102Frank Padavan
(718) 343-0255
89-39 Gettysburg Street
Bellerose, NY 11426David A. Paterson
(212) 961-8500
163 West 125th Street, Suite 932
New York, NY 10027Nellie Santiago
(718) 827-5743
3386 Fulton Street, 2nd Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11206Larry B. Seabrook
(718) 547-8854
3765 White Plains Road
Bronx, NY 10467Ada L. Smith
(718) 322-2537
116-43 Sutphin Blvd.
Jamaica, NY 11434Leonard P. Stavisky
(718) 445-0004
144-36 Willets Point Blvd.
Flushing, NY 11357Guy J. Velella
(718) 792-7180
2019 Williamsbridge Road
Bronx, NY 10461Alton Waldon
(718) 291-9097
172-12 Linden Blvd.
St. Albans, NY 11434