Don’t Let George Pataki Secretly Gut
the Rent Stabilization Code
PHONE, FAX,E-MAIL and WRITE George Pataki and the DHCR!

Governor Pataki
Executive Chamber
State Capitol
Albany, N.Y. 12224
phone: (212) 681-4580
gov.pataki@chamber.state.ny.us

Michael Berrios
Executive Assistant at DHCR
92-31 Union Hall Street
Jamaica, N.Y. 11433
phone: (718) 262-4824
fax: (718) 262-4008

Three points to make clear in your messages to Pataki and the DHCR.

  1. The proposed changes are unacceptable and MUST NOT BECOME CODE!
  1. Demand a 120-day extension to the “public comment period.” The manner in which this is being done is a disgrace and is probably illegal (violating the N.Y. State Administrative Procedure Act regarding public input on changes of this nature). The DHCR has purposely kept these changes and the proceedings surrounding them “on the down low.” The time allotted has not been enough for a small battery of tenant attorneys to fully analyze the changes. Therefore it is totally erroneous to expect the average rent-regulated tenant to know of, let alone react to, these proposed changes.
  1. 3)George Pataki will pay a price for these changes in his next race for Governor. He appoints the commissioner of the DHCR and essentially calls the shots. In his tenure Pataki has silently gutted the infrastructure of this agency. From budget cuts to the firing of competent hearing officers to changes in the regulations like these, Pataki has all but handed over this agency to the real-estate industry. Let him know he will pay a political price for this extremely political act.

For more information, updates or materials contact Met Council at (212) 693-0553, ext. #6