Join the Campaign to Renew the Rent Laws

On March 31, 2000, the rent laws will expire and must be renewed in the New York City Council. In 1994, when these laws came up for renewal (as they do every three years), the Council voted to weaken the laws while renewing them, and that vote started a chain of events ending in the severely damaging compromises made in the state legislature in 1997. The real-estate lobby is planning now to weaken the laws. Tenants have the power to stop this from happening in 2000. Tenants have the power to get the laws renewed without any weakening amendments in the City Council. But we must start organizing now.

Unlike the state legislature (where the rent laws are up for renewal in 2003) where the pro-real-estate Senators represent upstate residents, the City Council members must answer to New York tenants. You can make a difference in the vote in 2000. Tenants must start organizing now in order to stop the real-estate lobby from weakening the laws.

What can tenants do? Tenants should start contacting their Councilmembers now. Call or write now; let your Councilmember know that you are a tenant and you want the laws renewed without weakening amendments. Join Met Council and our campaign to get the laws renewed. Help us organize a strong, political force to stop the real-estate lobby from buying votes next year. Join the campaign today.

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Return to: Jenny Laurie, Met Council, 102 Fulton St., Rm. 302, NY, NY 10038