July Newsletter

July 2025 Newsletter

It’s hot out there!  If your air conditioner isn’t working, come to the Community Room to stay cool.  (The staff use it 12-1 for lunch.) And enjoy activities: Tuesdays at 6 PM get fit with ShapeUp NYC, and Thursdays at 2 enjoy board games and conversation – all free!

Rent increases for rent-stabilized tenants. The NYC Rent Guidelines Board voted for increases for lease renewals going into effect Oct. 1, 2025 through Sept. 30, 2026:

1-year lease renewal:  3%

2-year lease renewal: 4.5%.

If mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani wins, he has promised to appoint people to the RGB who will freeze the rent.  (No other candidate has made that promise.) If Mamdani wins before you renew your lease, you may decide to take a 1-year renewal. That will result in a lower increase (3%), followed by a few years of a rent freeze. If he loses, you may decide to take a 2-year renewal. (Tenants who are absent minded or very, very busy, should probably take 2-year renewals just to avoid forgetting to fill out the lease renewal every year.)

 Get rent bills by email and pay electronically – automatically.

Pay your rent bills automatically through ClickPay.

If you link it to your bank account, there’s no fee. If you link it to your credit card, there is a fee. You’ll get a monthly email in advance asking if you’d like to pay that amount. Even without ClickPay, you can get your rent bills by email. Contact Danny Hamer, 212-406-0030,  dhamer@stellarmangement.com

Doorman can only notify you of a visitor if . . . .

WANT THE DOORMAN TO CALL YOU BEFORE A VISITOR 

OR DELIVERY PERSON COMES TO YOUR APARTMENT?

Since the intercom does not work, we don't know if someone is coming up until they show up at our door.  if you would like the doorman to call you before a visitor or delivery comes to your door, tell him when you’re at the front desk.  Provide your phone number. 

 

Rent Guidelines Board increases for 2025-2026 lease renewals

LEASE RENEWALS 

FOR RENT-STABILIZED TENANTS

For a lease renewed any time from Oct. 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026: 

1-year lease renewal: 3% increase

2-year lease renewal: 4.5% increase

SCRIE and DRIE tenants get a higher “legal regulated rent” on their lease, but pay the same as they’ve been paying.

GOOD IDEA: If Zohran Mamdani wins the general election for mayor in November, take a 1-yearlease renewal. He’s promised to freeze the rent. 

Meet candidates for Manhattan Borough President at 7:30 on Thurs., May 29

Come to our Community Room at 7:30 PM on 

Thursday, May 29, 2025 to meet the candidates for 

Manhattan Borough President:

• State Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal and
• City Council Member Keith Powers.

and for some delicious snacks, coffee, tea, and conversation.

Did you know that the Manhattan Borough Presidents appoint our community boards?  

Borough presidents influence the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP) by appointing community boards and voting on the applications. The staff of boroughwide economic development corporations are often closely aligned with the borough president, and work closely with the New York City Economic Development Corporation, the primary coordinating agency of city-sponsored economic development.  [From Wikipedia.]

Since the "City of Yes" and "City for All" bills were passed, we'll be seeing more development - presumably with less space between buildings, taller buildings, and (with enough public pressure) more affordable housing for our friends, families, and others. 

The two main candidates for Manhattan Borough President are our own State Senator, Brad Hoylman-Sigal, and the City Council representative for midtown on the east side, Keith Powers.   They'll be in our building a week from Thursday at 7:30 PM so you can meet them.  (We'll have refreshments too!)

Tonight's Freeze the Rent Rally - NEW LOCATION: Riverside Church

TONIGHT - Thurs., May 14 - Tenant meeting - Meet the Council Candidates

Tenant Meeting WED., MAY 14 at 7:30 - Meet the 3 City Council candidates - and more events!

Our tenant association is involved in a lot of events this month!  Join in. 

WED., MAY 14 at 7:30 PM 

TENANT MEETING IN OUR COMMUNITY ROOM 

DISTRICT 7 COUNCIL CANDIDATES

Shaun Abreu, Tiffany Khan,  and  Edafe Okporo.

We'll talk about tenant issues too and of course have refreshments.

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THURSDAY, MAY 15 at 6 PM - RALLY AT ABYSSINIAN BAPTIST CHURCH

EMAIL SUE IF YOU'RE COMING!

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THURSDAY, MAY 29 at 7:30 PM - MEET THE CANDIDATES IN OUR COMMUNITY ROOM

MANHATTAN BOROUGH PRESIDENT 

CANDIDATES

Brad Hoylman-Sigal and Keith Powers

ALL NEIGHBORS ARE WELCOME.