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Tuesday, June 2, 2026

When and Where to Vote in the Primaries

JUNE PRIMARIES

EARLY VOTING at

West Side High School    

140 W. 102nd St.

(enter through pathway on 101st Street in back of the school)

SATURDAY, 6/13

9 AM – 5 PM

SUNDAY, 6/14

9 AM – 5 PM

MONDAY, 6/15

9 AM – 5 PM

TUESDAY, 6/16

10 AM – 8 PM

WEDNESDAY, 6/17

10 AM – 8 PM

THURSDAY, 6/18

8 AM – 4 PM

FRIDAY, 6/19

9 AM – 5 PM

SATURDAY, 6/20

9 AM – 5 PM

SUNDAY, 6/21

9 AM – 5 PM

REGULAR VOTING

June 23, 2026

6 AM – 9 PM

at PS 163 on 97th Street

between Columbus & Amsterdam

Monday, June 1, 2026

The congressional candidates panel was packed!

Click here for a video link to the event (after the first couple of minutes).  Thanks to tenant Wilfredo Chau!  Read a transcript of most of the event here. 

About 80 tenants sat and another 20 people stood as the candidates answered questions.  















Photo thanks to Lenora Wade

We started off with five, and then got to six candidates. 
Alex Bores was delayed by a 5 pm NYS Assembly vote on immigration issues in the budget, and so didn't get to the meeting till about 8:15.  
Laura Dunn, an attorney helping women against domestic violence
Micah Lasher, our current NYS Assembly representative (not clear how he made a 3-hour drive in under 2 hours!)
Jack Schlossberg, a blogger who is late Pres. John Kennedy's grandson
Nina Schwalbe, a global health expert, and 
Patrick Timmins, a lawyer and adjunct law professo at John Jay College.

The place was packed!  Photo by Jodi Brockington shows Laura Dunn speaking, standing next to (seated), Micah Lasher, Jack Schlossberg, and Nina Schwalbe. 


 

Pat Loftman (former president of the Park West Village Tenant Association) and Sue Susman (president of the Central Park Gardens Tenants' Association) were the questioners. 


With each candidate answering each question, we didn't get through as much as we'd hoped - but ended up with a lot of information. The sponsoring organizations (the five tenant associations) hope that all the candidates will accept the best ideas. 

The candidates talked about their experience (good,    bad, other), and what they would do to enforce fair  elections without corruption - including defensive redistricting.   Photo by Jodi Brockington                                                                                                                                      The candidates offered some terrific ideas!

You can hear a recording (all but the first five minutes) of the May 21st NY-12 forum of congressional candidates.  You can read a (Google-transcribed) transcription of it here.                                            


Tuesday, May 26, 2026

Have you filled out the Activities Survey yet?

Online survey by Nick Youngson, creative commons license, Pix4free 

Please take a few moments to fill out the tenant association survey by JUNE 5, 2026 so we can create more activities that tenants want.  It should take you under 5 minutes!
You can click on the word "Survey" or click here: https://forms.gle/5977tFUUnmLaV2qc7 or on the QR code below. 

Tenants who aren't on our email list will get the form in paper.  (If you'd prefer it on paper, please tell Sue.)


HPD to change how it responds to tenant complaints!

Mayor Zohran Mamdani published a new housing plan, Block-by-Block. It includes changes to how - starting October 1, 2026 - HPD will respond to some tenant complaints.
  • Tenants will be able to reschedule code inspections
  • HPD will no longer just look at one apartment if there are several complaints from the same building about an issue like heat.
  • Owners are often allowed to self-certify that they've done the work HPD has required. Sometimes owners lie. Those owners will be put on a watch list. 
If you have friends in city-financed buildings,  the poorest will get their rents reduced from 1/3 of their income to 1/4 of their income.  (Those of us who lived in this building when it was under Mitchell-Lama paid 1/7 or 1/8 of our income!)


Saturday, May 16, 2026