Hi everyone! we're going to get started in just a few minutes!

Hello, would you like for the interpreters to make an announcement about interpretation before being assigned as interpreters?

Hi everyone, excited to share this space with you all. I am Assembly member Marcela Mitaynes

Deborah Scott-Gonzalez

Hi everyone -- this is Sam Stein from Community Service Society

Jacky Wong -- Chinatown CLT, Chinese interpreter

Debra - ENY CLT

Hannah Anousheh (she/her), East New York CLT

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Lisle Coleman, City-wide Tenant Union of Rochester

welcome! good to be here with you all - Arielle she/they at UHAB

Hi, Steve Herrick, from Cooper Square Committee

Laura Sewell, East Village Community Coalition

John Krinsky NYCCLI he/him

Julia, she/her, East Harlem El Barrio CLT

Jacob Levenson: DSA Member and new to this group.

Sam (he), Resource Generation, Flatbush, Brooklyn

Tanya Dwyer (she/her) Parish House @TPDwyerEsq

Francis Brooklyn

I can't because I'm in interpretation room

Hey yall, Athena (they/them), East Harlem El Barrio CLT

Carlos Ronisky he/him 209 East 25th St. Tenants Assoc./Cooper Sq Committee

Kenya McCall ENY CLT

Sabrina Bazile, they/sabrina - Black Homeownership Project, Center for NYC Neighborhoods

Patrice (she/they), Bronx Community Land Trust

Hello, this is Gabriela at New Destiny Housing

Gary Simon, 120 E.19th St Tenant's Association

Claudia, Co Tenant Lead in the Bronx

Monique Roberts, HOPE BK

Nico Smit 510 e 6th ta member

Dey (she/her), New Economy Project + NYCCLI

Hi everyone my name is Emma (she/her) I'm a Brooklyn resident and urban planning graduate student.

Catherine Murcek, she/her, NYC Network of Worker Cooperatives

hi I'm Alex [he/they] from WSNA (the West Side Neighborhood Alliance)

Ruth López Martínez. She/her. NYCNOWC. PA'LANTE CO-OP. Queens

decision making power in one’s housing

Ownership

Residents have the say over the future of their housing, not just landlords

no more landlords!

residents of a building have voting power on issues relating to their building

Resident of a building owning and running the property they share with other resident of the building.

no more landlords

Our land, our community, our building, our decision

Ownership of real estate or a controlling vote of decisions

Ownership after 20 years of living

residents in control!

owning your home or cooperatively owning it

Tenants having more control over their living environments.

Elizabeth ruiz NYCNOWC PROGRESSIVE CLEANING

incredible

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Sorry, DCR=?

what 2019 law?

HSTPA! rent law protections

Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019

congratulations!!

DHCR = Division of Homes and Community Renewal

can explain specifically how that law lead to the purchase?

So impressed by you all!! / muy impresionado por ustedes!

Who represented you?

Francis: I believe Claudia is saying that the increased tenant protections that came from HSTPA and their ongoing case with DHCR meant that speculators didn't want to buy their building because they didn't think they'd be able to raise the rents, evict the tenants and make a big profit.

k thanks

DHCR = Division of Homes and Community Renewal

Can you repeat that tenant organization

Flatbush Tenant Coalition

Thx

Gary can you please provide the name of the legal firm that provided pro-bono services

Flatbush Tenant Coalition

is the tenant organizing group that Gary started working with in his building

Thank you Elise

The landlord is unwilling to sell, is there a way to force the sale?

W Watson: Not exactly. But often if/when the city or state cracks down on bad landlord behavior -- overcharges, building code violations, harassment, etc. -- the landlord will get fed up and want to sell. Then, if we pass TOPA, tenants can potentially take control.

Thx Samuel stein

I am so grateful to be on this call. I am a condo owner in a small building in East New York. This is an affordable housing condo building...lottery. I need to connect with an organization that can help the owners understand they are owners not renters and mustb pay into the building. We need legal assistance to work with the owners to pay their maintenance. If we do not turn the building around I can see we will lose this building to speculators and the owners will not be able to afford the going rate for rents.

Please slow down

Who was the attorney?

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What is stack?

stack

That makes sense, thank you! / Tiene sentido, gracias!

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stack is like a line or queue. the last person to say "stack" is the end of the line/queue

like why would landlords sell to tenants?

Kenya, the name of the legal firm is Brooklyn Legal Services, Inc.

What is the fee that UHAB is charging for services to the tenants at 100 134 St in the Bronx ?

Elise, yes, our Tenant's Association is within our building.

Tenants can nominate a non-profit of their choice (or, I think, the public housing authority) if they can't/don't want to buy it.

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Most tenants have section 8 - Good questions.

Thanks Deborah, we agree with you!

Thanks Elise for this very informative session

There are buildings that have the 70-30 - Depending on your income.

Can a limited equity coop have coop owned units with a non-eviction conversion plan?

If someone can't afford to pay the rent is there a rent subsidy program for those renters who want to stay but can't afford commitment.

You can have renters in a limited-equity coop, though. But the tenants can also nominate a qualified purchaser to buy.

In other words every tenant would have to purchase their apartments..

Yes, usually the threshold is 80% of units need to be owners in an HDFC co-op

Deborah, there are some rental assistance programs out there already, but we're also pushing for something called the Housing Access Voucher Program, which could help tenants afford to stay in their buildings for the long term.

There is bill pending in NYS Senate to provide funds fire CLT to acquire property. Sponsored y Sen Kavanaugh (S3265). We need to support it as well as TOPA.

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organize!!

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organizing works!

I see a lot of building in the area under HDFC and they are surviving, depending on the number of apartments

I appreciate that this call gives me a good understanding of the organizing that does/would need to be done with TOPA

Thanks Valerio. I think it's S8265 https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/s8265

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Yes. Thank you for correction.

stack with question on TOPA

7A is a great organizing tool!

very informative!

What exactly is a 7A building??

7A is when a court appoints an administer to collect rents and do repairs

https://www1.nyc.gov/site/hpd/services-and-information/7a-program.page

He, the 7A , hasn't been that great. There are many problems in the building.

That’s why you all have to get together and form a Tenant Association.

A lot of traffic all hours. 7A is on that payroll.

here's the most informative YouTube I've seen about 7A proceedings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRJvBex1LAA#t=29m34s It is from "Housing Court Answers" and it's fabulous. You will find yourself taking notes

Thank you

Cooper Square is a great organization

A. Wilson and Frances Stallings are also on stack

"Right to a fair appraisal"

YESSS

Francis went!

Thanks

Thankyou everyone!

if you have lots of tenants that are on a fixed income how are they helped so that they to can partake in being able to purchase their apartments?

Call your state elected and let them know we want to pass TOPA! https://p2a.co/h237vuk

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We also have to win financing for TOPA, Anna. The idea is that tenants would get outside financing to purchase their building and make needed repairs. Also funding for organizing and technical assistance!

Thank you Julia..

Info about Claudia's building!: https://www.uhab.org/bronx-tenants-take-steps-towards-homeownership-in-historic-purchase/

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I got you W. Watson

what role will sponsor/developers have in this program to create profit for themselves ?

TOPA can certainly spark interest in at least participating in the Tenant Association

lol that dog

TOPA is a means to an end for so many tenants, we are tired of living in a city with no ownership. Thank you for having this sessions, it was very informative.

How can I obtain a copy of this recording?

We will send it out to those who registered

We are researching financing of TOPA deals in other cities, which may include banks but also include CDFIs and other community-focused lenders, as well as city/state money.

call elected officials!: https://p2a.co/h237vuk

Cooper Square Committee is actively organizing Croman tenants -(212) 228-8210

Call your senator. assembly member and the govenor

join us Friday to celebrate Claudia!!!! https://www.uhab.org/bronx-tenants-take-steps-towards-homeownership-in-historic-purchase/

Meet in front of 700 E 134th St in the Bronx at 3:30pm!

On Friday!

Please make sure that if tenants cant buy there building, landlords should not be able to sell over and over without any recourse. Regentrification has now made it impossible for us to be a part of this program.

elise@neweconomynyc.org

thank you to our interpreters Jacky and Ruben!!

Thank you!

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thank you everyone!

Thank you Evy

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Goodnight everyone!

Thank you Evy

thank you!!

thank you very much

great meeting!!!

thanks so much y'all

All of you!

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Thanks all!

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