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IPNTA Newsletters

Complete Newletter, including Advocating for Voucher Tenants and Yearly Recertification - (pdf)
Advocating for Voucher Tenants (html)
Yearly Recertification (html)
J51 Update
On February 13th briefs requested by the Judge were filed. The landlord’s attorney failed to delay the case when the judge refused to hear additional oral argument. She can make a decision anytime within 120 days after February 13th. This lawsuit, filed in December 2005 accuses the landlord of failing to convert IPN apartments to rent stabilization after removing IPN from the Mitchell-Lama Lama program in June 2004. The suit says that the J-51 tax abatement required conversion to rent stabilization and not to market rents.

News Update, January 16, 2007 [PDF version]
Special bulletin regarding sub-metering of individual apartments
Residents will receive attention for 9/11 related health conditions!
J51 Situation - WE DO NOT HAVE A NEWS UPDATE AT THIS TIME ABOUT THE J-51 SITUATION. Judge M. Friedman will let us know when we are to appear in court again. As already stated, we will let you know when something changes. Stay tuned.
Our 2007 Membership Drive Will Begin Shortly. Please be advised that we have raised yearly membership as follows:
From $20.00 per person per year to $25.00 per person per year.
Senior membership from 10.00 per person per year to $15.00 per person per year.

JOIN THE IPNTA and support the organization that advocates on your behalf. You may place your new membership in an envelope with name, address, apt. #, email and phone and check - in the IPNTA lobby tenant boxes starting now. (not to be confused with management’s rent collection box.) Thank you for your continued support.

(Feb/March 05 issue available as PDF only.)

Helen Martinez of 80 N. Moore St. passed away recently from a heart attack. She was 78 years young. We will miss our lively senior neighbor.