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

 Successful candidate panels.  We held “meet the candidates” panels this spring for Mayor, City Council-member, and Manhattan Borough President.  Neighbors asked questions, got answers, and chatted.  The events were such a hit that a NYC Comptroller candidate called us asking for a panel for that office.  On to November!  The voter registration deadline is October 25, 2025.

Possible changes not happening . . . Stellar Management was negotiating a contract with NYC to make all apartments rent stabilized at their current rents, and rent out the 12 empty affordable apartments, among other things.  The tenant association’s officers were in touch with the city agency on this. Sadly, the agreement fell through.  We don’t know if there are other changes in the offing.

Succession: Do you live with your child or grandchild or other family member? They can take over your rent-stabilized apartment if you leave. The process is called “succession” and it takes some planning.  Contact us for more information – or check on the homepage of our website.

 

We fight rent increases and stand up to the landlord to protect your rights.                

 We represent tenants in negotiations with the City.

We keep candidates on their toes.

We fight for tenant rights in Albany.

We help individual tenants with succession, SCRIE and DRIE and more!

We protect your rights.

JOIN US!

It only costs $10/year (less than 20¢/week).

It’s easy to become a member. The dues are just $10 per year, less than 20¢ per week.

1. You can pay with $10 in cash or a check for $10.00 made out to CPGTA.

2. Put your name, apartment number, email and phone on a piece of paper. 

3. Put the dues and the paper in an envelope.

4. Slide the envelope under door of Apt. 11T or Apt. 12C in our building.

Enclosed:    _____ $10 in cash.     _____ $10.00 check made out to CPGTA

 

CPGTA | Email: CPGTenAssoc@gmail.com| Website: http://www.cpgta.org/