The first round in court was a win and that was for the people of this great city as well.
Round two was a loss so because we believe in a democracy and care about people, the city is about community, city wide please go to their web site and donate any size makes a difference.
These are the nicest people -- and they are loved by the community. I don't forced out by people that can afford to live anywhere in the Greenwich Village or Greenwhich, Conn. for that matter so please help because we need to continue to send a message about housing to the mayor and to the people world wide that we care -- and this is an injustice -- it is wrong.
Thank you dear readers!!!!!!!!!! (You can go to my search engine to read my other postings on the wonderful tenants of 47 East 3rd St.)
Friends of 47 East 3rd St.
47 East 3rd St., New York, NY 10003
www.47e3.org
High Court Sends Mass Eviction Case Back to NYC Housing Court
In a dissapointing setback for the tennats of 47 East 3rd St., The Court of Appeals, New York State's highest court, sent the five year old mass eviction case back to New York City Housing Court. The unanimous decision by the court's seven justices was silent regarding the tenants' main argument, but instead stated, "...we underscore that defendants may not recover the stabilized apartment units unless and until they establish in Civil Court...their good faith intention to recover possession of the subject apartments..."
The Case Continues to Have Broad Implications for the Future of Affordable Housing
The decision comes at a time when New York City has been loosing more and more of its stock of affordable housing. In a recent column in New York Metro, Neil deMause writes of the 47 East 3rd St tenants:
"...there's plenty of reason to care about their battle. The law in question addresses "owner occupancy," the right of a landlord to reclaim apartments for their own use. It goes on all the time with smaller buildings...accelerating the city housing crunch--turn a four-unit brownstone into a single-family dwelling and there's a ripple effect as your former tenants move out and displace still more renters."
"David Pultz, who's lived at 47 East 3rd St. for three decades, notes the owner-occupancy provision is supposed to be temporary, with apartments returned to rent regulation once the owners move out; how this will happen once their floors have been ripped out to make way for a two-story-high ceiling is an open question." (http://www.readmetro.com/show/en/NewYork/20080609/1/14/)
Tenants Will Continue the Fight in Housing Court
As the high court ruling sends the mass eviction case back to where it originally started - in New York City Housing Court - tenants of 47 East 3rd St. will continue to fight what they see as an illegal demolition of rent regulated apartments under the guise of "owner occupancy."
Your Support Needed More Than Ever
As we fight this final stage of our battle - against a landlord who claims to want to turn our 15 unit, 11,600 squ. ft. apartment building into a mansion - we ask once again for your support. Many have followed and supported our case from the beginning - some are new to it - but we couldn't have continued without you.
Help Us Continue The Fight - For All New Yorkers...
Donations can be made directly and safely to our PayPal account by going to http://www.47e3.org/contribute.php (credit cards accepted) or by check, made out to "47 East 3rd St. Tenants' Association" and mailed care of: David Pultz, 47 East 3rd St., Apt. 2, New York, NY 10003-9069. All donations go completely and directly toward legal costs.
Thanks for your support!
Recent Media Coverage:
N.Y. Post
http://www.nypost.com/seven/06042008/news/regionalnews/village_tenants_house_broken_113875.htm
N.Y. Metro
http://www.readmetro.com/show/en/NewYork/20080609/1/14/
Daily Kos:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/6/6/155155/2536/207/529668
New York Observer
http://www.observer.com/2008/heir-comes-closer-emptying-rent-stabilized-building-plans-east-village-mansion-two-living-rooms
Friends of 47 East 3rd St.
47 East 3rd St., New York, NY 10003
www.47e3.org
High Court Sends Mass Eviction Case Back to NYC Housing Court
In a dissapointing setback for the tennats of 47 East 3rd St., The Court of Appeals, New York State's highest court, sent the five year old mass eviction case back to New York City Housing Court. The unanimous decision by the court's seven justices was silent regarding the tenants' main argument, but instead stated, "...we underscore that defendants may not recover the stabilized apartment units unless and until they establish in Civil Court...their good faith intention to recover possession of the subject apartments..."
The Case Continues to Have Broad Implications for the Future of Affordable Housing
The decision comes at a time when New York City has been loosing more and more of its stock of affordable housing. In a recent column in New York Metro, Neil deMause writes of the 47 East 3rd St tenants:
"...there's plenty of reason to care about their battle. The law in question addresses "owner occupancy," the right of a landlord to reclaim apartments for their own use. It goes on all the time with smaller buildings...accelerating the city housing crunch--turn a four-unit brownstone into a single-family dwelling and there's a ripple effect as your former tenants move out and displace still more renters."
"David Pultz, who's lived at 47 East 3rd St. for three decades, notes the owner-occupancy provision is supposed to be temporary, with apartments returned to rent regulation once the owners move out; how this will happen once their floors have been ripped out to make way for a two-story-high ceiling is an open question." (http://www.readmetro.com/show/en/NewYork/20080609/1/14/)
Tenants Will Continue the Fight in Housing Court
As the high court ruling sends the mass eviction case back to where it originally started - in New York City Housing Court - tenants of 47 East 3rd St. will continue to fight what they see as an illegal demolition of rent regulated apartments under the guise of "owner occupancy."
Your Support Needed More Than Ever
As we fight this final stage of our battle - against a landlord who claims to want to turn our 15 unit, 11,600 squ. ft. apartment building into a mansion - we ask once again for your support. Many have followed and supported our case from the beginning - some are new to it - but we couldn't have continued without you.
Help Us Continue The Fight - For All New Yorkers...
Donations can be made directly and safely to our PayPal account by going to http://www.47e3.org/contribute.php (credit cards accepted) or by check, made out to "47 East 3rd St. Tenants' Association" and mailed care of: David Pultz, 47 East 3rd St., Apt. 2, New York, NY 10003-9069. All donations go completely and directly toward legal costs.
Thanks for your support!
Recent Media Coverage:
N.Y. Post
http://www.nypost.com/seven/06042008/news/regionalnews/village_tenants_house_broken_113875.htm
N.Y. Metro
http://www.readmetro.com/show/en/NewYork/20080609/1/14/
Daily Kos:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/6/6/155155/2536/207/529668
New York Observer
http://www.observer.com/2008/heir-comes-closer-emptying-rent-stabilized-building-plans-east-village-mansion-two-living-rooms
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