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Crown Heights Tenant Union
for #TenantEmpowerment
285 Schenectady Ave
Crown Heights’ Tenant Building Member
Current CHTU Member Building
285 Schenectady Ave
Landlord(s): Renaissance Realty Group LLC
Landlord/Management Office: 1946 Coney Island Blvd, Brooklyn, NY 11223
CHTU Members Since: October 2014
Tenants in this rent-stabilized building – many of whom moved in during the ’70s with government rental assistance – are fighting sudden rent increases of up to 120% due to the landlord revoking a long-standing rent restriction on the building called “Preferential Rent.” City officials have tried to negotiate a deal that would restore the building’s affordability, but Renaissance has refused to cooperate, and is marketing the building for $500,000 per unit.
Building Stats:
- Units: 35
- Open HPD Violations: 65
- Class C “immediately hazardous” Violations: 10
- Housing Court Petitions: 8
Listed as “Meeting Watchlist Criteria” on NYC Public Advocate’s “Worst Landlord Watchlist”
"I've been living in this neighborhood for 26 years. I grew up here. In 1989, you couldn't walk down Union in the middle of the day. I find it very unfair for Renaissance Realty to come here and say, 'Oh your rent's jumped from $992 to $2,100.'"
Natasha Creese
are you ready?
Next General Member Meeting
Tenants all over Crown Heights are struggling to stay in their homes, while landlords make record profits! Come to our next General Membership Meeting and join the fight to protect our neighborhood!
October 22, 2019
@7PM
CAMBA - 1117 Eastern Parkway [at Utica Ave.]
3rd Floor
Enter on Utica Ave.
(btwn Eastern Parkway and Lincoln Pl.)
Snacks & Child Care Provided by CHTU Members
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