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3rd Avenue Festival, June 19th |
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The Cooper Square Committee is having our annual 3rd Avenue Festival on Saturday, June 19th. The festival will extend from East 6th Street to East 14th Street, from 11 am to 6 pm, with scores of vendors and many non-profit organizations.
There will be live music from 1 pm to 5 pm. Our Arts Committee will be putting together a line up of musical acts for the day. If you would like to be involved in our Arts Committee, contact us or stop by our office at 61 E. 4th Street, and become a member ($1 per year) if you aren't one already. |
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Green Your Apartment! Workshop for MHA tenants, Weds. 3/10 |
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10th, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
At the Cooper Square Committee Office
61 East 4th Street ::: 212-228-8210 ::: www.coopersquare.org
You can save as much as a few hundred dollars per year by “greening” your apartment. Find out some easy ways that you save money by “greening” your apartment.
TOPICS INCLUDE:
- Buying florescent bulbs to save energy
- Energy saving techniques and products
- Making your own cleaning products
The first 15 attendees will receive 2 free fluorescent light bulbs at the end of the workshop, courtesy of Con Edison. The workshop will be in English and Spanish.
RSVP here! (MHA tenants only)
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Stalled Construction Sites |
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The Cooper Square Committee is launching a Construction Monitoring Project. Do you know of stalled construction sites in the East Village/Lower East Side? This includes sites with a Stop Work Order, sites that have expired permits, or where no construction activity has been happening for a while? If so, let us know.
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Now You Can Get Off the Tenant Blacklist |
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On March 2, 2010, Mayor Bloomberg signed the Tenant Fair Chance Act, under which "landlords are required to tell prospective tenants whether they are using a tenant screening service, and to provide contact information for the tenant screening company so that tenants can clear records that are erroneous."
For more details, see the article on CityLimits. |
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Speak Out Against Budget Cuts! |
Sign our petition to Governor Paterson asking him to not cut funding to the Neighborhood Preservation Program of the NY State Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR). The Cooper Square Committee and more than 150 neighborhood preservation organizations across NY State receive funding under this program. We will send petitions to other elected officials as well.
and mail to your elected officials.
(Address for Gov. Paterson: David A. Paterson; State Capitol; Albany, NY 12224)
Sign our online petition.
(We will collect signatures and comments and hand to your elected officials.)
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Job Opening for Cooperative Housing Specialist/Organizer |
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Thursday, 25 February 2010 17:52 |
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Description
Salary: $33,000 - $37,000, based on experience.
The Cooper Square Committee seeks a Cooperative Housing Specialist to organize workshops and counsel low-income Mutual Housing tenants in 21 buildings (328 units) about the rights and responsibilities of becoming a co-op shareholder.
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Thursday, 25 February 2010 19:19 |
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The Cooper Square Committee is seeking new Steering Committee members to help advance our organization’s affordable housing preservation mission. We welcome community residents of all racial and ethnic backgrounds, ages, genders, and professional experiences. Low-income people are especially encouraged to apply since they bring a valuable perspective and can be very effective advocates for the population we aim to serve.
- Open House, Weds. 3/31, 6:30pm, at our office
Join us for an informal meet-and-greet with other interested people, learn about what we're working on, and share what you would like to work on, over light refreshments.
- Criteria for Joining the Board
- The Application
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Call Senate Democratic Leader
John Sampson TODAY!!!
Tell him that Pedro Espada MUST NOT be made chair of The Senate Housing Committee in 2010 because he stands between us and the rent laws.
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The Seward Park Urban Renewal Area |
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The Seward Park Urban Renewal Area (SPURA) consists of 10 city-owned sites (6 south of Delancey Street and 4 north of Delancey Street), comprising 7 acres of land. It has sat vacant for over 40 years. Read the SPURA Matters report which is based on a series of Community Visioning sessions involving hundreds of area residents to learn about how the sites could be developed in a way that benefits the surrounding community. The ultimate goal of the initiative is to help start a community-driven process to put the site back into a broadly productive use.
Manhattan Community Board 3 is currently in the process of elaborating a set of principles for redevelopment, and the organizations that are part of SPURA Matters, including the Cooper Square Committee, hope that this report can help guide that process.
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