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Oct 28, 2012

FOR STUYVESANT/TOWN PETER COOPER RESIDENTS

Important Message from Council Member Garodnick On Storm Preparation Dear Peter Cooper Village and Stuyvesant Town Neighbors: I just spent the last few hours with our neighbors at Waterside Plaza, who happen to live in Zone A, and are being evacuated. While Peter Cooper and Stuyvesant Town are in Zone B and not subject to mandatory evacuation, please remember that we are right on the border of Zone A, making us particularly susceptible to storm surge.
Oct 28, 2012

Hurricane Sandy Update (Sunday, 10/28, 3:30 PM)

Even if you are not in an evacuation zone, you need to take steps to prepare yourself for this storm. I've included tips below for what should be in your Go Bag and how to secure your home. Remember, during the height of the storm Monday afternoon and evening, if you do not need to be outside, please stay inside. Stay safe, Dan.
Oct 28, 2012

Hurricane Sandy Update (Sunday, 10/28, 1PM)

Mayor Bloomberg had ordered a mandatory evacuation of low-lying areas in Zone A. For Council District 4, this means residents of Isaacs Houses and Waterside Plaza must evacuate by 7PM tonight. You can check the evacuation zones and find the location of the nearest emergency shelter
Oct 23, 2012

Garodnick gives New Yorkers tips to avoid id theft online

Councilman Dan Garodnick said in a news conference Tuesday that identity theft is on the rise in NYC, but that you can take simple steps to avoid scammers.
Oct 23, 2012

NYC Pedicab Fares Eyed By City Council After Tourists Charged $442 For A Ride

Even in an era of $500 hotel rooms and $18 cocktails, the $442 that a Texas family paid for a ride in a New York City pedicab has become notorious.
Oct 23, 2012

NYC Officials Offer Tips For National Protect Your Identity Week

Officials are alerting New Yorkers to the dangers of identity theft. Councilman Dan Garodnick and other lawmakers are offering tips to consumers on how to stay safe online as part of National Protect Your Identity Week.
Oct 22, 2012

City Council Wants Taxi Meter-Style Timers in Pedicabs

The City Council is trying to crack down on the pedicab industry by mandating that they all be equipped with timers and charge only by-the-minute fares.
Oct 22, 2012

City Council Weighs Plan to Rein In Pedicab Fares

In citing examples of the sort of “predatory, deceptive practices” that have turned the pedicab industry into “Midtown’s Wild West,” Councilman Daniel Garodnick used the experience of Brenda Rodriguez’s family as Exhibit A. The family’s 12-minute pedicab ride in Midtown Manhattan in August cost $442 — a sum that they reluctantly paid. Ms. Rodriguez said it had seemed “crazy, but we had never been on a pedicab ride before.”
Oct 17, 2012

Stuy-Town tenants aim to ax the middleman

CW Capital Asset Management, is stone-walling the efforts of the Stuyvesant Town Peter Cooper Village Tenants Association and its partner Brookfield Asset Management to buy the sprawling property and convert the property so it can pay off its debt, according to a statement from the tenants association Tuesday morning.
Oct 17, 2012

Stuy Town Residents Cut Out Middleman in Bid to Buy Complex

The tenants at Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village have decided to cut out the middleman and go right to the source in purchasing the massive residential complex.

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