The PCCC Executive Committee is thrilled to announce that our co-President, Warren Schreiber, has been elected the next President of the Queens Civic Congress. This is a well-deserved honor and they could not have picked a more qualified person, who will bring his years of experience… Read More »PCCC Congratulates Warren Schreiber
The Board of the President’s Co-op & Condo Council is pleased to forward you an Op-Ed recently published in The Riverdale Press. In this Op-Ed, PCCC Co-President, Bob Friedrich, gives a detailed explanation of the archaic current system of taxing real property in New York City and… Read More »PCCC Co-President Op-Ed in The Riverdale Press
Here we go again. As you may recall, last year there was strong momentum to pass legislation in the New York City Council to ban housing providers, including housing cooperatives, from conducting criminal background checks on prospective applicants. This legislation met fierce opposition in the Coop community and… Read More »NYC Council Looking to Ban Criminal Background Checks
As we are all aware, the President’s Co-op & Condo Council has taken a lead role in bringing common-sense implementation for Local Law 97, the so-called Climate Mobilization Act. Our tremendous efforts have received notice in the media and our members have been featured in several… Read More »PCCC Co-President Bob Friedrich Featured on NY 1 Climate Change Program
The PCCC is getting unprecedented press coverage in our battle to bring sensibility and affordability to the implementation of Local Law 97. We are pleased to share the riveting conversation on WOR Radio on the all-important issue of Local Law 97’s impact on Coop and Condo… Read More »PCCC Leaders Featured on 710 WOR AM- The Voice of New York
A coalition of cooperative and building owners have filed a lawsuit against New York City to block Local Law 97. The lead plaintiffs in this lawsuit are PCCC co-President Bob Friedrich and Warren Schreiber. The PCCC is working hard on many fronts to ensure that the provisions… Read More »A Coalition of Building Owners Suing the City to Block Local Law 97
PCCC Co-President recently published an Op-Ed in Crain’s where he expresses his viewpoint on the potentially disastrous consequences of Local Law 97 on the Co-op/Condo Community. Click Here to Read More If you have any questions on this issue or any issues please feel free… Read More »Bob Friedrich Op-Ed Featured in Crain’s
Recently Intro 115 was introduced in the New York City Council. This intro is well-intentioned as a safety measure, but would have a materially negative impact on the Co-op community in the form of much higher fuel bills; wasted energy consumption, and another major hurdle in… Read More »PCCC Opposes Intro 115
As we are all aware, the past few weeks have been very trying with respect to the 32BJ negotiations. Thankfully, we were able to avoid a strike and are waiting for the new contract to be finalized and approved by the union workers. As part of our… Read More »PCCC Meets RAB President Howard Rothschild
As part of our continuing efforts to advocate on behalf of our Co-op/Condo members, we have been actively seeking relief from the potentially devastating Local Law 97 penalties, the so-called Climate Mobilization Act. As has been previously reported, our Executive Members, co-presidents Bob Friedrich and Warren Schreiber,… Read More »PCCC Featured in Recent Habitat Article