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MER AM -ANTD SUN, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18. 1964
Legislature Gets Anti-Slumlord Bill
Special to World-Telegram
bus receivership bill to allow
Mayor Robert F. Wagner's ad-
ministration to crack down
more quickly. on slumlords
who fail to correct housing
violations was introduced here
today.
Sponsored by Sen. Joseph
Zaretzki (D., Man.), upper
house minority leader, the bill
would permit naming of re-
ceivers who could contract for |:
rehabilitation of up to $5000
without advertising. The law
now requires
for 10 days.
ments for competitive bidding
would be continued.
Increased Limit
Another provision would
permit receivers to incur ex-
penses for individual repair
items of up to $2500 without
either advertising or competi-
tive bidding. The present
limit is $500.
A yrecelver would be em-
20wered to remove all viola-
‘ions from a building, and he
S granted a prior lien before
nortgage payment or taxes,
This would enable a recelver
‘0 use rent collections to re-
nove hazardous violations be-
‘ore making a tax payment.
-“Because the Mayor does
jot want this important legis-
ation fragmentized, my omni-
nus bill contains all the key
yrovisions that had been in-
roduced by the administration
n separate measures previ-|!
vusly,” Zaretzki said.
Killed Before
hTe diversion of rent money
ovision was removed from a
yrevious bill by the Iepublican
eaders, W Sider it un-
onstitutional. Zaretzki chal-
snged this, saying:
“We think the Legislature
hould be concerned first with },
he welfare of the people and}:
eave the constitutionality mat- |!
er to the courts.”
Meanwhile, a proposed law
advertisement |,
Present require: |:
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wesienn
calling for a $10 million sup-
ALBANY, Feb. 1&—Anomni-!plementary appropriation to
speed school integration was
introduced by Assemblyman
Jerome Kretechmer (D., Man.).
The money would help local
school districts employ teach-
ers in speech, corrective read-
ing and reading improvement,
and guidance and_ physical
brarians, nurses and physica
education instructors.
ND SUN, MONDAY, MARCH 16, 1964
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e ° erty owners.
Suit Seeks to Nullify Rent Control (2"eensn: se anes
. y the court to issue a permanent
, injunction restraining the city
suit sponsored by the Met-|was served on the City Rent,of the landlord. The suit is|from enforcing the law, which
ropolitan Fair Rent Committee|and Rehabilitation Administra-/backed by the Metropolitan|regulates rents on more than
was filed in State Supreme|tion by the law firm of Sulli-|/Fair Rent Committee, the]1.5 million apartments in the
Court today asking that the}van and Cromwell on behalf|city’s largest group of prop-|five boroughs.
city’s rent control law be nul-!
lified because it is unconstitu-
tional.
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The long-awaited test of the}
legality of rent control was
initiated by a Manhattan land-
lord, Amsterdam-Manhattan
Inc., owner of a 145-unit apart-
ment building at 175 W. 73rd
St.
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A complaint and summons
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as they do a private home. The}
-apartment owners would obtain
3 area.
: i who. either do not want to live
fs ince private cae or cannot
ie afford to buy one..
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ie ae ona bipartisan basis by Assem-
ces blym
‘~~ erat of Brooklyn, and ~Senator|:
MacNeil Mitchell,
: | the Governor without comment.
_. house owns his unit outright.
In‘ a cooperative apartment a
“gage financing on an individual
- would be individually taxed and
_of the building.
tive with the Governor’s ap-
~jJandlords to place old or new):
apartment houses on. a. peur,
- Minium basis, | ay
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APARTMENTS BILL
“Condominium Plan Permits
othe Outright Ownership of |
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BUDGET CUT i BACKED
sembly @ 0.P. Would Shift
$12 Million to School Aid— |
- Cigarette Tax Rise Urged
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rae “By LAYHMOND ROBINSON
» © Special to The New York Times {
~ ALBANY, March 3—The way]
was opened today for eet
income families in New York].
to purchase apartments for as
little as $11,000. .
’’ Governor Rockefeller signed a
bill enabling those families to}
own an apartment outright, just
their own mortgages and pay
‘their own property taxes.
_ The measure, commonly called),
the “Condominium Bill,’ is de-
Signed .to spur badly needed):
middle-income housing in the
New York City metropolitan
Its aim is to attract families}
oe A Bipartisan, ieacurh
The measure was introduced!
an Alfred E. Lama, Demo-|’
Republican},
of Manhattan. It was signed by
*~CGondominium means _ that}
each occupant in an apartment)
tenant is merely a stockholder
in the corporation that owns
the building.
~ The condominium owner may].
buy and sell his apartment as}.
"he sees fit. He can get mort-
basis, just as if his apartment
were a private home. Each unit
each owner would have an in-
terest in the common elements
The measure became effec-
proval. It permits builders or|.
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~ Other RR otlons Taken
In other legislative develop-
ments the Assembly’s Republi-
can majority endorsed propos-|
als. to cut $12 million from
Governor Rockefeller’s budget
and make that amount availa-
ble for an increase in state aid
to ‘public schools. ;
-In a closed conference on
school- aid a majority of the
Republican Assemblymen vot-
ed, on a show of hands, to
siipport a 1-cent-a- pack
increase in the cigarette tax to
support education if such a bill
for that purpose comes to the
floor of the lower house. A
bill to do this has been intro-
duced, but Mr. Rockefeller and
Walter J.. Mahoney, the Senate
majority leader, oppose it and
_all- : other tax increases this
year,
»The Assembly pushed through;
a.measure enabling the New
York City Housing Authority to
reorganize its police force on a
more professional basis. The!
measure was sent to the Senate.
“The lower house also passed a!
measure requiring bus compa-|
nies transporting schoolchildren!
to install seat safety belts for;
éach child. If approved by the}
Senate, it would become effec-.
tive Sept. 1.
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_| Village’s Republican State Sena-
.| tor, MacNeill Mitchell. The ex-
.| perimental bill,
_}low painters and sculptors to re-
-;side on all floors of loft build-
CUR? RENT
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the village VOICE, P ebruary 13, 1964 _
Sie May
Allow Artists
To Make ‘Wide Usetot Lofts
; by Susan Goodman
Space-hungry and rent-poor artists, who have long
made their homes illegally in the city’s lofts, may soon
be able to come out of hiding. A measure which will
permit them to show their faces openly was introduced in
Albany this week by Greenwich
which has full
backing from the City, would al-
ings that meet certain fire and
health standards.
Opposition by the City and so-
cial welfare groups defeated a
measure sponsored by Mitchell
last year that was more favor-
able to loft. dwellers than the
present bill. ‘‘This year’s bill at
least gives artists a fighting
chance for their lives,’ said a
spokesman for the City Admin-|
istrator’s Office, which hammer-
ed out a compromise with Sena-
tor Mitchell last week.
A Thousand People
The City spokesman noted that
some civic groups are bound to
oppose any lowering of multiple-
dwelling standards. ‘‘In certain
ways they’re right. We’re mak-
ing an exception for artists be-
cause they are being driven out
of New. York, but we're afraid
other groups will ask for special
treatment, too.’”’ He estimated
| that ‘fat the most’? a thousand
people will be affected by the
Mitchell bill.
Robert Henry, a member of
the executive board of the Art-
ist Tenants Association, said the
new legislation ‘‘looks good,’
but refused to commit himself
definitely until the ATA ex-
amines the bill and its lawyer
checks into the fine print. He
urged all artists in the city to
attend an ATA meeting at Jud-
son_Memorial Church on Wash-
ington Square South on Friday,
February 21, at 830 p.m, A
spokesman for Senator Mitchell
Continued on page 8
‘| to persons “regularly engaged in
‘| the visual fine arts,
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| certify the artists. However, the
| of getting around the law,’’ Hen-
‘| will have to stop them.”
| lofts. A new bill, with whatever |
: currently with an:
| threatened to boycott all gal- ||
‘York.
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indicated that he would ‘“wel-
come’’ suggested amendments.
Henry observed that some of
stall. However, he thought th
the law of supply and demand
would keep the average rental
for a floor-through loft at the
present $100 a month level. He
also noted that the bill might
encourage private philanthropic
groups—such as the Citizens
Committee for Artists Housing,
which recently purchased two
West Village lofts—to rehabili-
tate structures for use as art-
ists’ cooperatives.
Bill’s Provisions
Under the current Mitchell
bill, only the street floor may
be used for commercial purposes
in ‘loft buildings where artists
live. The studios must have fully
equipped inside kitchens and
bathrooms. Hither central heat-
ing or ‘‘approved”’ gas or elec- |.
tric space heaters must be used.
The partitions between apart-
ments must be fireproofed, as
must the entrance door and
| frame. There must be either two
fireproofed exits or one fire-|!
proofed exit. and a sprinkler sys-
item for each studio. There are
additional fireproofing require-
ments for buildings with eleva-
tors.
The Mitchell bill applies only |
rrr tiie
+ hr ne ren
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such as
painting or sculpture, on a pro-
fessional basis.’’ An art acad-
emy, association, or society rec-
ognized by the City’s office of |
Cultural Affairs or the New York |
State Council on the Arts may
exact procedure by which this
wili be done has not as yet been
worked out.
“No matter what you do, |
people will always think of ways
ry said. ‘The artists’ organiza-
tions—out of pure self-interest—
i
The bill, an experimental ¢ one,
will run out in December, 1968. |
Artists who have qualified prior |.
to that time can remain in their!
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amendments prove necessary
will be introduced after 1968.
Unofficial Agreement
The Mitchell bill will run con-
agreement
drawn up in 1961 after the artists
leries and depart from New
Under this unofficial
_ promised to write into the ad-
‘ministrative code, only two art-
| agreement, which the City Ad-
| ministrator’s Office last week
Thus,
‘ ht enn AS . : a
Pasian ta JSC. ol LuV 25
ists may live in a loft building.
if the Mitchell measure
passes, either two or five floors
of a six-story loft building may
be occupied ~ as dwelling studios.
| the structural changes might be
expensive for landlords Ny
