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Proposed Changes and Rent Reduction/Major Capital Investment Battle, 1990s-2005, inclusive

Box: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Content Note

Contains letters dated July 13 and August 11, 1993 concerning a roadway to be constructed on the property including buildings 372, 382, 392 and 400 Central Park West (CPW); A renters guide prepared by PWVTA in September 1992; Copies of covenants concerning the building of Park West Village; The Black Book and other papers pertaining to the Condominium Offering Plan for 392 CPW; The detailed history of the rent reduction and MCI battle between the tenants of 784, 788 and 792 Columbus Ave which began in 1993 and was finally settled in 2005.

Executive Board Minutes and Agendas and Early PWVTA Documents, 1980s-1990s, inclusive

Box: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Content Note

Contains Executive Board minutes and agendas 1991-1992; Legal material re: Balconies in 400 Central Park West (CPW); Fences Fight in CPW buildings in the early 1990s; PWVTA Membership lists 1993-1995, all seven buildings, and letters re conversion; CPW 400 Awning 1995; Early conversion material: brad brewwer argument, survey 5/28/1984, Court Case 372/382; Newsletters 1982-1988; Election 1991; Harassment casev (ambriose) 400 CPW; Roy Harris eviction case, mostly from 792 and 400 in 2000.

Newsletters, 1990s, inclusive

Box: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Content Note

Contains issues of Red Tailed Hawk 1994-1996; Fence issue, CPW buildings; Newsletters - assorted files for 372 CPW and other issues in the 1990s

Fliers and Newsletters; Board Meeting Notes, undated

Box: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Content Note

Contains fliers and newsletters; Some board meeting notes and agendas (Note: many duplicates)

General Files, 1990s, inclusive

Box: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Content Note

Contains general records - mainly 372 Central Park West

Intercom Files: 784, 788, 792 Columbus Ave, 1990s, inclusive

Box: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Content Note

Contains intercom Files -784, 788, 792 Columbus Ave; Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR) Rent Reduction Petitions, Complaints, Legal Documents; Tenant Window Depositions; Newsletters, Fliers

Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR) Legal Documents, 1990s, inclusive

Box: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Content Note

Contains Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR) legal documents: Complaints, PAR Exhibits, Security Remands re 784, 788, 792 Columbus Ave; Robert J. Anderson's Comments

Legal Materials, 1994-2000, inclusive

Box: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Content Note

Contains legal materials: Security Reduction; Window MCI's

Legal Materials, 1994-2000, inclusive

Box: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Content Note

Contains legal materials: Screening Rent Reductions, Window MCI at 792 Columbus Ave

Bess Mitchell Files, 1980s-1990s, inclusive

Box: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Content Note

Bess Mitchell Files, including Harassment Case, Board Meetings, mostly from 400 CPW

Conversion of 392 and 400 Central Park West, 1989-2000, inclusive

Box: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Content Note

Conversion of 392/400 CPW - including correspondence with Attorney General's Office 1989-1992; Vivian Dee Files (President) 2000-2002

Vivian Dee Files and Florence Wagener Files, 2000-2004, inclusive

Box: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Content Note

Vivian Dee Files (President) 2000-2002; Overcharge Cases /Division of Housing and Community Renewal Settlement from 784-788-792 Columbus Ave (Florence Wagener Files): Aptaker, Lisa; Anderson, Linda; Anthony, Peter; Fackler, Peter H. 2000-2004

Florence Wagener Files and Division of Housing and Community Renewal Settlement, 2000-2004, inclusive

Box: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Content Note

Overcharge Cases from 784-788-792 Columbus Ave (Florence Wagener Files)/ Division of Housing and Community Renewal Settlement : Feldman, Jason; Fleck, Richard; Kantor, Molly; Glowski, Matt; Lammers, Brent; Nack, Jessica; Nakaniski, Yuki; Pace, William; Purdy, Colin; Rose, Lisa; Resnick, Adam; Santora, Frank; Sorotzkin, Steven; Stepanchek, Tom; Squillacioti, Kathleen; Velyvis, Peter; Williamson, John; Zuckerman, John; Wangh, Anne

Consolidated DHCR Overcharge Cases and Dan Dunbar Files, 1996-2007, inclusive

Box: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Content Note

Consolidated DHCR Overcharge Cases (Note: DHCR Final Order is confidential - owner payments may not be quoted but Rent Rollback can be) 2002-2005; Dan Dunbar Files: administrative documents, newsletters, etc. 1997-2007

Access Restrictions

DHCR Final Order is confidential - owner payments may not be quoted but Rent Rollback can be

Dan Dunbar Files and Legal Files, 1988, 1996-2007, inclusive

Box: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Content Note

Dan Dunbar Files: administrative documents, newsletters, etc. 1996-2007; 400 Central Park West Black Book and 792 Complaint Forms; Legal Files - mainly from Dean Hefner: File 1. Diminution of Services, Comp Agreement drafts, Rent Strike, File 2. MCI 1992-2002, File 3. DHCR Consolidated Overcharge Case 2005; 400 Central Park West Roof Repair and Rent Decrease Case from Winifred Armstrong 198

Legal Files: Early and Current Cases, 1950s-2006, inclusive

Box: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Content Note

Legal Files: Early and Current Cases: File 4. Property Agreements, 1950s, Certificates of Occupancy of 784, 788, 792, including parking; Harassment Case 1987, Challenge to Condo Case 1984, Hardship Case 1979; File 5 injunction 2006; File 6 MCI 2004-2006; Legal Files from Sylvia Friedrich

Parking Case: DHCR Decision, 1989, inclusive

Box: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Winifred Armstrong Files (Editor of PWVTA Newsletter) and Vicki Lawrence Papers, 1980s-1990s, inclusive

Box: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Extent

18 Linear Feet (18 boxes)

Scope and Content Note

Administrative documents, fliers, correspondence; Winifred Armstrong Files (Editor of PWVTA Newsletter); Vicki Lawrence Papers, includes Condo Case 1984

Tenants Issues, 1978-2006, inclusive

Box: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Content Note

Proposed road thru PWV at 99th St., 1993; Disputed Fence & Awning, 1993; Land Use, 2005-6; Proposed welcome pamphlet, 1996; Playground, 1988-2001; Apartment registrations, 2003; Rent overcharge, 2001-2004; Hardship case, 1978

Winifred Armstrong Files, 1985-2000, inclusive

Box: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Tenant Issues and Conversion of 392 and 400 Central Park West, 1984-1990, inclusive

Box: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

This box contains correspondence, bulletins, newsletters, and meeting notes related to a variety of tenant concers in the late 1980s. Thse concerns include security, aspestos, membership, laundry. A large portion of the materials in this box also include bulletins, correspondence and complaints related to the conversion of the buildings at 392 and 400 Central Park West into condominiums.

Parking Case, 2008-2013, inclusive

Box: 22, Folder: 1-7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

This box contains materials documenting the PWVTA 2011-2014 parking case, including drawings, maps, correspondence, photographs of parking garages, legal filings, and applications forwork permits.

Parking Case, 2008-2013, inclusive

Box: 23, Folder: 1-7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

This box contains materials documenting the PWVTA 2011-2014 parking case, including diagrams, petitions, correspondence, legal filings, and public hearing minutes.

Parking Case, 2008-2013, inclusive

Box: 24, Folder: 1-4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Scope and Contents

This box contains materials documenting the PWVTA 2011-2014 parking case, including petitions, memoranda, contracts, correspondence, legal filings, and summaries of the case.

Press Release: Winifred Armstrong "Woman of Distinction" Award, 2022

Box: Shared Tamiment 165, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
70 Washington Square South
2nd Floor
New York, NY 10012