STATE COMMITTEE RELEASES NEW ROBO-CALL IN SUPPORT OF EXTENDING AND STRENGTHENING NEW YORK'S RENT LAWS

Today, the New York State Democratic Committee released a new robo-call from Governor Andrew M. Cuomo where he asks New Yorkers to call their legislators and urge them to extend and strengthen New York’s rent laws. Calls will go out starting this week in regions across the state. The script of the robo-call is included below:

Hello

Before I was Governor Cuomo, I was Secretary Cuomo.

I worked as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in the Clinton administration and was the head of housing for our nation.

There's no doubt that affordable housing is the foundation of strong communities.

But for too many New Yorkers, affordable housing is just out of reach.

More than 1 million people in our state are protected by New York’s rent regulation program.

However, this program is set to expire next week on June 15th.

That would be a crisis for our state.

But we need to do more than extend our rent laws we need to strengthen them.

Under current standards another 130,000 apartments could be removed from rent regulation in the next few years.

Having affordable housing works for all New Yorkers – a strong middle class is the heart of our state.

As New Yorkers we need to work together to protect the quality of life for all our people.

Please contact your state legislators and urge them to extend and strengthen our state’s rent laws.

Thank you.