Dear Roosevelt Landings Neighbors- 

Please be aware of the many efforts we're making to combat L&M's diabolical submetering plan. As we've stated previously, submetering is an important step in conservation, but cruel, unlawful submetering is totally unacceptable. 

Our VP, Romano Reid, has been in touch with Trichia James, the  New York State Attorney General, and our Governor's office. Fill out the attached form and email it to Complaints@AG.NY.gov to submit your concerns to the Attorney General. This is a crucial step toward relief that can only create a benefit with your cooperation! Please join me in thanking Romano for his efforts! 

When you send your message to the Attorney General, be sure to cc Romano at romanoreid@yahoo.com, and myself at jm_short@ymail.com. We need to be able to track and follow-up in order to pursue corrective action. Please state your concerns clearly.

It's imperative that you contact 311 for any problems you have with heaters, air conditioners, thermostats, electric sockets, and wiring, And always call 911 immediately in case of emergencies such as fires, sparks, and gas leaks. Inform us of the outcome. 

Whenever you contact 311, be sure to email Romano and I with the case number, date and time, and nature of your report.  Email us the actions taken, name of the inspector, and resolution. 

In addition, we are making headway with HPD. Many stakeholders, including our elected representatives, are helping with this effort. I recently contacted HPD with a full disclosure of the following: Immediate HPD Enforcement Request – Life Safety Violations and Improper Utility Cost Allocation at Roosevelt Landings, 510-580 Main Street, NY NY 10044 

Regarding the door drop you received yesterday, 2/27/26, from C&C: 

1. L&M's intent to evict tenants for non payment is not simply a rumor. Their submetering rider specifically opens the door for them to do so. It is the same language used by the prior landlord, Urban American, who openly admitted in a meeting with NYC Comptroller Bill Thompson, with both myself and Assembly Member Micah Kelner present, that they fully intended to bring eviction proceedings for nonpayment. L&M claims that their current submetering effort is based on a PSC approval that took place in 2011.

Although L&M has recognized that current regulations prevent evictions for electricity bills, they have also picked and chosen which regulations they chose to follow They claim that no regulations passed later than 2011 apply to them. We are conducting an Article 78 challenge to disprove this irrational theory.

In real estate law, what is stated in writing is what matters. Therefore, only by your L&M lease and rider stating that you will not be evicted for non-payment of electricity, can you be assured on this rugulation. We must secure a concrete, written obligation on non-eviction if and when submetering takes effect unless their ancient submetering approval is recognized as expired. Even then, if they persist in submetering efforts and don't intend to evict non-payers, stating such in the lease and rider is the tenant's best interests.

2. As you can see from their about-face on back billing, our strenuous efforts have been heard. We will continue fighting for your protection and will inform you of steps you will need to take on this issue. We are fighting both whether they can submeter us considering the expiration of approval, the maintenance failures in our heating and electricity systems, and what costs and protections should be applied. Their current attempt to bill us is both premature and grotesque intimidation which we hope to end with a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO.)

Contrary to the statement made by L&M VP Bill Curley in the recent tenant meeting at Good Shepherd, Metergy IS NOT THE ELECTRICITY COMPANY. Metergy is simply the billing agent they have hired to distribute L&M's electricity bills to you. L&M is attempting to become your electricity supplier, marking up your costs (with no cap) from the electricity they purchase from ConEdison at a bulk rate. Lawful submetering is NOT designed to enrich the pockets of a greedy landlord. While we hope the PSC begins to recognize this money grab by L&M, for what it is, we will continue to appeal to higher authorities and the courts for relief. 

Attorney Bill Salo has completed the request for a TRO to our recently reassigned court in Albany. We should hear back shortly on their decision.  

Thank you for your cooperation in securing the data we need to protect you, your family, and your neighbors.  

In solidarity,