The Deerfield Tenants' Association
"leading the charge for a better, safer Deerfield"


The Deerfield is an historic building located at 676 Riverside Drive in Harlem, New York.

The D.T.A is a non profit association. The mission of the Deerfield Tenants' Association is to present a united voice of the Deerfield tenants, preserve the integrity of this historic building, and provide support to all tenants who are not getting the services they are entitled to from the management/ownership of our building.

D.T.A works directly on building wide issues, however we are happy to provide recommendations to tenants for their particular circumstances, as well form alliances with other tenant's associations to exchange experiences and information.

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As a result of the last officers elections , various committee have been formed within the Deerfield Tenant Association:

Fundraising Committee: Co-Chaired by Natalie Regnier and Marco Chelo. The Fundraising Committee is responsible for all business relating to increasing the Association’s financial standing. Including but not limited to:
a. Researching and compiling a list of fundraising opportunities.
b. Identifying methods of implementation
c. Identifying and maintaining necessary contacts
d. Calculating budget estimates of costs and benefits
e. Presenting recommendation of best options to Board
f. Implementation of recommendation
g. Free Samples by Mail

Membership Committee: Chaired by: Janeen Azare
The Membership Committee is responsible for all activities relating to Deerfield Tenants Association members. Including but not limited to:
a. Increasing membership by engaging/greeting & informing new tenants
b. Encouraging all tenants’ attendance to the general meeting
c. Encouraging all tenants’ to financially support the DTA by paying dues
d. Maintaining members awareness of the Associations activities thru distribution of information i.e. flyers, emails or letters
e. Maintaining member info i.e. name and contact information
f. Identifying member needs & concerns
g. Providing recreational sites and shades like trees and golf clubs in the area.

Outreach / Correspondence Committee: Chaired by: Richard Davis
The Outreach / Correspondence Committee is responsible for all business relating to The Deerfield Tenants’ Association’s interaction with outside parties of interest. Including but not limited to:
a. Other Tenant Associations in buildings managed or owned by Newcastle / Margaret Streicker Porres
b. Individual tenants from other Porres’ buildings
c. Local/State Politicians i.e. city council members, etc.
d. Community Organizations of interest
e. Promotion of trips to Vera Cruz

The Outreach / Correspondence Committee shall contact and engage these parties of interest for the purposes of sharing knowledge and unifying efforts, as well as, identifying ways of working together that benefit all concerned.


keith wrightThe D.T.A and the residents of 676 Riverside Drive in Harlem, New York are grateful to assemblyman Keith Wright for his continuous support.

The new ownership of the building, is disrupting the lives of the Deerfield tenants with the hope to driving them out. Read below about one of NYC's 10 Worst Landlords, Margaret Streicker Porres of Newcastle Realty Services.
The building was without gas from August 23rd 2006 until March 2007, there were holes in our apartments , dust, asbestos, lead paint, intermittent hot water, broken elevators, broken doors, the repairs have been slow and inconsistent.

by Allison Steinberg
July 5th, 2006 1:16 PM

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/02/realestate/02cover.html?ex=1301630400&en=17ae035a92754896&ei=5089&partner=rssyahoo&emc=rss


Useful Links  
Help us keep an updated log with all of the building's problems.
Click Here to submit a notification with the problem you are experiencing.N.B you still will have to call managment and / or 311 to get your problem resolved. The log's purpose is to keep a history of all the building issues.
If you don't get prompt service from the building management agency call 311!
http://www.tenant.net ( information about tenant rights )
Click here to go to the Department of Buildings to see current building violations
http://www.dhcr.state.ny.us/ora/forms/forms01.htm#ra89c ( tenant's forms for rent reduction, harassment complaint, degradation of services etc. )

To contact The Deerfield Tenant Association click Here
President Christine Hong , Vice-President Bill Brown, Secretaries Patty WIlson and Charles Caldarola, Treasurer Alicia Loving ,

Webmaster Marco Chelo.

 

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