In comments submitted to the FCC on Monday, the New York State Public Service Commission (“PSC”) , along with the state’s Chief Information Officer/Office for Technology (“CIO/OFT”) told the FCC […]
Town House West Tenants Association filed a Petition with the PSC on July 15, 2009, seeking to halt submetering. The PSC Secretary deemed it to be an untimely rehearing petition, […]
In a terse revised notice, the New York Power Authority announced hearings being held September 1 in Lewiston at the Niagara Power Project, and September 2 in Syracuse regarding proposed […]
On August 27th, the FCC released a Notice of Inquiry (“NOI”) to examine and evaluate the communication customers receive about their telephone service. Specifically, the FCC wants to know if […]
Last year, natural gas prices spiked to unprecedented levels. Some have argued that the price spikes were due to speculation in the insufficiently regulated commodities markets. Paul Cicio, President of […]
A myth fostered by property owners and electric submetering proponents is that because New York tenants in rent stabilized apartments will receive an offsetting reduction in rent (due to the […]
In a new report issued August 27, 2009, PULP reviews Verizon telephone service quality data over recent years. See Answering the Call – Does Verizon – New York’s Service Quality […]
Tenants at Hazel Towers, a former Mitchell-Lama housing project in the Bronx, will receive electric bill credits of more than $20,000 to correct overcharges for electric service provided by their […]
Tenants at Town House West in Manhattan won a three-month reprieve from submetering charges after they filed a Petition with the Public Service Commission seeking to halt the implementation of […]
Elected officials recently wrote to PSC Chairman Garry A. Brown and NYSERDA President Francis Murray to express their concerns over submetering, referencing several cases in which submetering at former Mitchell-Lama […]