Vanessa Aronson (Photo courtesy of the candidate)
By Sabina Mollot
Vanessa Aronson, one of the candidates hoping to replace Dan Garodnick on the City Council, has come up with a plan specifically for the residents of Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village, aimed at maintaining quality of life for residents as well as affordability.
That plan, which she outlined in an eight-page document provided to Town & Village on Monday, includes preparing for the L shutdown by implementing a free shuttle bus along 14th Street, turning ST/PCV into a single school district, educating seniors about rent freeze programs and even helping the owner keep the property’s open spaces their greenest, possibly through city funding. She also calls for advocating at the city level for repeal of the Urstadt Law, empowering local tenant boards and making the MCI (major capital increase) process more transparent.
