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From CompassRock:

RESIDENT NOTICE - OCTOBER 31, 4pm 

As you know, the city and our community have experienced a devastating storm.  To give you some indication of the impact on our community, we have had significant flooding of low lying spaces.  This includes garages, elevator pits, electrical equipment rooms, and the management office.  As you are aware the entire property is without electricity and steam (loss of steam causes the loss of heat and hot water).  Due to a Con Ed shut down, certain buildings are also without gas.  We have electric generators which provide back-up electricity for water pumps.  Every building should have water.  However, you will experience interment water pressure due to lower pumping capacity.

We have focused first on life safety, securing dangerous trees, pumping flooded locations, and ensuring the property is well patrolled and secure.  Many people on the staff are working around the clock to help restore operations.  We are currently focused to ensure that the property is prepared for when power is ready to be returned to the property.  This requires an inspection of a significant number of electrical and mechanical gear located throughout the property which is currently on-going. 

To assist in our efforts, we have hired significant additional security officers and numerous trade and sanitation workers.

Many of you have asked how you can help.  The number one thing you can do to help is to check on your neighbors and ensure that they are safe and please follow the below guidelines.    

  

PLEASE MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO CHECK IN ON YOUR NEIGHBORS. If you identify someone requiring assistance, please note their name, building number, apartment number, nature of the assistance required and report that information to Management personnel at Oval Study

Due to the storm, the PCVST Management Office has been moved to mobile locations. For Resident Services, please come to Oval Café from 9am to 5pm. All calls to the Management Office have been forwarded to the following number: (888) 885-8490.

In case of emergency, call 911.

KEY UPDATES & ANSWERS TO FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:

Security: Significant additional security measures are being added throughout the day and night and will be highly visibly throughout the property.

Special Needs Residents: We have checked in on all self-identified special needs residents.

Property-Wide Door-to-Door Check: A door-to-door check to ensure the well-being of all residents has begun, and will be completed throughout the property.

Halloween Activities: Please refrain from Halloween activities and trick-or-treating. Due to the lack of light, these activities can be dangerous and disruptive.

Gas Outages:  The city has shut down gas for a number of buildings in both Peter Cooper Village and Stuyvesant Town. More outages may follow in the coming hours and days.

Electricity: We do not yet have updates from Con Edison as to when power will be restored.  The most recent official announcement indicated that electricity would not be restored prior to Sunday.  Please be prepared for additional delays from ConEd.

Hot Water/Heat: Heat and hot water at the property are generated by steam supplied by ConEd.  The steam from ConEd has been shut down which means there is no heat and hot water.  We anticipate that it will be at least a week and maybe longer before heat and hot water are restored to the property.  We will update you as ConEd updates us. 

Water: We have generators on-site to support maintenance of domestic water. We cannot guarantee running water at all times, but are working to secure access to water to the best of our ability.

PLEASE DO NOT USE CANDLES IN COMMON AREAS OR STAIRWELLS. THIS IS A SERIOUS FIRE HAZARD. Please also refrain from using candles in your apartment.

Key Access Cards to Buildings: If your building's access card readers do not work and the door remains locked, please report it to Resident Services at Oval Café (9am-5pm) or call (888) 885-8490.

Garbage Removal: The trash chutes in Stuyvesant Town have been cleared and are operational. The trash chutes in Peter Cooper Village are not operable and we ask you not to use them. We are placing bins by your building lobbies. Please place your garbage in the bins.

Garages: Please note that garages 2, 3, 4 and 5 sustained significant damage due to flooding. We are working on having the water removed in order to enable towing access. This process has been delayed due to the lack of electricity.  We will update you as soon as possible regarding progress. Residents parked in garages 1 and 6 may access their cars, though there may be delays in removal of your car since many of the cars from the other garages were relocated to garages 1 and 6 prior to the storm.

Thank you again for your cooperation at this time. 

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From the TA:

TA Mobilizing its Volunteers in Coordination with Dan Garodnick and PCV/ST Management to Supplement
Post-Storm Recovery Efforts 

  

We are calling on all able-bodied neighbors who wish to assist to read on.

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GOING DOOR-TO-DOOR FOR NEIGHBORS STARTING 8AM TOMORROW (THURSDAY, November 1st):

We are beginning to undertake a door-to-door effort throughout all of Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village to check in on our neighbors who remain.  The weather is getting colder; power is not coming back until this weekend; and heat will likely not return until days after that.  

   

If you are physically fit, and can help, please report to Oval Study starting at 8am tomorrow.  This effort is being coordinated with CompassRock, the Tenants Association, and every elected official office in the area, and will be directing volunteers through the entire property.

Where/when:  From 8AM and throughout the day tomorrow, meet at Oval Study (northwest corner of Stuyvesant Oval)

Call Teresa in the Office of Council Member Dan Garodnick at 212-818-0580 for more information.

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Special Note: 

 

The ST/PCV-TA, the Office of Council Member Dan Garodnick, and CW Capital are working together to provide our neighbors with as much information as possible.  Without power to deliver e-mails, you can help by verbally sharing this information with as many of your neighbors as possible.