Meetings

Fourth Tuesday of every month at 7:00 pm. To watch live stream meetings, and comment in real time via the youtube chat function, visit the Village Youtube Channel.


Functions & Responsibilities

The purpose of the Landlord-Tenant Relations Council is to advise, counsel, mediate problems and disputes, and to improve relations between landlords and tenants. The Council will:

  • Conduct research into community housing issues;
  • Formulate programs to improve landlord-tenant relations;
  • Accumulate statistical information on available housing accommodations;
  • Counsel the Board of Trustees on landlord-tenant issues, problems, and disputes and recommend programs for the solution of the same;
  • Resolve problems and disputes between landlords and tenants through mediation and/or discussion at meetings of the Council.

Current Members

The Council consists of 7 members: 3 represent landlord interests; 3 represent tenant interests; 1 is an impartial appointee.

Christina Florakis
Chair
Term: May 2025
Anthony Saracino
Landlord Interests
Term: May 2024
Eli Godwin
Neutral Party
Term: May 2025
Teresa Thompson
Landlord Interests
Term: May 2025
Duncan Dempsey
Tenant Interests
Term: May 2025
Doug Thompson
Landlord Interests
Term: May 2026
VACANT
Tenant Interests
VACANT
Alternate, Landlord Interests
VACANT
Alternate, Tenant Interests
Alexandria Wojcik
Village Board Liaison

To contact the council, email landlordtenant@villageofnewpaltz.org

Currently seeking new appointments. For more information or to apply, please contact projectmanager@villageofnewpaltz.org.


Agendas, Minutes & Reports

2021 Agendas & Minutes

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Resources

4/27/2023 Utilities 101: Get to Know Your Utility Rights workshop with NY’s Public Utility Law Project, the New Paltz chapter of New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG), and the Landlord-Tenant Relations Council

Tenant-Landlord Rights and Responsibilities: A VoNP Handbook

List of Registered Rental Properties

Tenant-Landlord Zine (March 2020)

Tenant-Landlord Pandemic Problems Form

NYS Attorney General’s Tenant Rights Handbook