In Latest Battle for Control of Stuyvesant Town, the Tenants Are Wooed

But some tenants are worried that Winthrop and Pershing’s plan would entail selling apartments to existing tenants at a discount, while offering vacant apartments at much higher prices in order to make a bigger profit. “The tenants’ political influence has grown,” said Harvey M. Shultz (sic), senior fellow with the Citizens Housing and Planning Council. “You certainly don’t want to antagonize them until the last possible moment.”