The Indypendent
Steven Wishnia
Meet the Tenants Fighting Barberry Rose Management, Landlord From Hell
New York State passed laws in June that dramatically strengthened its rent regulations, but tenants in Inwood are still…
A Real Deal: How New Yorkers Banded Together and Cracked the Landlord Lobby
In June, New York State enacted the most significant strengthening of tenant protections in 45 years. It came about…
Take Down the Landlords: Will This Be the Year Tenants Win Sweeping Rent Law Reforms?
For more than 20 years, the Republican majority in the New York State Senate was the main obstacle to…
Healing a SCAR: This Bill Helps Migrant Parents Find the Children Trump Stole
With the Trump administration not bothering to keep track of where it sent the thousands of children it took…
Medicare for All Act Introduced in the House
“It’s a moral issue,” Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) declared outside the Capitol on Feb. 27. “Isn’t it time?” She…
New York is Set to Cash In On Cannabis. But Who Will Get the Green?
As lawmakers hash out the details of legalization, communities long targeted by racist enforcement want a seat at the table.
Will Dems in the NY Senate Make 2019 the Year of The Tenant?
Or will big money have its way again?
The Rise, Fall and Redemption of Two of Rock’s Great Radicals
Radical politics, drugs and rock ’n’ roll — and winding up in prison — are the common threads between…
