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Bridging The Divide: Upstate and Downstate Renters Join Forces
When Doreen and her husband split up five years ago, the pair reached an agreement. Doreen and the couple’s…
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…
9’s The Magic Number: How Many Reforms Will Tenants Be Able to Check Off Their List?
Tenant organizations across the state are pushing for the New York State Legislature to approve a package of nine…
Tenants challenge major capital improvement rent hikes.
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…
NYC Weekly Events Calendar: May 2 to May 8
The Indypendent’s curated events calendar comes out every Wednesday online and once a month in print. Sign-up for our regular e-newsletter and…
Prison Reformers Call For a Fully-Staffed, Diverse Parole Board. Will Gov. Cuomo Listen?
Even after Gov. Andrew Cuomo met Judith Clark and was so struck by her “exceptional strides in self-development” that…
The American Worker Gets the Spotlight at the Tribeca Film Fest
Established in response to the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center, the Tribeca Film Festival has, since…
Locked Out Meat Workers at Key Foods Say Their Employer Wants to Butcher Their Benefits
There’s a promotion for pork shoulder in the supermarket window. A photograph, blown up larger than life, shows chunks…
Early Bird Feels the Bern: Grassroots Activists Launch Organizing Kickoff For Sanders This Weekend
An interview with Moumita Ahmed of NYC for Bernie and Millennials for Bernie.