New York City has placed its first disc golf course in a park that is already heavily used by local residents of color.
West Harlem Pushes Back Against Columbia’s Latest Manhattanville Campus Expansion
Amid an affordable-housing crisis in the neighborhood, community members are fighting to stop the university’s ongoing construction of a satellite campus.
NYCHA Residents in Chelsea Resist Demolition Plan That Could Displace Them
The 4,500 tenants at NYCHA’s Fulton and Chelsea-Elliott Houses face the recent announcement that their buildings will be demolished and rebuilt by The Related Companies and Essence Realty.
The Long Struggle for Affordable Housing in New Jersey Dates Back to the Civil Rights Movement
In New Jersey, municipalities are still constitutionally required to provide their “fair share” of affordable housing, but there is no longer any elected or state-level body responsible for defining what that means, or for helping to ensure the standard is followed.
Will Supreme Court Scrap NY Rent-Control Laws?
Landlords who want NY’s rent control laws abolished are hoping the Supreme Court will take their case.
Sunset Park-Based Group Runs Outdoor Market and Political Education
Mexicanos Unidos operates a weekly unpermitted open-air market in Sunset Park. It also runs a radical political education program for its working-class immigrant members.
Kingston Rent Guidelines Board Cuts Rents by 15%!
Landlords are outraged by the first-ever rollback.
Lower East Side Organizers Look to Launch New Community Land Trusts
They are working to transform two city-owned parking lots into affordable housing that will be built on land that cannot be resold for profit.
Tenant Associations Are Forming Rapidly in Brooklyn
Brooklyn Eviction Defense has helped start more than 20 militant tenant associations since March.
RGB Rent Hikes ‘Just the Beginning’
Eric Adams’ impact on the Rent Guidelines Board is beginning to be felt.