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.
Chelsea NYCHA Tenants Urge Halt to Plans to Demolish Their Homes
Residents of the Chelsea-Elliot and Fulton Houses warn that the city’s plan to tear down their current buildings and replace them with new ones is a land grab that will permanently displace them.
Calls Grow for a New Investigation into the Mysterious Death of NYC Anti-Corruption Crusader
A 911 caller reports that a man had been walking with a pedometer in his hand when he collapsed.…
Tenants Jeer Rent Guidelines Board As It Approves New Round of Rent Hikes
“We’re already making every penny stretch,” said one tenant after the RGB voted for rent increases of as much as 6% for nearly one million rent-stabilized New York City apartments.
New York Tenants Demand ‘Rollbacks Not Hikes’ at Rent Guidelines Board Hearing in Brooklyn
Ahead of the Rent Guidelines Board’s final vote on June 21, tenants gathered in St. Francis College’s auditorium to…
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.
Brooklyn Tenants Rally For One of Their Own Outside Housing Court
Tenant leader Fidele Albert is fighting to keep her apartment with the support of her fellow housing activists.
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.
Organizing Gets the Goods: Flatbush Tenants Force Repairs After Decades of Neglect
After years of organizing rent strikes and lawsuits against their slumlord, residents of a Flatbush building with more than 500 open violations are starting to see repairs.
Migrants Demand Humane Housing as Adams Tries to Revive Tent City Plan
The protesting migrants have been searching for a home for months, sometime years.