Ridgewood Rises Up for Palestine
Ridgewood Tenants Union led a 1,000-person march that highlights the displacement experienced in both rapidly gentrifying neighborhoods and by Palestinians at the hands of Israeli settlers.
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From NYC to Palestine: Grassroots Movements Speak Out on Israel-Gaza War
Grassroots orgs that fight police brutality, landlord evictions, school budget cuts and more are embracing the Palestinian struggle as their own.
Building Solidarity Among Astoria Tenants
A budding tenants union in Astoria hopes to organize across buildings.
Morningside Heights Rallies Outside Columbia for Affordable Housing
Neighborhood group urges the university to earmark 30% of units at a new tower at 600 W. 125th Street for low- and middle-income neighborhood residents.
Book Review: Love, Real Estate and a Small Town on Edge
In Celine Keating’s third novel, Montauk is the setting for a multi-sided battle over the future of a pristine parcel of land.
Once a Homeless Youth, Now a Leader Who’s Changing City Policies
Lyndon Hernandez navigated NYC’s byzantine shelter system for almost a decade before finding stable housing and a career helping other homeless youths.
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.
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.