CUNY Faculty Firings Spark Outrage
Blueprint for austerity? A mass firing at Queens College could be a sign of things to come at the City University of New York.
The Indypendent
New York City
Eon Tyrell Huntley is a worker, rent-stabilized tenant, parent and former PTA president. Now he’s running for a Brooklyn State Assembly seat.
Washington Heights Woman Welcomes Honduran Family Into Her Home
A migrant family of four from Honduras is building a new life with the help of a New Yorker who invited them to stay with her.
Migrantalujah! The Earth Church Throws Open Its Doors
Gafar is a slender, soft-spoken man with a receding hairline and many sorrows etched in his face. He was…
Life After Landlords: Tenants in Foreclosed Crown Heights Building Seek to Take Over the Property
The residents at 567 St. John’s Place are calling on the City to fund the building’s much-needed upkeep and then allow them to run it.
Socialist Lawmakers Discuss Top Priorities as New Legislative Session Begins in Albany
Good-cause eviction, universal child care and higher taxes on the rich are top priorities.
End NYU and Columbia’s Property Tax Exemption and Give CUNY the Funds It Needs to Thrive
Budget cuts threaten the basic functioning of CUNY’s 25 colleges.
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.
Advocates Demand Former Brooklyn Prosecutor Mark Hale Be Held Accountable for Trial Misconduct
Hale withheld exculpatory evidence in several high-profile murder cases that resulted in convictions and multi-decade prison sentences. He later led the Brooklyn DA’s Conviction Review Unit.
As winter gets underway, thousands of migrants and asylum seekers struggle in precarious circumstances.