The Fight to Save ‘Our Beloved Barrio’
East Harlem residents are demanding Mayor de Blasio and Speaker Mark-Viverito drop a plan to build high rises and instead adopt initiatives to keep the neighborhood affordable.
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Who Can Afford ‘Affordable’ Housing?
Mayor Bill de Blasio says he has proposed “the largest affordable housing plan in the history of this city…
Tenants, Arrested in Albany, Target Cuomo’s Ties to Real Estate
Tenant advocates denounced Governor Andrew Cuomo’s ties to real-estate interests while participating in a sit-in outside his office on…
RGB to NYC Tenants: No Rent Freeze This Year
In a five to four vote on Monday, the New York City Rent Guidelines Board shot down the possibility…
2014: Year of the Rent Freeze?
Will the city’s Rent Guidelines Board freeze rents this year, as Mayor Bill de Blasio promised when he was…
De Blasio’s Drive to Build Big Undermines Neighborhood Preservation
Even in Williamsburg, a neighborhood seemingly overrun by absurd, futuristic designs, there is something unique about 351 Keap Street:…
Crown Heights Tenant Union Targets Landlords with Neighborhood March
A procession of protesters, accompanied by a marching band and carrying banners demanding a five-year rent freeze on all…
Making An Affordable Housing Crisis Worse
In the days immediately following Hurricane Sandy, city, state and federal officials congratulated each other on their preparedness and…
How Real Estate Splits the Labor Movement
Last month, Bronx officials joyously endorsed a proposal to convert the Kingsbridge Armory into a complex of ice-skating rinks.…