Crown Heights Tenant Union: Building Power One Building at a Time
Longtime New York City tenants have been getting evicted and displaced in neighborhood after neighborhood in recent years. Harlem,…
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Rats! Landlord Gets Tax Breaks, Bronx Tenants Get Squalor, Rent Hikes
In the depths of the crack era, 1111 Gerard Avenue was an oasis in the Bronx. “When I first…
Here’s Some Photos of NY Lawmakers Getting Arrested You Can Celebrate!
Never mind the chaos in Albany over the federal corruption charges against Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate Majority Leader…
New York’s Tenant Laws Are In Peril
For those seeking to stitch the gashes in New York’s rent-regulation laws and stop the hemorrhage of affordable housing,…
Elderly Evictions: Assisted Living Residents Refuse to Make Way for Luxury Condos
When 92-year-old Annemarie Mogil left her home of more than 30 years, it was important for her to find…
How Landlords Harass Old People
Landlords trying to drive out rent-regulated tenants generally use the same harassment methods against the elderly as they do…
Renters in the Hands of a Corrupt Senate
If you rent an apartment in the state of New York, the political machinations going on in the state…
Sunset Park Tenants Launch Rent Strike
On the front stoop of a four-story brownstone in Brooklyn, three women sat and strategized. “We should have broken…
With rent regulation laws set to expire June 15, housing advocates are increasing pressure on New York Gov. Cuomo…
Would Espada ‘Rent Freeze’ Burn Tenants?
It wasn’t quite Hiram Monserrate proposing a bill to get tough on domestic violence, but it came close. State…