NEW: “Lawmakers must stand up to the real estate industry’s rapacious efforts to pad their own pockets, and reject efforts to recreate the pre-2019 dynamics that put a target on the backs of rent stabilized tenants.

'It's time for state leaders to choose a side.'

Our statement.

.Governor Kathy Hochul won’t meet with the largest tenant coalition in the state.

But just this week she called up rebny to meet with her in Albany.

An incarcerated brother I am in correspondence with donated $17.74 for relief efforts in Gaza. This donation is the sum of 136 hours of his labor in the prison working as a porter/janitor. May his sincere donation be multiplied by the Creator. #Gaza #ceasefirenow

Let’s support Claire Cousin for Assembly!! mobilize.us/clairecousin/e…

The landlord at 709 and 705 w. 170th street let hundreds of violations go un repaired, and now a judge has ordered him to serve up to 2 months at Rikers. Residents are elated, and hoping they’ll get a chance to buy their units. 1010 WINS WCBS 880

Breaking news: NYC Housing has secured an arrest warrant for NYC’s worst landlord. He will be held accountable for negligence and his failure to protect tenants.

Thanks Robert Jackson for standing with tenants!

“Everyone says corruption is everywhere, but for me, it seems strange to say that and then not try to put the people guilty of that corruption away.”

We must keep Alexei Navalny’s courageous activism in our minds as we continue his fight against threats to democracy worldwide.

For the first time in its almost 60 year history, federal Medicaid dollars will start going towards paying rent

*(up to 6 months)

It's a really major policy development — one with huge opportunities, risks, and challenges.

I looked closely for Vox:

vox.com/2024/2/13/2406…

Facts are fun. I like them. Unfortunate but not surprising that some elected officials are still pushing dangerous xenophobic tropes as we head into November. For the people in the back: there were no cuts made to our cops, FDNY, or our schools due to the migrant costs.

AFL-CIO Calls for Gaza Ceasefire democracynow.org/2024/2/9/headl…

NEW: Tenants launch the 2024 campaign for the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA).

A new poll from Community Service Society of New York (CSS) finds that 82% of NYers support #TOPA ; which would give tenants the first chance to buy their buildings + turn them into social housing

Please help the Lluberes family relocate after devastating fire in the Bronx: gofund.me/1f4495a2

Muy contento de ver a mi querida Genesis Aquino ser parte de la lista de Black Power Players de NYC, una consideración que ella se merece totalmente.

politicsny.com/power-lists/bl…

Taxpayers are spending $240,000 per year to lock up a single aging New Yorker. That money – more than $500 million annually -- would be better spent on community-based initiatives that actually contribute to public safety. It's time to end perpetual punishment. Release Aging People in Prison Campaign

I read with interest but then when I got to the argument that says tenants shouldn’t have attorneys…

I can’t.

This is something landlords say frequently, despite the fact that 99% of landlords have attorneys. It’s basically arguing for an imbalance of power.

A growing number of U.S. unions are calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, driven by their members. This is a break from decades of U.S. labor officials vocally supporting Israel, says historian Jeff Schuhrke.

Changüí corre fuerte por las venas del guantanamero Eudy Fernández. Bandleader, trompetista y batá drummer...como un híbrido de Chano y Dizzie. Continuando la lista de artistas cubanos que desde los 30s se radican en NYC buscando destino.

*Sigh*

Imagine a world where PACs spend $100M to stop gun violence, maternal mortality or childhood hunger.

Instead, we have AIPAC dropping $100M against members calling for peace and ceasefire.

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Hundreds of New York City students walked out of school demanding an end to the #GazaGenocide and #OccupiedPalestine

Read about it in my latest for Documented/ Report for America
documentedny.com/2023/11/09/nyc…