I understand Raheem’s reservation.

That lil snap bite was vicious. 😩🤣

Big Real Estate wants to abolish the entire rent stabilization program. If they succeed God help us all.

Obviously academia and war have gone hand in hand for centuries but one recent development, the fetishization of STEM (often with some dopey social justice angle) has handed over large chunks of science education to weapons contractors. It’s extremely common and taken for granted

GOOD. This is an infuriating way to raise the rent hundreds or even thousands of dollars for what most people consider a member of their family.

And we’ll keep fighting.

When it’s time to fight rent stabilization, it’s “but there are no income requirements so it needs to go!”

Then when it’s time to fund housing that has income requirements—public housing (NYCHA)—it’s “no the only housing should be private unregulated”

YESSSSS 👏🏾👏🏾 Pet rent and deposits are just ways to skim more from the working class.

New: Cigna tracks every minute that its staff doctors spend deciding whether to pay for health care. Dr. Debby Day said her bosses cared more about being fast than being right: “Deny, deny, deny. That's how you hit your numbers,” Day said. propub.li/3xTfCz8

If you’re a tenant in Brooklyn and you don’t yet follow Leah Goodridge - we implore you to check out her work! This is the voice tenants desperately needed in this moment of crisis. Contrast the thoughtfulness and clarity of Leah’s consistent messages with the retreaded slogans

Crazy numbers come from RGB itself. To ensure owners make same inflated profits RGB suggests major increases in its PIOC report. When you don’t listen to millions of tenant voters, they find ways to be heard.

katie honan I worked with Hassan for 7 years—through Trump's islamophobia, the pandemic, and the rise in Asian hate. I can't think of ANYONE who put the work before their own reputation more. The issue here was obviously that he didn't put Mayor Adams before his faith and the actual work.