About 70 people participated in R3's Campaign Finance Reform meeting on February 25, 2013 with Mike Kink and Jesse Laymon. Tenants want to stem the flood of landlord money to Albany.
OUR FIGHT FOR TENANT PROTECTIONS
JOIN THE FIGHT FOR STRONGER RENT LAWS
TENANT LOBBY DAY 2013
GET ON THE BUS AND TELL ALBANY WE NEED FAIR ELECTIONS
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Great Campaign Finance Meeting on Feb. 25
About 70 people participated in R3's Campaign Finance Reform meeting on February 25, 2013 with Mike Kink and Jesse Laymon. Tenants want to stem the flood of landlord money to Albany.
Thursday, February 21, 2013
Thursday, February 14, 2013
NY Times: Quinn offers REBNY's plan
Notable quotes (and a major excerpt of the article is below)
“Whenever the real estate industry is framing the debate around affordable housing, tenants are going to lose,” said Jaron Benjamin, executive director of the Metropolitan Council on Housing, a tenants’ rights group.
“Whenever the real estate industry is framing the debate around affordable housing, tenants are going to lose,” said Jaron Benjamin, executive director of the Metropolitan Council on Housing, a tenants’ rights group.
NY Times: Affordable Units Too Costly
Some ‘Affordable’ Units Too Costly, Report Says
By WINNIE HU
Published: February 13, 201
By WINNIE HU
Published: February 13, 201
In a city that measures wealth in square feet, even apartments marketed as “affordable housing” can still be too expensive for many New Yorkers.
Monday, February 11, 2013
State of the City speech proposals on affordable housing
The excerpt below only includes proposals from the State of the City address on affordable housing.
CASA-New Settlement Victory for Tenants in Bronx
New York Times:
Published: February 10, 2013
Minarda Pimentel had to keep her clothes in sealed plastic bags because rats gnawed on everything in her closet.
Tenants and Community Group Save Dilapidated Bronx Complex
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Ozier Muhammad/The New York Times
Dominga Sanchez had no hot water for days at a time in her apartment.
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By WINNIE HU
Published: February 10, 2013
Minarda Pimentel had to keep her clothes in sealed plastic bags because rats gnawed on everything in her closet.
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
NYCHA Property Going to Luxury Developers
The housing authority is planning its very own Tale of Two Cities.
To raise much-needed cash, the agency plans to lease out land to private developers who will then build some 3 million square feet of luxury apartments smack in the middle of Manhattan housing projects.
