May 23, 2023 | Movement Power, Organizational, Tenant News
170 New York TA (Brooklyn Eviction Defense Tenant Union – Local #44) held a rally to celebrate their 3 months long rent strike against their slumlord Hager Management. Tenant leaders, young and old, new and lifelong, spoke of how they came together, how they...
May 3, 2023 | Movement Power
281 Crown TA, part of the Hager Tenant Council, BED Tenant Union Local #42, has been investigating massive overcharges in their rent stabilized units. We had an inspiring rent history/overcharge workshop last month; the super came into the lobby, picked up some of the...
May 3, 2023 | Movement Power
Last night the tenant/shareholders of the Harry Silver Housing Complex convened for the first meeting of the re-awoken Co-op Association! As you can see the meeting took place outside, in the complex’s courtyard, and not in the complex’s 300-person...
May 3, 2023 | Movement Power, Statements
Brooklyn Eviction Defense denounces the state-sanctioned eviction of the peoples’ market. And we demand an end to the harassment and policing of the Plaza and the communities that make it bloom every Sunday. Plaza Tonatiuh is a site of community and principled...
Apr 4, 2023 | Movement Power
The tenants of 2121 Beekman TA are fighting for decades overdue repairs. They are reclaiming their common areas that have been overrun with refuse and unfriendly non-tenants. We are struggling to make this building into a beautiful beacon of community and care. 2121...
Apr 2, 2023 | Movement Power
Yesterday the tenants of 810-828 Midwood told their story. Theirs is a story of neglect, corruption, exploitation and harassment. The tenants live in a Michtell-Lama cooperative. The Mitchell-Lama program provides affordable rental and cooperative housing to moderate-...
