Mar 5, 2023 | Movement Power, Organizational, Tenant News
What does building tenant power, karaoke, and catering trays full of fried chicken have in common? the Greenrock Tenants Council! Greenrock tenants are stronger together! Greenrock management has been hiking up rents and denying tenants their rights. The Greenrock...
Mar 5, 2023 | Movement Power, Organizational, Tenant News
On Sept 17 2022, the 219 13th St Tenant Association(@219tenantsbk), with full support of our community, announced that our much overdue RENT STRIKE will begin October 1st if the underlying issues in the building are not fixed and the gas not turned back on! Tenants...
Mar 5, 2023 | Movement Power, Organizational, Tenant News
Back in September, the tenants of 950 Rutland met for the first meeting of their relaunched tenant association! A past tenant association fell apart years ago when one of the tenant leaders passed away and, also, when the nonprofit helping them organize stopped...
Mar 5, 2023 | Movement Power, Organizational, Tenant News
Outpost Club, the property manager at 662 Madison Street, has been neglecting outstanding repairs, threatening rent hikes, and harassing tenants. The 662 Madison TA is fighting back!! Tenants and organizers from BED suspect that the building was illegally destabilized...
Mar 5, 2023 | Movement Power, Tenant News
On Saturday March 4th, in front of the offices of slumlord David Spindler, tenants across Brooklyn stood with Fidele — one of our most inspiring tenant leaders and members of Brooklyn Eviction Defense — as she demanded that the slumlord drop his bogus eviction case...
May 28, 2022 | Movement Power, Political Education
Across the city, and particularly in neighborhoods being targeted by mega-landlords and developers for gentrification, tenants are facing massive rent increases. In many cases, these rent hikes are tantamount to eviction. Most of us are already struggling to get by at...