A Screening About Screening
Leave your thoughtsThe routine of passing through metal detectors and having to remove his belt and glasses is "like airport security" every…
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Make the Road New York to Protest NYC Pharmacies
Leave your thoughtsOn October 30, at 11am, Make the Road New York will host a protest about NYC Pharmacies who fail to…
Council Speaker Strives for Balance on Tenants’ Rights Bill
Leave your thoughtsCasting herself as a tenant rights advocate at the risk of alienating political kingmakers in the real estate community is…
Hot Water for Rotten Landlords
Leave your thoughtsThe City Council is moving to toughen tenant protection laws by making landlords liable for repeatedly denying them mandated services.…
New Tenant Anti-Harassment Act Would Allow Renters to Sue
Leave your thoughtsTenants could get more muscle in their fight against landlords who try to chase them from rent-stabilized units so the…
Law to Protect Tenants From Landlord Bullies
Leave your thoughtsTenant harassment when landlords consistently deny heat and hot water, pressure residents for a buyout or threaten tenants with…
CEJ Grabs DOE’s Attention
Leave your thoughtsTheir demands have been met by city Department of Education (DOE) officials and now the borough’s "most successful" parents group…
Bill Would Give Tenants Right to Sue Landlords
Leave your thoughtsFor the first time in the city’s history, tenants will be able to sue their landlords for "harassment," if a…
Accolades
Leave your thoughtsAs a boy, Andrew Friedman promised his immigrant grandparents that he would somehow see to it that New York City…
Immigration Crusader Gets 125G and Honor
Leave your thoughtsAndrew Friedman, co-founder of Make the Road by Walking, was awarded $125,000 by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for his…