The Battle for the Block – and Another World
Leave your thoughtsIn East Harlem, they have organized building by building to reclaim El Barrio from those who would "develop" them out…
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New York City to Open First Student Success Center
Leave your thoughtsFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Oona Chatterjee 347 268 1892 Stop the Presses: New york city TO Open first student…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…