Underground Lives: the Sunless World of Immigrants in Queens
Leave your thoughtsIn New York, hope sometimes comes at the price of the sun. The city welcomes poor immigrants, but its housing…
Category: Housing & Environmental Justice
Proteger Los Hogares de los Inmigrantes: La importancia de fortalecer y ampliar la protección del inquilino para los inmigrantes neoyorquinos
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In ‘Most Historic and Productive’ Session, Albany Democrats Move Extensive Agenda to Transform New York
Leave your thoughtsJust after it ended, Governor Andrew Cuomo deemed 2019’s “the most productive legislative session in modern history” at a news…
Albany votes to legalize e-bikes days after green-lighting driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants
Leave your thoughtsState lawmakers passed legislation Wednesday that would legalize e-bikes and e-scooters in New York City after a deal was reached…
Landmark Deal Reached on Rent Protections for Tenants in N.Y.
Leave your thoughtsNewly empowered Democrats are trying to address concern over housing costs that is helping to drive the debate over inequality.…
Beyond Amazon: An Inclusive Economic Vision for New York
Leave your thoughtsEarlier this year, grassroots organizations like the one I co-lead helped block the planned Amazon HQ2 deal in New York. The…
Opinion: The Rent Regs Debate is About Giving Tenants the Tool to Fight
Leave your thoughtsMy family and I are fighting to be able to stay in our apartment building, while our ruthless landlord is…
NYC’s Housing Crisis Hits Immigrants Especially Hard, Report Says
Leave your thoughtsNEW YORK — Even though it is a widespread problem, advocates argue New York City’s affordable housing crisis has hit…
Protecting Immigrant Homes: The Importance of Strengthening and Expanding Tenant Protections for Immigrant New Yorkers.
Leave your thoughtsDownload report HERE. Executive Summary New Yorkers face a staggering affordable housing crisis. Rents have skyrocketed, and displacement is rampant.…
Tenants Are Fighting Eviction Before It Starts
Leave your thoughtsA Certificate of No Harassment could become tenants’ preemptive strike against predatory developers encircling their neighborhoods. Every day in New…