Yesterday the City Council passed a sweeping package of pro-tenant legislation long advocated by tenants’ rights groups, activists, and sympathetic city officials. One of the…
New Law Aims to Help Mom-n-Pops, But Embattled Tenants Say It's Not Enough
A group of a dozen small business owners and community advocates from Bushwick gathered at Esmeralda Valencia’s restaurant on Myrtle Avenue this morning with an…
Faith Leaders and Tenants Try to Meet Steve Croman, Don’t Have a Prayer
On a miserably rainy Thursday, just after lunchtime, about 10 people had gathered in front of a nondescript building on Broadway and the corner of…
Rent-Stabilized Apartments Back on the Market After Crackdown on 421-a Non-Compliance
City and state government officials are cracking down on landlords who collect tax benefits for affordable housing incentives but don’t follow through on their obligations. This practice was…
In Williamsburg, Tenants Told to Clear Out For Demolition Dig In and Demand Repairs
The two-bedroom apartment that Jesenia Ventura shares with her three young children, her sister, and her mother Amalia Martinez is so run-down that some windows…
The City Just Made It Harder For Your Landlord to Harass You
Today Mayor Bill de Blasio signed three new measures into law to prevent the tenant harassment and shady practices that have become so commonplace among…
Bushwick Artists: Maybe We Should All Just Buy a Building Together?
Artists: Should we all buy a building?