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Just a reminder on this #TaxDay only 1 in 4 eligible people receive housing assistance. The federal housing budget is 1% of federal spending and is dwarfed by housing subsidies and tax credits to the wealthy.
April 15, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Just a reminder on this #TaxDay only 1 in 4 eligible people receive housing assistance. The federal housing budget is 1% of federal spending and is dwarfed by housing subsidies and tax credits to the wealthy.
Taxes filed. Doing my part so the government can gut itself (except the cops and military), scrap protections, and shovel money to billionaires. Love this cool, normal system.
April 14, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Taxes filed. Doing my part so the government can gut itself (except the cops and military), scrap protections, and shovel money to billionaires. Love this cool, normal system.
Big win for Bronx tenants: after 10+ years of organizing, the City seized their slumlord’s building—the first time in 7 years. Now it’s on track for permanent affordable housing. Great reporting by @davidfbrand.bsky.social / @gothamist.com.
gothamist.com
April 9, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Big win for Bronx tenants: after 10+ years of organizing, the City seized their slumlord’s building—the first time in 7 years. Now it’s on track for permanent affordable housing. Great reporting by @davidfbrand.bsky.social / @gothamist.com.
Going outside: highly recommended
March 29, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Going outside: highly recommended
Overall revenue up 8% from last year, factoring inflation. Meanwhile, tenants continue to get hit with annual rent hikes between 3-5%, on top of inflation. We’re long overdue for a rent freeze.
Report: Revenue for rent-stabilized building landlords increases across city
Revenue after operating costs for landlords increased 12%.
ny1.com
March 28, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Overall revenue up 8% from last year, factoring inflation. Meanwhile, tenants continue to get hit with annual rent hikes between 3-5%, on top of inflation. We’re long overdue for a rent freeze.
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Hi everyone! I’m now a visiting fellow @nycfuture.bsky.social and looking to talk to folks about affordable housing for artists. I’ve assembled a list of housing policy/land use experts but I’d love to talk to anyone who’s worked on these kinds projects before!
March 28, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Hi everyone! I’m now a visiting fellow @nycfuture.bsky.social and looking to talk to folks about affordable housing for artists. I’ve assembled a list of housing policy/land use experts but I’d love to talk to anyone who’s worked on these kinds projects before!
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hearing today in newark, nj for mahmoud khalil as the fed attempts to move jurisdiction on khalil’s case to louisiana, where he’s currently detained, from new jersey, where jurisdiction is currently held.
demonstrators plan to rally in support of khalil ahead of the hearing.
demonstrators plan to rally in support of khalil ahead of the hearing.
March 28, 2025 at 10:40 AM
hearing today in newark, nj for mahmoud khalil as the fed attempts to move jurisdiction on khalil’s case to louisiana, where he’s currently detained, from new jersey, where jurisdiction is currently held.
demonstrators plan to rally in support of khalil ahead of the hearing.
demonstrators plan to rally in support of khalil ahead of the hearing.
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Few studies capture the brutality of NYC’s housing crisis better than this one: back in the day, countless working-class people benefited from New York’s wage premium. But, now, that same wage premium gets sucked into the black hole of our self-made housing shortage. Tragic.
March 24, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Few studies capture the brutality of NYC’s housing crisis better than this one: back in the day, countless working-class people benefited from New York’s wage premium. But, now, that same wage premium gets sucked into the black hole of our self-made housing shortage. Tragic.
If your first reaction to a deeply affordable apartment is "they don’t deserve it," I hope you never face the systemic violence of housing insecurity. But you should ask yourself why you’re so comfortable with that violence displacing others.
March 19, 2025 at 6:33 PM
If your first reaction to a deeply affordable apartment is "they don’t deserve it," I hope you never face the systemic violence of housing insecurity. But you should ask yourself why you’re so comfortable with that violence displacing others.
Proud to stand with Ms. Henderson in her fight to keep her rent-controlled home of 32 years. Family isn’t just legal paperwork. Landlords exploit loopholes to erase affordability & displace tenants.
Glad to co-counsel with @lamort.bsky.social. Thanks to @gothamist.com for the great reporting.
Glad to co-counsel with @lamort.bsky.social. Thanks to @gothamist.com for the great reporting.
A love story, not a lease, decides Washington Heights rent-controlled apartment battle
Landlords challenged Freda Henderson's relationship with her late partner, who was the primary tenant.
gothamist.com
March 18, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Proud to stand with Ms. Henderson in her fight to keep her rent-controlled home of 32 years. Family isn’t just legal paperwork. Landlords exploit loopholes to erase affordability & displace tenants.
Glad to co-counsel with @lamort.bsky.social. Thanks to @gothamist.com for the great reporting.
Glad to co-counsel with @lamort.bsky.social. Thanks to @gothamist.com for the great reporting.
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Congrats to my colleague Jane Landry-Reyes returning 21 apartments to rent stabilization and $54,799.66 back to tenants.
ag.ny.gov/press-releas...
ag.ny.gov/press-releas...
Attorney General James and HCR Commissioner Visnauskas Return 21 New York City Apartments to Rent Stabilization
NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James and New York State Homes and Community Renewal (HCR) Commissioner RuthAnne Visnauskas today announced the
ag.ny.gov
February 19, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Congrats to my colleague Jane Landry-Reyes returning 21 apartments to rent stabilization and $54,799.66 back to tenants.
ag.ny.gov/press-releas...
ag.ny.gov/press-releas...
@aoc.bsky.social cutting up some oligarchs at Foley Square tonight. #sos
February 20, 2025 at 12:04 AM
@aoc.bsky.social cutting up some oligarchs at Foley Square tonight. #sos
Seeing these two together--in person--makes me so happy. Stevie has been supporting Leonard Peltier since the 80s. Incredible solidarity. #FreeLeonardPeltier www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iac5...
February 18, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Seeing these two together--in person--makes me so happy. Stevie has been supporting Leonard Peltier since the 80s. Incredible solidarity. #FreeLeonardPeltier www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iac5...
I don't think de blasio could've dreamt a better historical revision narrative. dime-a-dozen corrupt cop-landlord egomaniac descending swiftly into full-blown maga slimeball. makes de blaz look like a leftist patron saint.
It's such a relief to know that the mayor is spending every waking moment looking out for the people of New York.
January 17, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I don't think de blasio could've dreamt a better historical revision narrative. dime-a-dozen corrupt cop-landlord egomaniac descending swiftly into full-blown maga slimeball. makes de blaz look like a leftist patron saint.
longtime landlord lawyer Scott Gross sanctioned for doing what longtime landlord lawyers do:
January 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
longtime landlord lawyer Scott Gross sanctioned for doing what longtime landlord lawyers do:
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Consolidated donation item requests for people displaced by the Allerton apartments fire in the Bronx:
January 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Consolidated donation item requests for people displaced by the Allerton apartments fire in the Bronx:
LA landlords are openly flouting emergency price-gouging restrictions. this is why we need universal rent control. laist.com/news/housing...
Asking rents skyrocket as LA fires destroy homes
For one listing, rent jumped nearly 86% since September. In an interview with LAist, the agent said she told her client, “People are desperate, and you can probably get good money.”
laist.com
January 12, 2025 at 6:55 PM
LA landlords are openly flouting emergency price-gouging restrictions. this is why we need universal rent control. laist.com/news/housing...
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Happening now: Amazon Labor Union workers and supporters are rallying outside JFK8 on Staten Island ahead of a midnight strike due to Amazon refusing to come to the bargaining table following a Dec. 15 deadline.
#STRIKEMAS
#STRIKEMAS
December 21, 2024 at 3:44 AM
Happening now: Amazon Labor Union workers and supporters are rallying outside JFK8 on Staten Island ahead of a midnight strike due to Amazon refusing to come to the bargaining table following a Dec. 15 deadline.
#STRIKEMAS
#STRIKEMAS
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Ya know the origins are situationist and I wish they’d get back to that and like hand presents to homeless people and what not
December 14, 2024 at 5:50 PM
Ya know the origins are situationist and I wish they’d get back to that and like hand presents to homeless people and what not
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The bill shifting NYC broker fees from tenants to whoever hires the broker (usually the landlord/property manager) is becoming law after the mayor declined to sign or veto it during a 30-day window
It will take effect in six months (mid-June) gothamist.com/news/bill-fr...
It will take effect in six months (mid-June) gothamist.com/news/bill-fr...
Bill freeing NYC renters from upfront broker fees is now law, takes effect in June
Mayor Eric Adams declined to take action on the bill within 30 days, meaning it automatically becomes law.
gothamist.com
December 14, 2024 at 5:03 PM
The bill shifting NYC broker fees from tenants to whoever hires the broker (usually the landlord/property manager) is becoming law after the mayor declined to sign or veto it during a 30-day window
It will take effect in six months (mid-June) gothamist.com/news/bill-fr...
It will take effect in six months (mid-June) gothamist.com/news/bill-fr...
For educational purposes only
Jury Nullification: Why Every American Needs to Learn This Taboo Verdict
Did you know that if a jury feels a law is unjust, it is permitted to “nullify” the law rather than finding someone guilty?
truthout.org
December 13, 2024 at 4:09 PM
For educational purposes only
Featuring many helpful pointers from @lamort.bsky.social
Over the past 2 years, the NY Attorney General has received nearly 5,000 complaints from renters accusing their landlord of withholding their security deposits
Tenants and attorneys say the problem is far more widespread
For @wnyc.org and gothamist.com
gothamist.com/news/nearly-...
Tenants and attorneys say the problem is far more widespread
For @wnyc.org and gothamist.com
gothamist.com/news/nearly-...
Nearly 5,000 New York renters filed complaints for missing security deposits. Here’s how to get yours back.
Since the start of 2023, New Yorkers have filed nearly 5,000 separate complaints with state Attorney General Letitia James accusing their landlords of illegally keeping their security deposits, an off...
gothamist.com
December 2, 2024 at 5:21 PM
Featuring many helpful pointers from @lamort.bsky.social
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Today and tomorrow are your last day to buy my prints for 30% off. Also I did Indignada in 2012 but have grown senile in my later years. Mollycrabapple.com/shop
December 1, 2024 at 10:01 PM
Today and tomorrow are your last day to buy my prints for 30% off. Also I did Indignada in 2012 but have grown senile in my later years. Mollycrabapple.com/shop
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the only reason that tech was ever remotely left-coded was that in the early 2010s they consciously aligned themselves with what appeared to be the dominant political party. that meant large donations to Dems and nominal gestures toward diversity. as soon as the winds shifted they swung right.
December 1, 2024 at 2:04 AM
the only reason that tech was ever remotely left-coded was that in the early 2010s they consciously aligned themselves with what appeared to be the dominant political party. that meant large donations to Dems and nominal gestures toward diversity. as soon as the winds shifted they swung right.
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Housing vouchers are a central tool in the city’s efforts to solve the housing crisis.
But for many New Yorkers, the problem isn’t applying for assistance, but what comes next: finding an apartment and securing the voucher.
But for many New Yorkers, the problem isn’t applying for assistance, but what comes next: finding an apartment and securing the voucher.
How to Find Housing With a Voucher in New York City
A guide for homeless and low-income New Yorkers facing red tape, shady landlords and agency mismanagement in their search for a place to live.
buff.ly
December 1, 2024 at 11:04 AM
Housing vouchers are a central tool in the city’s efforts to solve the housing crisis.
But for many New Yorkers, the problem isn’t applying for assistance, but what comes next: finding an apartment and securing the voucher.
But for many New Yorkers, the problem isn’t applying for assistance, but what comes next: finding an apartment and securing the voucher.