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"The primary argument against a rent freeze is that landlords cannot afford to maintain their buildings without significant annual rent increases. This claim is false." - economist Emily Eisner, from @NYFiscalPolicy
The NYS Tenant Bloc
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The NYS Tenant Bloc
@TenantBloc
Tenants are half the state. We keep New York running. If we unite, we can win beautiful, safe, affordable homes for all. Sister org to @housing4allNY.
- BREAKING: Hundreds of tenants SHUT DOWN the Brooklyn Bridge because the rent is TOO DAMN HIGH! Stand with us: hj4a.org/TakeAction
00:00 - Tenants now facing off with a line of about 10 NYPD cars outside housing court. Shut it down. #DefundNYPD #CancelRent #EvictionFreeNY
00:00 - Eric Adams has raised the rent 12%.Hey, NYC! It’s “Housing Week,” so I’m giving you a peak at my crib!
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00:00- Timothée Chalamet grew up in affordable housing for artists in NYC. We can make New York a city for everybody — not just millionaires and billionaires — by bringing back social housing.
00:00 - “In the US, we are led to believe that we just need to keep working harder—and it’s bullshit! I work hard. And, I still don’t have a safe place to live. What we saw is when the profit motive is taken out of housing, it’s a game changer.” — Dorca Reyonoso
- 🚨🚨 JOIN NYC’S BIGGEST TENANT MOBILIZATION IN YEARS 🚨🚨 Landlords are squeezing us for all we got. The rent. is. too. damn. high. It's time to fight back. RSVP + more info: hj4a.org/May20
00:00 - Over 100,000 Rochester tenants can now rest easy knowing their landlord can’t kick them out just to make more money. 12 cities in less than a year. We will not be stopped.By a vote of 7-2, Rochester City Council has voted to adopt the strongest version of Good Cause eviction protections, the largest city in New York to opt into the law. Councilmembers Michael Patterson and LaShay Harris voted no.
00:00 - Zohran Mamdani will freeze your rent. Andrew Cuomo will raise it.If you're one of the more than two million New Yorkers in rent-stabilized apartments, I will freeze your rent. And we will build 200,000 new affordable homes, crack down on bad landlords, and lower costs for working and middle class homeowners.
00:00 - Thanks to @AOC @jamaaltbailey @Biaggi4NY and @Fernandez4NY for standing with tenants and fighting to end MCIs, IAIs, and no-fault evictions! politico.com/states/new-yor…
- #BREAKING: On October 1st, the day rent is due & the eviction moratorium expires, over 12 housing community leaders are getting arrested calling to #CancelRent!
00:00 - Freeze the rent. Rent control for everyone.US Justice Department accuses six major landlords of scheming to keep rents high apnews.com/article/algori…
