“Tenants who keep excellent records and work together as a group have a much better chance of getting repairs.” -Dubois Thomas, Organizer Find out what else we discussed at this month’s Coalition meeting! It was standing room only again at our Coalition meeting this past Saturday (March 11th, 2017), with almost 70 tenant leaders, members, andContinueContinue reading “March Meeting Recap: How To Get Repairs & Advancing Our Campaigns”
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Flatbush Tenant Coalition: March Meeting [Preview]
Our monthly Coalition meeting is back this Saturday, March 11th! We’ll be joined by tenant lawyer Visnja Vujica and organizer Dubois Thomas to discuss how repairs enforcement really works in NYC: What’s supposed to happen. What really happens. How you can get real repairs anyway. Ways the city could force landlords to make repairsContinueContinue reading “Flatbush Tenant Coalition: March Meeting [Preview]”
FTC Shows ‘UNITY’ As Benefit Brunch Draws Hundreds in Brooklyn
On Saturday, February 18th, 2017, Flatbush Tenant Coalition (FTC) welcomed more than 350 tenant leaders, family, friends, and neighbors to our 2nd Annual U.N.I.T.Y. Benefit Brunch where guests enjoyed a beautiful space; delicious food; amazing music; powerful presentations and so much more! Most importantly, we DOUBLED our fundraising from last year!! The exciting program was carried outContinueContinue reading “FTC Shows ‘UNITY’ As Benefit Brunch Draws Hundreds in Brooklyn”
NYC Tenants Celebrate Historic “Right To Counsel” Victory
Yesterday, tenant groups across the city won an epic victory for tenant rights: Mayor de Blasio and Speaker Mark-Viveritto announced they will pass legislation giving every low-income NYC tenant the right to a lawyer in housing court eviction cases! This campaign, years in the making, was spearheaded by CASA (our allies in the Bronx) andContinueContinue reading “NYC Tenants Celebrate Historic “Right To Counsel” Victory”
You’re Invited: Flatbush Tenant Coalition Presents 2nd Annual U.N.I.T.Y. Benefit Brunch
Join the Flatbush Tenant Coalition on Saturday, Feb. 18th from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. for our second annual U.N.I.T.Y. Benefit Brunch! With our 2017 U.N.I.T.Y. Benefit Brunch just TEN DAYS away — we’re excited to celebrate our hard work and successes building tenant power together with our leaders, members, allies, and elected officials! TheContinueContinue reading “You’re Invited: Flatbush Tenant Coalition Presents 2nd Annual U.N.I.T.Y. Benefit Brunch”
NYC Tenants, Elected Officials, Advocates Testify in Defense of Rent Freeze
Flatbush Tenant Coalition Opposes RSA Lawsuit As you might know, a few months ago the deceptively-named Rent Stabilization Association (RSA) — the biggest LANDLORD lobby group in NYC — sued the Rent Guidelines Board (RGB) over our hard-won rent freeze. The RSA claims the rent freeze is illegal because the RGB has no right toContinueContinue reading “NYC Tenants, Elected Officials, Advocates Testify in Defense of Rent Freeze”
Flatbush Tenant Coalition Joins Historic Women’s March on Washington
Flatbush Tenant Coalition (FTC) leaders made GLOBAL history this weekend! https://www.facebook.com/FlatbushTenantCoalition/videos/1382313231842481/ Together with MILLIONS of people across the country and across the world, FTC took to the streets of our nation’s capital this past Saturday (Jan. 21st, 2017), marching in solidarity to let the world and our new administration know that we will never stop fighting forContinueContinue reading “Flatbush Tenant Coalition Joins Historic Women’s March on Washington”
January Meeting Recap: FTC Discusses Racial Justice & Housing in the New Political Era
Back in 2016, we bulked up our organizing muscles: stopped the revival of the 421-a tax break, won the 1st-ever meeting of the Brooklyn Housing Court and a 2nd historic rent freeze, and more! Here in 2017, we’re flexing those muscles & showing them off! The Flatbush Tenant Coalition started the new year on aContinueContinue reading “January Meeting Recap: FTC Discusses Racial Justice & Housing in the New Political Era”
2016: A Year of Building Tenant Power
F-T-see ya later, 2016! What a year it was: 2016 will likely go down in the history books as one of the most pivotal of our time. Amidst the turmoil, our Coalition leaders have intensified the fight for justice. Take a look at some of our hard-won victories and our progress last year: Winning aContinueContinue reading “2016: A Year of Building Tenant Power”
Moving Forward, Together: Flatbush Tenants, Community Members Gather for Special Post-Election Convening on Human Rights & Organizing
As the new presidency draws closer, we already see the America it wants to create: increased repression, racism, sexism, fear, and hate. On Saturday, December 10th, 2016, more than 80 Flatbush Tenant Coalition leaders & members packed inside Baptist Church of the Redeemer for our first post-election meeting — a Special Convening on Human Rights and Organizing inContinueContinue reading “Moving Forward, Together: Flatbush Tenants, Community Members Gather for Special Post-Election Convening on Human Rights & Organizing”
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