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On Monday, December 12, 2016, Flatbush Tenant Coalition leaders joined Council Member Jumaane D. Williams and other advocates for a press conference on the steps of City Hall demanding that New York City raise day & night-time temperatures inside residential dwellings. The press conference was called by Council Member Williams in support of his “#HeatMeUp bill,” otherwiseContinueContinue reading “Warm for the Holidays: Flatbush Tenants Join Rally for Increased Temperatures in Apartment Buildings”

Our November 5th Coalition meeting, facilitated by Tenant Leader Beverly Rivers, included campaign updates, tenants rights trivia with our friend & ally Beth Baltimore of Legal Services NYC, and powerful testimonies of resiliency and tenant power! Flatbush Tenant Coalition – Monthly Meeting – November 5th, 2016 Our wonderful tenant leader, Beverly Rivers kept our November meetingContinueContinue reading “November Meeting Recap: Building Tenant Power by “Knowing Our Rights” & Sharing Our Stories”

Groups Urge Council to Pass Three Bills Critical to Protecting Tenants from Landlord Harassment and Intimidation New York, NY – Over 200 New Yorkers along with the Stabilizing NYC Coalition (SNYC), Stand for Tenant Safety Coalition (STS), and City Council members converged on Monday in front of City Hall to demand the City Council passContinueContinue reading “Hundreds of NYC Tenants Demand NYC Council to Pass Bills Condemning Predatory Equity Landlords”

We’re getting ready for an exciting and informative Coalition meeting, this Saturday, Nov. 5th at 9:45 a.m. inside Baptist Church of the Redeemer (1921 Cortelyou Road at Ocean Ave). We’ll meet with tenant attorneys from Brooklyn Legal Services to discuss what every rent stabilized tenant should know about their rights! This session will not onlyContinueContinue reading “Flatbush Tenant Coalition: November Meeting [Preview]”

A message from the Flatbush Tenant Coalition: This Halloween, Monday, October 31st we’re sending a message to City Hall: it’s time to stop Predatory Equity Corporations in their tracks.   These ‘corporate bloodsuckers’ have squeezed thousands of affordable, rent-stabilized homes out of our community and made tens of thousands of families homeless.   At 9 a.m.ContinueContinue reading “NYC Tenants Plan Halloween Rally To Stop Predatory Equity ‘Corporate Bloodsuckers’”

Worst Landlord Watchlist Public Advocate Letitia “Tish” James released an official Landlord Watchlist on Thursday, October 13th. The list includes the buildings owned by the New York City’s 100 “worst” landlords. According to the Public Advocate’s website, landlords are ranked on the list based upon the number of violations issued to their buildings by theContinueContinue reading “NYC’s ‘Worst Landlord’ Has a Foothold in Flatbush, FTC Leaders Respond With Facts”

This past Saturday, October 8th, more than 50 of our tenant leaders gathered inside Baptist Church of the Redeemer to discuss campaign plans and learn more about New York City Community Boards. Local community boards: here we come!! First, we did an exercise to find each of our community districts on a map and identified them asContinueContinue reading “October Meeting Recap: Learning About Community Boards and Pressing Forward in our Campaigns”

Ready or not, the fall season is upon us! Here’s a quick recap of the Flatbush Tenant Coalition’s busy yet rewarding September: Renters National Day of Action Flatbush Tenant Coalition leaders numbered among more than 150 people gathered on September 22nd in front of the Barclays Center in downtown Brooklyn to protest the impact of gentrificationContinueContinue reading “Powering Through the Fall: Flatbush Tenant Leaders in Action”