“Individual Apartment Improvements are eviction bonuses that put a target on the backs of tenants” ALBANY, NY – In response to comments from Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins indicating that changes to Individual Apartment Improvements will be in the budget deal, Housing Justice for All, a statewide coalition of more than 80 organizations that represents […]
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Tenants fed up with real estate industry for killing New York with rent hikes, evictions, and gentrification Real estate industry is blocking a housing package in Albany that would make NY housing more affordable NEW YORK, NY – Over two hundred tenants and Public Advocate Jumaane Williams blocked the entrance to the headquarters of the
“The real estate industry is holding our state hostage” NEW YORK – In response to ongoing negotiations on a comprehensive housing package in the state budget, Housing Justice for All, a statewide coalition of more than 80 organizations that represents tenants and homeless New Yorkers, released the following statement from Cea Weaver, Coalition Director. “The
Kingston tenants won the first 15% rent rollback in 2022 amidst escalating rent crisis Kingston, Newburgh first upstate cities to opt into rent stabilization; Poughkeepsie, Ithaca, Albany, Rochester may soon follow ALBANY – The Appellate Court, Third Department – the second highest court in the state – upheld the Kingston Rent Guidelines Board’s decision to
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“Promises of “tenant protections” or “principles of Good Cause Eviction” will not be enough for the hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers struggling to keep a roof over their heads.” NEW YORK – In response to the Senate’s and Assembly’s one-house budget resolutions, Housing Justice for All, a statewide coalition of more than 80 organizations
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Good Cause as written would protect renters across New York State from unjust evictions — watered down Good Cause would limit protections to New York City only Half of non-NYC tenants currently pay +30% of income on rent New York, NY –A new analysis released by Housing Justice for All today reveals that at least
New York – Today, the United States Supreme Court declined to hear two cases on New York’s rent stabilization system, effectively ending real estate’s challenge to the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019 and ensuring that rent stabilization will continue to keep New York families in their homes. The decision comes as a
NEW YORK – Housing Justice for All, a statewide coalition of more than 80 organizations representing tenants and homeless New Yorkers, released the following statement in response to Governor Hochul’s proposed budget. The statement below can be attributed to Cea Weaver, Campaign Coordinator of Housing Justice for All: “New York’s affordability crisis starts and ends
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“New Yorkers deserve better than corrupt leaders in the pocket of the real estate industry.” NEW YORK – Housing Justice for All, released the following statement in response to the FBI raid of Brianna Suggs, a registered lobbyist for the real estate industry and Mayor Eric Adams’s chief fundraiser. Mark Caller, a developer and significant
Collapse of deal is “proof that too many lawmakers in Albany answer first and foremost to their real estate donors – not to their constituents.” NEW YORK – Following Albany leaders’ failure to reach a deal on a housing package in the final hours of the state legislative session, Housing Justice for All released the
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