Letters Archives - Housing Justice for All

100+ Faith Leaders Call on Governor and Legislative Leaders to Extend and Amend the NY State Eviction Moratorium

Following the recent Supreme Court decisions striking down the NY State and Federal eviction moratoriums, faith leaders across denomination call on Governor Hochul, Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins and Speaker Carl Heastie to immediately reconvene the state legislature to amend and extend the eviction moratorium. Elected Officials, NYC Eviction Marshals and Sheriffs Upstate Who Perform Evictions, and …

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100+ Faith Leaders Call on Governor and Legislative Leaders to Extend and Amend the NY State Eviction Moratorium

Letters / By Sumathy Kumar

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Advocates Demand Immediate Reforms to the Emergency Rent Relief Assistance Program (ERAP)

Letters / By Cea Weaver

July 9, 2021 Dear Governor Cuomo: As community organizations and elected officials representing tenants across New York State, we are writing to demand immediate reforms to the implementation of the statewide Emergency Rent Relief Assistance Program (ERAP) that launched on June 1st. From day one, the implementation of the Emergency Rent Relief Assistance Program (ERAP) …

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New York’s Leading Labor Leaders Call on Albany To Enact The Emergency Housing Stability and Displacement Prevention Act

Letters / By Housing Justice for All

Key Legislation Would Protect Hundreds of Thousands of New Yorkers From Residential and Commercial Eviction

Our Response to HCR’s “COVID-19 Rent Relief”

Letters / By Housing Justice for All

Members of the Housing Justice For All Coalition issued a letter today to New York’s Division of Homes & Community Renewal (DHCR) urging the State Housing Agency to extend the application deadline for an additional four weeks for the COVID-19 Rent Relief Program.

Response to SHARP

Letters / By Housing Justice for All

We know that rent assistance is the most immediate way to help New Yorkers escape homelessness and those at risk of homelessness, avoid eviction.

Eliminate 421-a and 485-a; Fully fund public housing

Letters / By Housing Justice for All

Public housing across the state is in severe disrepair, yet our state keeps funneling billions in subsidies and tax breaks to corporate landlords and developers.

Urgent Letter to Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins and Speaker Heastie from the Upstate/Downstate Housing Alliance and the Housing Justice For All Campaign

Letters / By Housing Justice for All

We are writing with urgency as session comes to a close and the State legislature is negotiating tenants’ rights in New York.

Letter from Faith Leaders to Gov Cuomo, State Senate Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins and Assembly Speaker Heastie:

Letters / By Housing Justice for All

As leaders of faith communities from across the state, we are called to stand with the most vulnerable among us – New Yorkers who can barely afford to live here anymore.

letter to Governor Andrew Cuomo, Leader Andrea Stewart Cousins, and Speaker Carl Heastie from the Upstate-DownState Housing Alliance

Letters / By Housing Justice for All

We’ll get right to the point: the landlord lobby and real-estate industry have wielded too much power in state government for way too long.