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STATEMENT: Housing Justice for All Demands Lawmakers Stand Up to Real Estate
“Reinstating perverse incentives to harass tenants would be a capitulation to the real estate industry’s greed and a slap in the face to tenants” NEW YORK – As negotiations on a comprehensive housing package in the state budget head into…
13 Arrested as 200+ Tenants, Public Advocate Protest Real Estate Industry’s Obstruction of Affordable Housing
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…
STATEMENT: Housing Justice for All Blasts Real Estate Industry For Blocking Housing Package
“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…
BREAKING: Courts Uphold Kingston’s Rent Rollback, in a Massive Victory for Tenants
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…
Housing Justice for All Reacts to One House Budget Proposals
“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…