News and Updates
STATEMENT: Housing Justice for All Cautiously Optimistic Following Release of One-House Budgets
“Thanks to the tireless advocacy of tenants and homeless New Yorkers, the legislature today has for the first time indicated their support for Good Cause eviction protections” NEW YORK – In response to the release of the Assembly and Senate…
50+ Local NY Elected Officials Call On Albany to Pass Good Cause
Dear Governor Hochul, Speaker Heastie, and Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins, In recent months, a series of courts have struck down local Good Cause eviction laws in Newburgh, the City of Albany, and this week, in Poughkeepsie, ruling that the laws could…
STATEMENT: Housing Justice for All Responds to Overturning of Albany Local Good Cause Law
In response to the Albany Appellate Court’s decision to overturn the city’s Good Cause eviction protection law, Housing Justice for All Campaign Coordinator Cea Weaver and member groups responded with the following statements. The Appellate Division of the state Supreme…
100+ Faith Leaders Call on Gov. Hochul to Back Good Cause, HAVP
February 8, 2023 Governor Kathy HochulNYS Capitol BuildingAlbany, NY 12224 Dear Governor Hochul, We are writing as a coalition of faith-based leaders and advocates deeply alarmed about New York’s growing housing crisis, which is taking a deep toll on our…
STATEMENT: Housing Justice for All Responds to 2023 Executive Budget
“Hochul’s plan…is for real estate moguls, not working families” ALBANY – Housing Justice for All, a statewide coalition of more than 80 organizations that represents tenants and homeless New Yorkers, released the following statement from Campaign Coordinator Cea Weaver in…