Saturday, February 9, 2019

HAPPENING TOMORROW : Feb. 10 Rally at City Hall and March to U.S. Attorney's Office to save NYCHA



Reminder : Feb. 10 Rally at City Hall and March to U.S. Attorney's Office to save NYCHA


Mayor Bill de Blasio (D-NYC) has proposed to sell up to 62,000 public housing apartments in a scheme that would allow private real estate developers and investors to buy into NYCHA. This plan, as corrupt as it is in many ways, won't be challenged by U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman, who, has offered a new, shoddy settlement to quickly get rid of his investigation of the lead poisoning crisis at NYCHA that is silent on the sale of 1/3 of NYCHA. Before Berman became the top Manhattan Federal prosecutor, he was Rudy Giuliani's former law partner. Questions exist whether U.S. Attorney Berman respects the public opinion that informed the creation of NYCHA. NYCHA was formed in 1934 during the Great Depression after Fiorello La Guardia campaigned for mayor with the promise to create Government housing. In 1934, delegates representing 750,000 workers adopted a resolution to treat housing construction and maintenance as a social good, not unlike public transportation and public education.*



Powerful men, who support Big Business elites, are turning a blind eye to the suffering of average people, who live in public housing. On top of dealing with lead poisoning, exposure to toxic mold, and no head in the winter, now public housing residents must confront private landlords, who only want want to churn through tenants as a way to get to deregulation. We say, not on our watch ! These decisions -- to keep throwing pennies on the dollar to public housing as a pretext to sell public housing -- are being made without our consent. This is wrong. We need to have a say -- so we can block any sale of NYCHA.


Shirley Chisholm said, "If they don't give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair." Bring a folding chair with you, if you can, to our rally.



With your help, we can save public housing.


Join us.


Fight For NYCHA



Fight For NYCHA, a collective of tenants, activists, artists, and advocates, who are protesting Mayor Bill de Blasio's announced proposal to sell 1/3 of NYCHA (62,000 apartments) to private real estate interests in order to "save" NYCHA. We reject Mayor de Blasio's proposal because the money exists to save NYCHA. We just have to change our priorities. Follow Fight For NYCHA on Facebook and Twitter.


* See PUBLIC HOUSING ASKED BY WORKERS ; Social Control Just as in Education Is Endorsed at Meeting of 80 Delegates. MAYOR AND POST FAVOR IT LaGuardia Tells Labor Council Federal Money Will Only Begin to Meet City's Needs., The New York Times (29 June 1934), https://www.nytimes.com/1934/06/29/archives/public-housing-asked-by-workers-social-control-just-as-in-education.html.



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