FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact : Louis Flores, (347) 551-2299, team@mg.fightfornycha.org
Demand $32 billion for NYCHA : First protest set to #FindTheMoneyNow to #KeepPublicHousingPublic
25 May 2019 (New York) - Tenants of the Fulton Houses public housing development in Chelsea, members of Fight For NYCHA, and allies will be holding a protest at New York City Hall to demand that New York City Council reäppropriate the $10 billion from the capital budget for new jails and instead redirect those monies to the New York City Housing Authority, or NYCHA. Tenants are also calling for the New York City Council to hold hearings to establish a corporate income tax for corporations of a certain size that operate in New York City. These monies are being demanded to fully-fund NYCHA so as to avoid Mayor Bill de Blasio's plans to put NYCHA into the hands of private landlords.
DATE : Wednesday, 29 May 2019
TIME : 10 am
PLACE : Western Gate to New York City Hall
RSVP : Demand $32 billion for NYCHA [Facebook]
Since NYCHA is comprised of 90% Black and Latinx families, this means that the politicians are making a political calculation that they can exploit public housing tenants. Politicians, who support the plans announced by Mayor de Blasio to demolish public housing apartment buildings and to put public housing into the hands of private landlords, are keeping quiet about the racial implications of their actions or support. This is wrong.
Fight For NYCHA is a collective of tenants, activists, artists, and advocates, who are protesting Mayor Bill de Blasio's plan to put 1/3 of NYCHA into the hands of private landlords. We reject Mayor de Blasio's proposal because the money exists to save NYCHA. We just have to change our priorities.
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