Monday, February 17, 2020

How long do we have to save public housing ? Fight For NYCHA Updates



Fight For NYCHA editorial in the New York Daily News : RAD is a raw deal for NYCHA we must refuse.

Fight For NYCHA - Updates




The Daily News publishes our editorial


Many groups have now jumped on the cause of saving public housing in New York City. But few dare to stand up to Mayor Bill de Blasio, the man primarily responsible for strong-arming tenants into becoming part of Rental Assistance Demonstration (''RAD''), the federal government program that moves public housing into private management. RAD hikes rents and fuels evictions. Find out how U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman let down NYCHA tenants and what a large nonprofit did to prop up a politician guilty of turning his back on NYCHA residents. There is a real danger that Mayor de Blasio will end public housing as we know it. We urge New Yorkers of goodwill to join us to save NYCHA.



An updated People's Budget was adopted at the Fight For NYCHA town hall meeting



The guest speakers at our town hall meeting included Lindsey Boylan, Howie Hawkins, and Michael Sussman.


The update to the People's Budget consisted of adding : (i) the conservative estimated cost of developing Sunnyside Yards and (ii) U.S. Rep. Nydia Velazquez's bill (H.R. 4546), the latter which would fund capital repairs at NYCHA, showing that over $440 billion is available for new Government policy on housing, justice, and dignity. The People's Budget is a package of ideas for legislation that will raise taxes on the rich and reallocate funds from gentrification development plans to fully-fund public housing and forge new Government policy based on justice and dignity.



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Fight For NYCHA need your support


Fight For NYCHA have announced plans to begin direct action, if necessary, to stop Mayor de Blasio's plans to expand RAD to NYCHA. We are looking for immediate fiscal sponsors. If you are able, please consider making a donation to our supplies expense Go Fund Me. Stay tuned for our next announcement of a direct action planning workshop.



Fight For NYCHA is a collective of tenants, activists, artists, and advocates, who are providing technical support to NYCHA tenants to self-determine the future of public houisng in New York City. We oppose 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. Learn more about our People's Budget to fully-fund NYCHA.


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Tuesday, February 4, 2020

Fight For NYCHA - Town Hall Wednesday Night



Fight For NYCHA holds a very important Town Hall meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 5 at 6:30 at P.S. 33 in Chelsea.

Fight For NYCHA - Town Hall




Three, Special Guest Speakers


Fight For NYCHA holds a very important Town Hall meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 5 at 6:30 at P.S. 33 in Chelsea. We are providing updates regarding :



  • Our lawsuit ;

  • The People's Budget ; and

  • Funding bills and legislation.


R.S.V.P.


Date : Wed., Feb. 5, 2020


Time : 6:30 p.m.


Place : P.S. 33, 281 9th Ave., Chelsea


R.S.V.P. Fight For NYCHA - Town Hall [Facebook]


Guest speakers


We will have special guest speakers !



  • Michael Sussman, our new counsel and the famed civil rights attorney, who won the legal fight to overturn the Inwood neighborhood rezoning ;

  • Howie Hawkins, a 2020 Green Party presidential candidate ; and

  • Lindsey Boylan, a 2020 Democratic Party Congressional candidate running in NY's 10th District.


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  • The de Blasio administration has no plan for people evicted from #NYCHA due to #RAD conversion. RAD supporter Ritchie Torres concern trolls the issue of evictions at 572 Warren Street (Warren Street Houses) by saying the City has no plan to deal with it, and he callously suggests that the City may not legally offer amnesty to people not on NYCHA Section 9 public housing leases. Another RAD supporter and candidate for the Queens Borough President special election in March, Donovan Richards, said the The Legal Aid Society met with tenants at Ocean Bay Apartments but admits that Legal Aid's assistance did not stop evictions. Legal Aid, the nonprofit giant, also comes under fire for failing public housing residents. "They know that #RAD is an eviction machine," said a #FightForNYCHA member. NYC public housing residents fear privatization of buildings [The New York Daily News]

  • RAD conversion of Section 9 public housing leads to an audit, and residents not listed on the residential lease may face eviction. What will happen to NYCHA's hidden population under RAD ? [Red Hook Star-Revue]

  • NYCHA releases the form of its RAD Lease, an agreement that appears to preclude residents from suing RAD Landlords and NYCHA over repairs and injuries. DOCUMENT DROP : RAD Lease shows that NYCHA residents are forced to accept apartments "as is," waiving implied warranty of habitability [Progress New York]



Fight For NYCHA is a collective of tenants, activists, artists, and advocates, who are providing technical support to NYCHA tenants to self-determine the future of public houisng in New York City. We oppose 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. Learn more about our People's Budget to fully-fund NYCHA.


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