Fight For NYCHA - Updates
March Against Racism and Austerity
Date : Saturday, May 30, 2020
Time : 1 p.m. starting time
Place : Meet at 9th Ave. and W. 27th St., Manhattan
R.S.V.P. : March Against Racism and Austerity [Facebook]
Austerity leads to racism
There is a convergence in the betrayal of public housing with the Coronavirus pandemic. Hospital closings led to disparities in healthcare outcomes, as we have seen during the Coronavirus outbreak. The refrigerator trucks are a sign that austerity leads to racism. Now, NYCHA residents are being used as guinea pigs for testing and contact tracing in order for politicians to dangerously fast-track the reopening of the economy.
We are targeting some politicians, who claims to experience oppression, but who have done nothing to end racism or austerity. The apartment houses of the specific politicians we will visit are : Christine Quinn, Corey Johnson, Deborah Glick, and Brad Hoylman — each of whom had a role in the closing and luxury condo conversion of the old St. Vincent's Hospital. They thought nothing of taking away a safety net hospital from us, and they have done nothing to fight austerity or racism, as evidenced by how public housing has been neglected on their watch — and in their district.
Stop ''pinkwashing'' austerity
An LGBTQ activist is taking the lead in the planning of this protest march, so this is not an attack on identity, but, rather, criticism on how politicians have used the experience of oppression for personal political gain — only to countenance the oppression of others.
Please be health-responsible
We ask everybody to wear a mask and gloves, and to observe social distancing for everybody's health. This march is about 25 blocks. The route is attached in an image.
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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