MEDIA ADVISORY : Wed., Sept. 18 presser 5:30 pm before Fight For NYCHA town hall

Join us Wed. night at 5:30 pm at PS 33 at 281 9th Ave., Manhattan, for a press conference.

MEDIA ADVISORY

Contact : Marni Halasa, (917) 501-9444, team@mg.fightfornycha.org

NYCHA Tenants, Activists to Hold Press Conference Before Sept. 18 Fight For NYCHA Town Hall

[NEW YORK, NY, Sept. 17] ---- NYCHA tenants, tenant activists, and civic leaders will hold a press conference before the start of the Fight For NYCHA town hall on Wednesday night to make the case that the money exists to preserve and expand public housing in New York City. Speakers will propose a People's Budget to raise the money to fully-fund NYCHA.

DATE : Wednesday, 18-Sept-2019

TIME : 5:30 pm

PLACE : PS 33, 281 9th Ave. (Btwn. 26 and 27th Aves.), Manhattan

RSVP : Town Hall to Fully-Fund NYCHA [Facebook]

DOCUMENT : People's Budget [Archive・org]

Speakers at the press conference will repeat past demands : (i). to stop any demolition of public housing, including at Fulton Houses ; (ii). to stop any RAD conversion of NYCHA, including at Fulton Houses ; (iii). to oppose any sale of air rights ; and (iv). to demand that New York City Government keep public housing public. Immediately following the press conference, organisers will facilitate a town hall meeting to discuss the People's Budget.

PLEASE NOTE : Civil Rights Attorney Norman Siegel has resigned as counsel for Fight For NYCHA. We are looking for a new civil rights attorney.

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.

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Fight For NYCHA Labor Day Protest : Daniel Dromm : Put NYCHA in the City Budget

Fight For NYCHA Labor Day Protest : Daniel Dromm : Put NYCHA in the City Budget

Join us a for a Labor Day protest at the District Office of New York City Councilmember Daniel Dromm.

As chair of the City Council Finance Committee, Dromm drafts the New York City Budget. But for the 2020 Fiscal Year budget, Dromm threw NYCHA under the bus, bc, even though NYCHA is in a crisis, facing a $32 billion deficit in its capital improvement budget, Dromm left NYCHA out of the $92.8 billion budget deal reached with Mayor Bill de Blasio and Council Speaker Corey Johnson.

We are protesting Dromm, bc Fulton Houses faces demolition, particularly if Mayor de Blasio and NYCHA issue a Request For Proposal next month.

DATE : Monday, 02-Sept-2019

TIME : 1 - 2 pm

PLACE : 37-32 75th St., Jackson Heights, Queens

RSVP : Daniel Dromm : Put NYCHA in the City Budget [Facebook]

Dromm claims he supports diversity, but he turns his back on POC, who make up 90 per cent. of NYCHA tenants.

Dromm claims he knows oppression, and, as a result, he identifies with people of color. However, Dromm has kept quiet as Mayor de Blasio has proposed to convert public housing under a HUD program known as Rental Assistance Demonstration, or RAD. RAD has been shown to lead to spikes in evictions. Because 90 per cent. of NYCHA tenants are people of color, there is a disparate impact of the negative aspects of RAD conversion on people of color.

Recent media reports

• Hundreds of NYCHA Evictions Raise Questions About Process, 14 August 2019 [City Limits]


• HUD proposes rule setting higher bar for housing discrimination claims, 16 August 2019 [POLITICO]

Fight For NYCHA is a collective of tenants, activists, artists, and advocates, who are supporting NYCHA 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.

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