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Aug 10

City Cuts Funding for Tenant Lawyers Who Combat Landlord Harassment, Building Violations

Read more at City Limits By Jeanmarie Evelly . Published August 9, 2024 Legal service providers who aid tenants through the city’s...

Jul 31

Which upstate cities are adopting ‘good cause’ eviction and rent control?

Read at City & State By Austin C. Jefferson | July 29, 2024 Over the last few years, the state has passed new laws allowing upstate New...

Jun 19

Poughkeepsie unanimously votes to enact rent stabilization

Read in the Times Union POUGHKEEPSIE — The Dutchess County seat became the third city north of New York City’s suburbs to opt into the...

Jun 19

Poughkeepsie Common Council approves rent stabilization mechanism

Read in the Mid-Hudson News POUGHKEEPSIE – In a unanimous vote Tuesday evening, the Poughkeepsie Common Council adopted the Emergency...

Jun 18

Poughkeepsie city council gears up for vote on rent control

Listen on WAMC Northeast Public Radio The Poughkeepsie Common Council is expected to vote Tuesday on whether to opt into rent control...

May 8

Poughkeepsie council weighs opting into rent stabilization under Emergency Tenant Protection Act

Poughkeepsie's Common Council held a public hearing on Tuesday to see if the city should opt in to the Emergency Tenant Protection Act....

Apr 16

Vacancy study shows Poughkeepsie can declare housing emergency under ETPA

"I've lived in Poughkeepsie for more than 40 years, and I live in a building that would be eligible for rent stabilization," said...

Apr 16

Independent report finds Poughkeepsie is eligible for rent stabilization

Watch at News12 Hudson Valley The Poughkeepsie Common Council unanimously approved putting up a public hearing to determine the future of...

Mar 26

As Second NYCHA ‘Trust’ Vote Gets Underway, Bronx Seniors Weigh Their Options

By Tatyana Turner. Published March 26, 2024 While dozens of eligible voters are currently dispersed around the city, Bronx River...

Mar 18

Latimer takes victory lap as Westchester county executive's congressional primary looms

Following the speech, Juanita Lewis, executive director of the grassroots group, Community Voices Heard, said the county had failed to...

Mar 16

East Harlem tenants sue ‘slumlord’ over deplorable conditions, stolen money

An East Harlem landlord is allegedly stealing money, forcing poor living conditions and putting people’s lives in danger, a group of...

Mar 15

Un edificio en Harlem está siendo “devorado” por las ratas: inquilinos demandan al ‘landlord’

Lamentablemente no es un hecho aislado. Son condiciones que se multiplican por mil, en cada rincón de la Gran Manzana. Pero este jueves...

Mar 14

Harlem Tenants Sue 'Predatory' Landlord

HARLEM, NY — Nearly 40 East Harlem tenants from five buildings have filed a lawsuit against their "predatory" landlord, claiming that he...

Mar 14

NYC tenants file lawsuit against landlord, allege theft of security deposits

EAST HARLEM, Manhattan (PIX11) — East Harlem tenant Tom Crawford’s wayward window requires duct tape to stay shut. It’s just one of the...

Mar 14

Demandan por presuntas violaciones graves de vivienda en East Harlem

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Mar 14

East Harlem tenants sue landlord over 'unbearable' living conditions

EAST HARLEM - Dozens of tenants of an apartment building in East Harlem say they are fed up with their landlord and are taking him to...

Mar 7

Public Housing Residents Demand $5 Billion in State Funding

Tenants and advocates say the funding would repair 25,000 apartments and help cover outstanding rent arrears accumulated during the...

Mar 5

Juanita Lewis - Moving People Along a Spectrum

With the release of our new Fundamentals of Community Organizing pamphlet, we are having a series of conversations with organizers about...

Feb 21

NYCHA’s Second ‘Trust’ Vote Poses Unique Challenge: Scattered Tenants

But Community Voices Heard (CVH), an organization that received funding from U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer to conduct pre-vote outreach, has...

Feb 20

Supreme Court won’t hear landlords’ challenge to New York rent stabilization, but keeps door open

After surviving challenges in two federal courts, New York's rent stabilization law was spared a third round of argument at the Supreme...