Cooper Square Gala Monday Night
Steve Herrick, executive director of the Cooper Square Committee, passed along info about the organization’s big gala coming up Monday night: The Cooper Square Committee, a non-profit tenants rights...
View ArticleRent Regulations: Affordable Housing Advocates Respond
As lawmakers in Albany wrangle over the final details of new legislation to replace the rent regulations that expired June 15, politicians and community leaders are weighing in on the pros and cons....
View ArticleCooper Square Committee Plans Protest at Today’s Cooper Union Inauguration
Image via: Popsugar. We received an email overnight from the Cooper Square Committee, which has been fighting to save the St. Mark’s Bookshop. They’re using today’s inauguration of Jamshed Bharucha,...
View ArticleBuilding Renovations at 210 Rivington, 102 Norfolk Create Tenant-Landlord...
210 Rivington St. On the outside, nothing seems especially unusual about this 6-story walk-up building at 210 Rivington St. But inside, this 20-unit property with ground floor retail is undergoing a...
View ArticleOpinion | Harassment of Lower East Side Tenants Illustrates Desperate Need...
309 East 8th St., where Pinter Lives, is one of Croman’s many East Village/Lower East Side holdings The following opinion piece was submitted by Robert Pinter, a longtime Lower East Side resident....
View ArticleTenants of 118 East 4th St. Are Back in Court to Battle Kushner
118 East 4th St. Photo via Streeteasy. Tenants of 118 East 4th St. are back in New York City Housing Court this morning in their continuing battle with landlord Jared Kushner. They’re being backed up...
View ArticleSamy Mahfar Settles Tenant Lawsuits; Residents Due $205,000 in Rent Abatements
Tenants and advocacy organizations held a protest outside 210 Rivington St. in December of 2014. A lengthy battle between Lower East Side property owner Samy Mahfar and residents in four buildings is...
View ArticleTenants of 159 Stanton St. File Lawsuit Against Landlord Steve Croman (Updated)
Tenants of 159 Stanton St. hold up photos showing conditions inside their building. Tenants at 159 Stanton St. have filed a lawsuit in housing court against Steve Croman, the controversial landlord...
View ArticleLocal Tenants and Activists Demand Changes in Signature Bank’s Lending Practices
Protest outside Signature Bank meeting, April 25, 2018. Photos courtesy of ANHD. Activist groups in New York City have a long history of fighting back against landlords intent on pushing out rent...
View ArticleSteve Croman’s Tenants Deliver a Message They Hope He’ll Receive in Prison
Local activists hang a banner from 141 Ridge St. Photo courtesy of Cooper Square Committee. Notorious Manhattan landlord Steven Croman isn’t expected to be released from prison until next month, but...
View ArticleSomeone Really Doesn’t Like This “Illegal Hotel” Mural on First Street
A mural in First Street Green Art Park taking aim at illegal hotel operators has been vandalized for a second time since local residents began creating it in early May. On June 27, the residents of...
View ArticleRent Regulations: Affordable Housing Advocates Respond
As lawmakers in Albany wrangle over the final details of new legislation to replace the rent regulations that expired June 15, politicians and community leaders are weighing in on the pros and cons....
View ArticleCooper Square Committee Plans Protest at Today’s Cooper Union Inauguration
Image via: Popsugar. We received an email overnight from the Cooper Square Committee, which has been fighting to save the St. Mark’s Bookshop. They’re using today’s inauguration of Jamshed Bharucha,...
View ArticleBuilding Renovations at 210 Rivington, 102 Norfolk Create Tenant-Landlord...
210 Rivington St. On the outside, nothing seems especially unusual about this 6-story walk-up building at 210 Rivington St. But inside, this 20-unit property with ground floor retail is undergoing a...
View ArticleOpinion | Harassment of Lower East Side Tenants Illustrates Desperate Need...
309 East 8th St., where Pinter Lives, is one of Croman’s many East Village/Lower East Side holdings The following opinion piece was submitted by Robert Pinter, a longtime Lower East Side resident....
View ArticleTenants of 118 East 4th St. Are Back in Court to Battle Kushner
118 East 4th St. Photo via Streeteasy. Tenants of 118 East 4th St. are back in New York City Housing Court this morning in their continuing battle with landlord Jared Kushner. They’re being backed up...
View ArticleSamy Mahfar Settles Tenant Lawsuits; Residents Due $205,000 in Rent Abatements
Tenants and advocacy organizations held a protest outside 210 Rivington St. in December of 2014. A lengthy battle between Lower East Side property owner Samy Mahfar and residents in four buildings is...
View ArticleTenants of 159 Stanton St. File Lawsuit Against Landlord Steve Croman (Updated)
Tenants of 159 Stanton St. hold up photos showing conditions inside their building. Tenants at 159 Stanton St. have filed a lawsuit in housing court against Steve Croman, the controversial landlord...
View ArticleLocal Tenants and Activists Demand Changes in Signature Bank’s Lending Practices
Protest outside Signature Bank meeting, April 25, 2018. Photos courtesy of ANHD. Activist groups in New York City have a long history of fighting back against landlords intent on pushing out rent...
View ArticleSteve Croman’s Tenants Deliver a Message They Hope He’ll Receive in Prison
Local activists hang a banner from 141 Ridge St. Photo courtesy of Cooper Square Committee. Notorious Manhattan landlord Steven Croman isn’t expected to be released from prison until next month, but...
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