Announcements
Flatbush Tenant Coalition housing justice march in 2014. (Photo: Ditmas Park Corner)The Flatbush Tenant Coalition (FTC) [https://flatbushtenantcoalition.wordpress.com] is hosting a town hall meeting tonight to “bring awareness about the rampant and destructive proliferation of predatory equity in the Flatbush community.” This meeting is for tenants living
Announcements
Flatbush Tenant Coalition housing justice march in 2014. (Photo: Ditmas Park Corner)The Flatbush Tenant Coalition (FTC) [https://flatbushtenantcoalition.wordpress.com] is hosting a town hall meeting tonight to “bring awareness about the rampant and destructive proliferation of predatory equity in the Flatbush community.” This meeting is for tenants living
barbecue
Image via the Flatbush Tenant Coalition [https://www.facebook.com/FlatbushTenantCoalition/photos/a.486367641437049.1073741826.268117579928724/885835788156897/?type=1&theater] This Saturday, August 22, bring a food dish and your friends and head over to Prospect Park for a barbecue to celebrate all the hard work done by our
Politics
Image via Public Advocate Letitia James.The state’s laws regulating rent increases and eviction policies for the more than two million New Yorkers who live in rent-regulated housing — including thousands of our neighbors [/blog/2015/02/02/local-pols-slam-city-property-tax-exemption-program-saying-fuels-gentrification/] — expired Monday night after Albany lawmakers could not reach an agreement
Politics
Facing the 23-story development that looms over the row of delis, pharmacies, and other mom-and-pop shops that line Flatbush Avenue, more than 100 people gathered at 626 Flatbush Avenue Thursday morning to protest the 421-a [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/hpd/developers/tax-incentives-421a.page] tax exemption program that neighbors said
Brad Lander
Councilman Jumaane Williams at the hearing he led Thursday on the 421-a property tax exemption program. Photo by William Alatriste/NYC Council [https://www.flickr.com/photos/nyccouncil/16398315345/]Local legislators slammed the city’s 421-a property tax exemption program [http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/developers/ahp.shtml]
2010 Newkirk Avenue
Raising a clenched fist, Public Advocate Letitia James stood amongst Newkirk Avenue tenants who, for years, have lived in a building plagued by cracked and collapsed ceilings, mold, rodents, and bugs, and yelled, “We need action!” “We’ll contact the mayor’s administration and let them know 2010 Newkirk Avenue
20th Senate District
Gripping a microphone in the basement of the Flatbush-Tompkins Congregational Church [/blog/events/flatbush-tompkins-congregational-church-to-rededicate-sanctuary-after-last-years-ceiling-collapse] Saturday morning, neighbors who have for decades put down roots in our community – who have raised families here, who have built it from the ground up – asked the line of political candidates before them what they
Flatbush Tenant Coalition
Whether you’re a homeowner or renter, housing in New York City is rough on a lot of us. 56% of readers said in a recent poll that more than a third of their income [/blog/real-estate/what-percentage-of-your-income-goes-to-housing-costs] was dedicated to housing costs, neighbors are downright disgusted [/blog/real-estate/ditmas-park-rental-roundup-36#
brooklyn housing court
You may have heard the horror stories of neighbors’ experiences in Brooklyn Housing Court [https://www.nycourts.gov/courts/nyc/housing/adminKingsHsg.shtml] –outdated procedures, inadequate translation services, a system heavily biased towards landlords, and a crumbling building–or maybe you’ve been unfortunate enough to experience it for yourself.
CAMBA
Considering making a charitable donation before the clock strikes 12 tomorrow night? From tenants’ rights to animal advocacy to accessible healthcare and more, here are ten groups doing great work right in our neighborhood–so you’ll know your contribution is supporting and improving your own community. * The Bonnie Youth
affordable housing
This Saturday’s City Council Candidate Forum, held by the Flatbush Tenant Coalition [http://flatbushtenantcoalition.wordpress.com/], featured incumbent and prospective Council Members from Districts 40, 41, and 45, and drew a crowd of local tenants who wanted to know what those candidates could do for them. District 40 candidates