1008 Cortelyou Road
From rallying to improve Ditmas Park apartment buildings plagued by horrific conditions [/blog/news/public-advocate-charges-ditmas-park-landlord-one-worst-city-tenants-call-change] to urging legislators and candidates to focus on affordable housing in our area [/blog/news/in-bid-against-each-other-candidates-agree-the-affordable-
jon kest
Gathering Saturday morning on Nevins Street between Flatbush and Livingston, where Jon Kest [/blog/2014/07/14/nevins-street-block-co-named-for-workers-rights-advocate-jon-kest/] helped lead a movement to better the lives of the poor and working class in New York City, elected officials and community
jon kest
Late Brooklynite, Working Families Party [http://workingfamilies.org/states/new-york/] founder, and New York Communities for Change [http://www.nycommunities.org] Executive Director Jon Kest was one of 63 immensely important New Yorkers honored last week [http://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/339-14/mayor-de-
Jessie Streich-Kest
Jon Kest, father to Jake and Jessie Streich-Kest [/blog/neighbors/jessie-streich-kest-memorial] and husband to Fran Streich, neighbor, Executive Director at New York Communities for Change, former director of New York ACORN, a leader in the Working Families Party and seasoned community organizer, passed away last night.