410 East 17th Street
Tenants outside 410 E. 17th Street (Photo by Shannon Geis/Ditmas Park Corner) Tenants of 410 E. 17th Street announced at a press conference Tuesday that they are suing their landlord, Sholom Rubashkin, over the terrible living conditions the tenants have had to deal with for years. The tenants are
Brooklyn Borough Hall
Neighbors protested [/blog/news/after-ceiling-collapses-mold-rodents-roaches-and-more-tenants-at-125-east-18-street-raise-their-voices-to-say-we-are-fighting-back#prettyPhoto] landlord Moshe Piller’s treatment of tenants last year.Borough President Eric Adams [http://brooklyn-usa.org/] and civil rights attorney Norman Siegel [http://stellp.com/nsiegel.html] are kicking off the first of three tenant harassment town halls tonight, Tuesday, July 14 at 6pm
2010 Newkirk Avenue
Neighbors at 2010 Newkirk Avenue met with Councilman Mathieu Eugene last week about a litany of problems in their building. Photo courtesy Flatbush Tenant CoalitionFollowing a tour of an apartment building at 2010 Newkirk Avenue [/?s=%222010+Newkirk+Avenue%22], where a fire just left a family homeless [/blog/news/
915 Cortelyou Road
We’ve got some bad news. Close to two years after Brooklyn Belly [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Brooklyn-Belly/605044366182304] (915 Cortelyou Road between Coney Island Avenue and E. 9th Street) opened in the summer of 2013 [/blog/food/at-first-bite-brooklyn-belly], the restaurant may permanently be shutting its doors because of
968 Rogers Avenue
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East 18 Street
The tenants of 125 East 18th Street have, for years, lived in a nightmare. They have raised families under ceilings that have collapsed; they have paid hundreds of dollars out of their own pockets to get rid of the black mold giving them health problems; they have pleaded, time and