Showing posts with label evictions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label evictions. Show all posts
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Suzannah B. Troy getting a special anti-viral Bloomberg flu drink
Life doesn't get any better....
The anti-viral Bloomberg flu drink worked...I am feeling better.
I tell everyone I don't have swine flu just Bloomberg community crushing development flu.
The drink has jalapeno and lemon as well as other health ingredients at the magical little buisness that hangs on by thread and prayer...Whole Earth & Bakery.
Hey mayor Bloomberg if you want to silence me don't give me a one way ticket, simply show up and support a small business --- this one and I will die of a heart attack!
Labels:
cyber stalking,
evictions,
Mike Bloomberg,
NYPD,
small businesses,
support
Sunday, August 30, 2009
81 Bowery, I was sent this by a community activist & was not able to post in time for press conference
Background on 81 Bowery:
On Thursday, November 13, 2008, more than 50 tenants were vacated from their homes at 81 Bowery, a long-time SRO building located in the heart of Chinatown. The tenants, all of whom are low-income Chinese residents, received little advance notice from the City – most of them only knew they had to immediately vacate the building when NYPD officers showed up at 6 p.m. The City had determined that the fourth floor of the building, which houses the SRO, was posing an “imminent danger to the life and safety of the occupants” because of two fire code violations. Told initially by the City that they needed to go to a homeless shelter or find their own housing, most of the residents were then given temporary housing in the Bronx provided by New York City’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development.
The landlord of 81 Bowery has attempted to evict the tenants from the SRO many times over the past decade, and the Chinatown Tenants Union along with MFY Legal Services has been working with the 81 Bowery tenants since 2005. In June of 2008, tenants won a victory in court when a judge issued a ruling stating that they have a legal right to remain in their homes.
What happened at 81 Bowery is only one instance of landlords in Chinatown forcing tenants to live in unsafe conditions and putting their lives and homes in danger. Landlord neglect is an intentional tactic used by landlords to force tenants to move out – whether by “choice” or because the City decides that the building is unsafe for habitation. As Chinatown continues to rapidly gentrify, even during this economic recession, we anticipate that more and more landlords will use this tool to kick out more low-income tenants. The fight over 81 Bowery is not just about this one building – it’s about all tenants in Chinatown asserting their right to live in safe conditions and their right to remain in their community!
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Esther Wang
CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities
Chinatown Tenants Union
Project Coordinator
(212) 473-6485
ewang@caaav.org
www.caaav.org
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