“The tenants of the state of New York are saying, ‘If this is what’s on the table for negotiations, then we’re walking away.’” — Assemblymember Marcela Mitaynes

On many occasions, NYCHA's Red Hook tenants have dealt with gas outages at no fault of their own costing them their collective wellbeing. This has to stop

The NYCHA Utility Accountability Act will empower tenants to hold NYCHA accountable.Red Hook Community Justice Center
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At NYCHA's Red Hook West, 113 households have gone without kitchen gas since Jan. 24. Residents are frustrated with the growing expense of take-out. “I eat too many sandwiches but I feel like it’s not enough nutrition for my body,” said Agnes Winn, 91. bit.ly/3QkI5nV

This isn't the first time NYCHA's Red Hook tenants have dealt with gas outages, as Tatyana Turner's story notes--and some are withholding rent as a means to compel repairs

A bill by Assemblymember Marcela Mitaynes 瑪切拉 米坦斯 would offer credit to NYCHA tenants impacted by utility outages.

Everyone knows that New York is facing a housing crisis of historic proportions. Ask almost anyone you know, unless they happen to be Mike Bloomberg or his friends, and they’ll tell you: “The rent is too damn high!” Many elected officials have been talking about the need to pass…

Bush Terminal - Pier 6 in Sunset Park is getting much needed rehab work done and NYCEDC is accepting feedback from residents

This is an important opportunity to weigh in on a massive project in our community

Survey closes April 5th docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Assemblymember Marcela Mitaynes Phara Souffrant Forrest Maimonides Health 1199SEIU💫 “Whether you are employed by them all people deserve dignified and safe housing.”

- Councilmember Alexa Aviles (@alexaforcouncil)

Assemblymember Marcela Mitaynes Phara Souffrant Forrest Maimonides Health “We urge the hospital to stop the evictions, take us out of housing court, and sit down with the tenants to find a solution that allows everyone to stay in their homes,”

- Leigh Howard, Vice President of 1199SEIU💫.

Assemblymember Marcela Mitaynes Phara Souffrant Forrest Maimonides Health “WE ARE NOT LEAVING!”

- Long-term Maimonides Health tenant

Assemblymember Marcela Mitaynes Phara Souffrant Forrest “We’re calling on legislators to put an end to evictions without cause and to allow people to remain in their homes and in their city,”

- LAS Attorney Meghan Walsh, calling for #GoodCause eviction laws to protect tenants like those at Maimonides Health.

Assemblymember Marcela Mitaynes “When you pay the rent, it comes with respect. It comes with dignity.”

“We stand here and we stand in unity and we say ‘hell no! we won’t go!’”

“No lease, no peace!”

- Assemblymember Phara Souffrant Forrest (@phara4assembly).

“It is troubling to see an organization dedicated to providing healthcare working to push people out of their homes.

Displacing them would only intensify the pressing housing crisis throughout New York City,” 

- Assemblymember Marcela Mitaynes (Assemblymember Marcela Mitaynes).

HAPPENING NOW: Maimonides Health is trying to evict essential workers from their long-term homes.

We are joining tenants and elected officials to demand the hospital drop all of the eviction cases immediately.

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