The PSC condemns in the strongest possible terms the militarized policing of campuses that is taking place across the country and in New York City, including at our own City College of NY campus last night.

Full statement: psc-cuny.org/news-events/ar…

This was a peaceful protest that broke some rules. That's it. The president--a friend and a terrific scholar--lost the script and shat the bed. I feel profoundly disappointed, saddened, infuriated, disgusted, and betrayed. This is my school and my students.

Happy 4/20 to all. Today is a great day to check out JustFix's user-friendly online tool for researching NYC property owners:

whoownswhat.justfix.org/en/

Earlier this month I shared, before a house committee, the story of Ashley, a 31-yr old app-based health care worker in PA. We met earlier this year via research w/ Fairwork. For 2 yrs, Ashley has worked in nursing homes for ShiftKey, which allows her to bid on shifts. 🧵

NYPD 115th Precinct Edward A. Caban Tania Kinsella NYPD Chief of Department NYPD Chief of Patrol NYPD NEWS As a Jackson Heights resident, I am completely against this. These vendors are community members doing survival work. The City has failed to fix the broken system capped the number of permits 40 years ago. Celebrating taking the bread out of these neighbor’s mouths is shameful

.NYPD NEWS War on Working Families continues

Each bag of clothing & toys represents a family falling into poverty as a result of your actions

Shameful to celebrate criminalizing hard-working immigrants trying to make a living. Why don't you help vendors get a license instead?

And in NYC. Easily.

Excellent review of an astoundingly interesting book

Action Alert: Save the date!

On April 18, join NYCCLI and 130+ organizations as we demand City Council pass the #CommunityLandAct & fund community land trusts to build the permanently-affordable and community-controlled housing & community space that NYC needs.

Save the date. June 1.

NYCC’s response to Governor Kathy Hochul’s disastrous housing deal in the 2024 NYS budget. Carl E. Heastie & Sen. Stewart-Cousins must stand with tenants and reject this deal outright.

Great review by Daphne Lundi! metropolitics.org/Reflecting-on-…

Here's who wants tenant protections in the budget:
Legal Defense Fund
1199SEIU💫
RWDSU
Rep. Nydia Velazquez
Jumaane Williams
Brad Lander

Here's who doesn't:
Governor Kathy Hochul
rebny

Actually, my office is open to the public for from 9-5 weekdays. Call, email, or walk in and we will do our best to help.

“People are living in horrible conditions, ceilings are falling in...The city touts [the tax lien sale] as an enforcement mechanism, but it’s not really operating that way' -Jakob of East New York CLT on why the City must overhaul its debt collection system

gothamist.com/news/nycs-debt…

Martin Z. Braun Bloomberg CityLab 85% of the residential units included in the last four lien sales were occupied by renters, not owners. The city gave up its leverage over conditions for those New Yorkers by selling the debt to private finance to collect. rpubs.com/jakobks13/1127…

The tax lien sale is not an enforcement mechanism-- in fact NYC loses the leverage it has over property owners when it gives liens to a private company for 70 cents on the dollar.

Receipt for those who care

Oh look, it's the homophobic, antisemitic, anti-abortion guy REBNY's shady PAC decided to pay $10,000/month to try to undo tenants' rights in New York.

nydailynews.com/2022/08/16/ada…

Once again, the real estate industry truly is not sending their best.

New York City is poised to lose funding for 60 school psychologists and nearly a quarter of the roughly 2,000 social workers embedded in public schools, even as Mayor Adams has warned of an ongoing “youth mental health crisis.”
gothamist.com/news/nyc-schoo…