Action
There are a number of ways that you can join or support this movement. These various avenues also allow you to be as involved as you can and want to be.
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NYCHA Tenants
- Submit a letter of complaint or HP Action using JustFix.nyc
- Talk to your neighbors – on your floor and in your buildings about your experiences with housing
- Contact us directly to take action with us. We are working with a group of tenants who have submitted letters of complaint using the JustFix.nyc app, and are now pursuing a collective lawsuit and rent strikes while using the media, press conferences and rallies to amplify.
- Sign on to this list of demands and pressure your electeds to support this movement
- Join us for upcoming rallies and events
- Get educated and share that info with your neighbors and your elected officials, candidates for office
Comrades & Allies & Neighbors
- Sign on to this list of demands and pressure your electeds to support this movement
- Join us for upcoming rallies and events
- Get educated and share that info with your neighbors and your elected officials, candidates for office
Legislation
There is legislation that has been put forth, but not passed that offer some channels through which to keep pushing.
Green New Deal for Public Housing
- Green New Deal for Public Housing Legislation from Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
- Green New Deal: Bernie Sanders and AOC target public housing in their first bill | Article for Vox
- Bernie and AOC’s Green New Deal for Public Housing Act Would Transform America | Article for The Nation
- Report: A Green New Deal for NYCHA Communities | Report by Data for Progress
Tax the Rich
- The Millionaires’s Tax to Fund NYCHA | Legislation
- Abolish This Luxury Property Tax Break and Save NYCHA | OpEd for City Limits
- Lawmakers: Axe Tax Break for High-End Condos and Coops to Help Fund NYCHA | Article for City Limits
- N.Y. Had a Plan for a ‘Pied-à-Terre’ Tax on Expensive Homes. The Real Estate Industry Stopped It. | Article from The New York Times
- Lawmakers Support ‘Pied-à-Terre’ Tax on Multimillion-Dollar Second Homes | Article from The New York Times