The federal #evictionmoratorium has now expired. NY state has one extra month and you better believe #werenotgoinganywhere. Several things to be aware of: - Dems could have done more to stop this and didn’t bc their allegiance is actually to money not people - NY eviction court remains closed through September 1 - the #ERAP or emergency rental assistance program that was the result of #cancelrent organizing is absolutely failing to distribute funds, meaning that more people could be facing eviction despite the promise to alleviate #rentdebt - good news: #intro146 is being implement in September thanks to #julyhomelessrights and all the noise you made. This provides more of pathway to permanent #housingsecurity for our unhoused neighbors. - mixed info coming out about the #hoteltransfers but some news that they will be paused as there is now a lawsuit against the city -important: despite this eviction chaos #DoNotSelfEvict stay strong, if your landlord threatens you, you do not have to do what they say. Reach out to us, @met_council @righttocounselnyc @crownheightstenantunion @brooklynevictiondefense @nycdsa_housing we are powerful together! They can’t evict us all. Let’s get ready to mobilize to stop #evictioncourt from opening in September. #allpowertothepeople #tenantpower #evictionsareviolent #noevictions #nocopsnolandlords #noevictionsonstolenland #stopthetransfers #stopthesweeps #hotels2housing #tenantrights Poster art by @jmacphee ✨ 
Yesterday and today, more of our neighbors are being kicked out of the hotels where they have been safely sheltering during the pandemic. As our “leaders” announce a return to the indoor mask mandates, why are they forcing people without houses into congregate shelters, where individuals are forced to either sleep in close proximity with a dozen+ others people, or to face harassment and arrest by NYPD if they try to shelter on the train or in the streets? This happened at a hotel at 9 Malcolm X Blvd across the street from where the NYPD raided @_t_h_e_g_y_m_ a few days ago, putting 14 people in jail and 1 in the hospital and confiscating the furniture and supplies. The Gym is the mutual aid collective that has been co-run by and for this same community of folks who have just been violently evicted. Clearly the self-sufficiency and solidarity this community has created is seen as a major threat to the state. That’s exactly why we won’t stop. ➡️Join this community to celebrate resistance: BBQ at Herbert Von King Park on Saturday 7/31, 12pm-8pm. Follow @_t_h_e_g_y_m_ for updates. 🖤 Thanks for the documentation @metamorfozyz Thanks for the parallel efforts @dahomelesshero @thebl0w @jfrejnyc @uwsopenhearts @vocalnewyork @picturethehomeless @homelesscantstayhome30 @housingworks @atlantahomelessunion & many more! Call your rep and ask them to immediately take action and #stopthetransfers #hotelstohousing #homelesscantstayhome #mutualaid #solidarityforever #unhousednotinvisible #unhousednothomeless #stopthesweeps #stopdisplacement #evictionsareviolent #noevictions #evictiondefense #deltavariant #publichealth #peoplepower #wekeepussafe 
Good news… Stringer has sent the $1.3B contract back to the drawing board at the Dept of Design and Construction. Not because it would destroy the park but bc the people destroying the park aren’t diverse enough. Still, we will take it! This is truly a result of the community’s tireless efforts organizing with much thanks for @eastriverparkaction 
A hearing is scheduled for tomorrow to review a new 5 year “Draft Agency Plan” for NYCHA which would alter NYCHA operations and goals, aligning them with the #BlueprintforChange, a plan that has been outwardly rejected‼️ by residents at hearings, and through multiple demonstrations and rallies. #Tenantopposition has been strong and growing, resulting in two failed attempts to move related legislation forward. State representatives in Albany recently withdrew the plan 🙌 citing the lack of support from NYCHA residents, as well as the lack of participation, communication, and transparency during the plan’s development. Join #savesection9 organizers and tenants who are calling for this virtual public hearing and comment period to be cancelled; we demand that NYCHA create a new plan which: 👉Does not depend on the Blueprint, 👉Prioritizes the needs and interests of NYCHA residents, 👉Protects Section 964 regulations regarding tenant empowerment and participation, 👉Relies on a robust outreach strategy that genuinely engages at least 51% of NYCHA tenants via various platforms. Furthermore, we demand that NYCHA resume pre-COVID operational capacities and address the existing work orders that have been backlogged due to COVID. We continue to call for City, State, and Federal funding to Section 9 to address the inhumane living conditions that NYCHA tenants face, *without* privatizing public housing. Find the text of these slides in a copy and paste-able format linked in bio & a petition to #removeruss ‼️#killthebill #no2blueprint #savenycha #keeppublichousingpublic #stopprivatization #stopdisplacement #tenantpower 
The Jing Fong workers picket (which has been ongoing for several months now) will take place Sunday 12pm-2pm and Wednesday 12pm-2pm at MOCA. Join us! You can’t have just the art without the people who make the culture possible. #solidarity #stopdisplacement #chinatownnot4sale #museumsarenotneutral #artwashing #savejingfong #protectchinatown #chinatownisnotamuseum #nonewjails #sohorezoning #luxurydevelopment #artagainstdisplacement 
Tune in to @eastriverparkaction’s episode on @montezpressradio (in bio) and then come out on Tuesday: RALLY TO URGE COMPTROLLER SCOTT STRINGER TO WITHHOLD APPROVAL FOR THE CONTROVERSIAL SELECTED LOWER BIDDER CONTRACT Construction start date for the East Side Coastal Resiliency Project at East River Park could be imminent once approved. WHERE: 1 Centre Street, New York, NY 10007 WHEN: Tuesday, July 27, 2021 12 noon NEW YORK, NEW YORK: The controversial selected low bidder’s, IPC Resiliency Partners (IPC), contract for the East Side Coastal Resiliency Plan (ESCR) project at East River Park is waiting for approval at Comptroller Scott Stringer’s office. Once approved and a Notice to Proceed is issued, IPC can begin prep work for the demolition of East River Park - including cutting down almost 1,000 mature trees - in order to build a giant levee over the 46-acre land. The Department of Design and Construction (DDC), which oversees the project, said at prior Community Board 3 meetings that surveyors are ready to enter the park to perform necessary tests. Other work will include fencing of the park and bringing in trailers for field offices, which can begin within 2 months of approval. At a time when the city is in a fiscal crisis, we are urging Comptroller Stringer to withhold approval on the $1,272,221,100 construction contract with IPC for the ESCR project that has already gone over-budget, until an independent review is conducted on the prior plan that would’ve cost the City considerably less money and the park considerably less destruction. Press coverage is welcome. Concerned? Contact Scott Stringer and urge him not to sign the construction contract for the ESCR project at East River Park. Phone: 212-669-3916 Email: action@comptroller.nyc.gov 
Local Residents Reclaim 1083 Broadway BROOKLYN, July 20, 2021 -- Today, an affinity group of local residents chose to access the ground floor commercial space at 1083-5 Broadway in Brooklyn, New York. The space has sat empty since August 2020, when the landlords harassed and removed a community and organizing network known as @_t_h_e_g_y_m_ . The Gym continued daily operations on the sidewalk, storing supplies in the upstairs tenants’ hall and distributing hot meals, PPE, hygiene kits, diapers, clothing, legal, medical, housing, and cash assistance to and with our neighbors. We demand that the landlords, Dodworth Development Corp of 305 North Avenue in New Rochelle, immediately turn over usage of the space to those of us who have cared for their property and each other for the past year. These landlords are integral to the systematic exploitation and neglect of Broadway/Myrtle’s corridor since the 1970s, when blackouts and fires devastated the area. Our neighborhood is not a playground for speculators and developers. It is a dynamic place full of people whose existence the city resolutely ignores. During the pandemic, we’ve seen ample evidence that the city can respond quickly and decisively when it chooses to, where it profits. We demand the city apply the same immediacy to the #housing and resource crisis that the vast majority of its residents face every day. We demand the implementation of #Intro146, a bill that provides the bare minimum of allowing our neighbors to actually use their #vouchers to secure housing, now. There is enough empty, safe, accessible housing for everyone in New York City. We stand with our neighbors, and all the individuals, organizers and affinity groups working to liberate this city. 👉We encourage others to organize where they are and with the tools at hand, and to connect with us for continued support. Together we have everything we need. #thetimeisnow #directhousingaction #vacancy #stopdisplacement #wekeepussafe #evictiondefense #hotelstohousing #mutualaid #cancelrent #eattherich #holdspace #takebacknyc 
MOCA protests will continue 🚨tomorrow, Sunday 7/18 at noon🚨 specifically in response to the President #NancyYaoMaasbach telling the press to discount us as paid protestors! She accused #ChrisMarte of paying elderly Chinese neighbors to be there. In fact, it’s everyone else who employs paid henchmen and accepts bribes. She can’t believe that we are actually going to stand up for our neighborhood because we simply care about each other. ✨💕 1. Enjoy some hilarious footage of MOCA president Maasbach attempting to hand out free tote bags 2 & 3. Gothamist article by Sophia Chang 4. Press release: Elderly Chinese Workers Demand President Nancy Yao of Museum of Chinese in America Be Fired for Blatant Racist and Ageist Insults 5. Nelson Maar, #318Union President speaks about MOCA’s erasure of actual radical #labororganizing in #Chinatown 6. Jihye Song, #YouthAgainstDisplacement invites artists and community to join us for a counter-exhibit taking place outside of MOCA (details to be announced!) 7-10. Statement from the artists #ColinChin and #NicholasLiem on their withdrawal from the exhibition: calling out the hypocrisy of this situation, emphasizing the need to remove Chu from the board and reject the jail money, and inviting other artists to speak up against mass #incarceration and #gentrification. See you tomorrow at noon! Bring noisemakers 🥁 #stopdisplacement #stopasianhate #museumsarenotneutral #institutionalcrisis #boredoftrustees #shameonchu #savejingfong #protectchinatown #savechinatown #chinatownisnotamuseum #chinatownnot4sale #artagainstdisplacement #freetotebag #nocrumbs #peoplepower 
It’s worth returning to this 2017 pledge from @chinatownartbrigade. For people who wonder ‘how I can help’ here are 10 ways. It’s a continuum, as the work is never done 💕 #stopdisplacement #chinatownnot4sale #tenantpower #artagainstdisplacement