Category: Activism
Handout – Rent Strike 101 for Justice For All Coalition
During COVID-19, multiple buildings at Astoria, Woodside and Ravenswood Houses also had gas outages that prompted discussion of rent striking. This handout was created to support those efforts. View &/or Download: Rent Strike 101
Interview with Sonyi Lopez of BXRx on #HaltTheBlueprint Campaign
Host of Open BXRx, Sonyi Lopez, is joined by Kristen Hackett, Executive Committee Member of J4AC, joins us to discuss NYCHA’s new Blueprint for Change and why they’re calling to halt the blueprint and advocating to keep nycha public. Watch: (13) Open BXRx Tuesday | Justice 4 All Coalition: #HaltTheBlueprint…
Interview with Nikki Lucas On The Fight To Save NYCHA with VOICES East New York News
Based on past segments about the Privatization of NYCHA, on VOICES of East New York with Nikki Lucas, it has become crucial that a true Coalition to #SaveNYCHA had to be formed to stop the city from handing over its housing portfolio to private developers. Kristen Hackett of the Justice…
Interview about the Blueprint on 1NYCHA
1NYCHA is a podcast and a Movement that highlights public housing issues and progress within NYC. Collectively we can provide solutions and resources to stakeholders citywide. Watch: Season 2~ EP#10 - BLUE PRINT - OneNYCHA
Research Summary and Social Media Slides on the Private Partners Selected for RAD Conversions on NYCHA Rising
An inquiry into the private partners selected for RAD/PACT deals in NYC reveals a concerning trend of selecting some of the worst land owners and affordable housing industry players devouring residents across the city. RAD is a program through which public housing buildings and units are transferred from Section 9…
Interview with Nikki Lucas on NYCHA being Handed to Private Bad Acting Developers on Voices of East New York News
Kristen Hackett, member of The Justice for All Coalition, and writer of the OpEd ‘Three NYCHA Plans That Will Privatize NYCHA‘ was recently the guest on VOICES of East New York with Nikki Lucas. This discussion breaks down the 3 plans that NYC has introduced as an answer to the…
OpEd titled “The City’s Three NYCHA Plans That Will Privatize Public Housing” for East New York News
Today, public housing in our city, and in the country really, is at a crossroads. Buildings are dilapidated, unsafe and unhealthy to the tune of $40 billion, meanwhile disinvestment has also led to an operating budget deficit. The City has put forth three plans they say will solve these coinciding…
OpEd titled “City’s Finance-Driven Approach to Managing NYCHA is Wrong for Tenants” for City Limits
Image credit: Adi Talwar Caption: A New York City Housing Authority building in the Ingersoll Housing complex near Downtown Brooklyn On Tuesday, July 28th, the Chair and CEO of the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) Greg Russ introduced a new “preservation strategy” for the city’s public housing. As City…
Web-based Tenant Education Resource, NYCHARising.info
NYCHARising.info is an online resource that centralizes information about NYCHA’s past and present, and aims to inform the public discussion about what the future of public housing can and must be, and how we can get there. It also highlights the efforts on the ground by tenants and advocates, which…
Handout and Social Media Slides – Where is the Money for Public Housing? for Justice For All Coalition
This handout undermines the repeated assertion by public officials that there is no money for public housing by pointing to the public money and support involved in other private development deals in the region of western Queens. View &/or Download: Wheres The Money? View social media slides in gallery below:…