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Tenant “Informational Packet” for Justice For All Coalition
This Tenant Education Packet compiles materials created between 2018 and 2021, and was distributed at JFAC Community Meetings in 2021. Most materials were created by me; some also included the help of or were created by the Save Section 9 Coalition (SS9), the Residents to Preserve Public Housing (RPPH), SunriseNYC,…
Report and Social Media Slides on the Connections Between Policing and Public Housing for the Justice for All Coalition
New Report Highlights Connections Between Policing and Public Housing Concluding: Defund the NYPD and Fund NYCHA Now QUEENS, NY: Today and long-standing public housing residents are among those that are hyper-policed – in our city and across our country. This has real consequences for the health and well-being of residents…
Book Chapter on Participatory Budgeting in Immigration Crossroads: Globalization, Incorporation, and Placemaking in Queens, New York
As a research associate with the Center for Immigration Studies, I worked with immigrant-based community organizations in Queens, NY to investigate experiences and perspectives of NYC’s participatory budgeting process. Focus groups with organization members undergirded the creation and analysis of a survey that was disseminated through community organizations. The work…
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
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…
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…
Opinion: A Public Letter to Public Officials on NYCHA
Image Credit: J. Murphy Caption: At the Ravenswood Houses in Queens. To the attention of all elected officials of city, state, and federal levels, and representatives of NYCHA and HUD: First, the Justice For All Coalition hopes you and your family are doing well and staying safe during these unprecedented…
Handout – The Demand for Repairs Campaign with the Justice For All Coalition
In January 2020, the Justice For All Coalition began using JustFix.nyc's Letter of Complaint tool to support residents in escalating their demand for repairs. This tactics escalated their effort by first formalizing the ask (management offices and NYCHA received a formal letter of complaint), extending the paper trail of their…
OpEd titled “Stop Sunnyside Yards! Reparative City Building Now!” in City Limits
Image Credit: Adi Talwar Caption: A 2017 Sunnyside Yards feasibility study proposed scenarios that included up to 24,000 units of housing—including up to 7,200 affordable units—in residential buildings as high as 69 stories, surrounded by as much as 52 acres of open space. Over the last year, the quasi-private, city-affiliated…