Alex Matak
Staff Attorney, Housing Rights
Staff Attorney, Housing Rights
Staff Attorney, Housing Rights
Nova Rivera (she/her) is an Advocacy Coordinator/Paralegal in the Housing Rights area. She is a queer undocumented immigrant from Peru and has held various roles in the housing, labor, and immigrant rights movements. More recently, Nova spent the last few
Colin Kent-Daggett (he/him) is an Advocacy Coordinator/Paralegal in the Housing Rights practice area. Before joining TakeRoot, he worked in Brooklyn as a tenant organizer and worked in Providence, Rhode Island as a political organizer and advocate. He was born and
Collaborate directly with housing organizers and tenant association members to build power within the NYC housing movement.
Some of the biggest providers of housing for mentally ill and formerly homeless New Yorkers have sued tenants for unpaid rent. While few have been evicted, critics call the process cruel and unnecessary. Read more at The New York Times.
City Councilmember Sandy Nurse (D-Brooklyn) is introducing a package of bills that aims to curb illegal evictions, citing THE CITY’s reporting on tenants locked out of their apartments by landlords. Titled the Stop Illegal Evictions Act, the four bills Nurse
María de Lourdes Vaello-Calderón (she/her) is a staff attorney in the Housing Rights practice. She is a human rights lawyer and community advocate, having worked at the intersection of the right to housing and disaster recovery in her native Puerto
TakeRoot Justice is proud to be a founding organization of Supportive Housing Organized and United Tenants (SHOUT), the city’s first ever tenant union of supportive housing tenants and applicants. The creation and impact of the coalition – just this year!