Fighting Back in Flatbush
Tenants in a Flatbush prewar apartment complex join together to take on one of New York’s most notorious property companies.
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Brooklyn tenants fear evictions, rally for support
Tenants of 63 Tiffany Place in Carrol Gardens, Brooklyn and city leaders rallied to pressure their landlord to halt rent hikes and evictions.
Council Bills Aim to Combat Illegal Evictions
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
The City: How These NYC Public Housing Residents Became Models for Tenant Rights Activism
With legal help from TakeRoot Justice, Cooper Park residents stopped a plan for luxury development on their parking lot by showing that NYCHA failed to follow environmental-review procedures and did not adequately engage residents.
Gotham Gazette: After Years of Community Organizing, Nonprofits Now Get Much-Needed Relief from Dangerous Tax Lien Sale
Our connections are essential for our resilience. Even as we continue this work from home, our networks have never been more important than they are today.
Supporting Communities Responding to Developer-Initiated Land Use Applications: Contacts and Protest
TakeRoot supports community organizations resisting private development by providing strategic and legal advice on the environmental review and the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP). ULURP requires that applications to rezone an area be reviewed by the relevant Community Board
Supporting Communities Responding to City-Initiated Rezoning Plans
In early 2015, TakeRoot Justice joined a collective of technical assistance providers with expertise in planning, housing policy, legal services, popular education, and design to together support local organizing in communities the City selected for rezoning.
Responding to Infill Development on and Privatization of NYC Housing Authority Campuses
TakeRoot worked directly with residents at Wyckoff Gardens, LaGuardia Houses, Holmes Towers and Cooper Park Houses – the four sites where NYCHA and NYC Housing Preservation and Development have publicized an intention to allow private developers to construct market rate
Green Valley Community Farm Saved from $1 Sale to Private Developer
Community garden will continue its 20-year tradition of serving fresh produce to New Yorkers TakeRoot represented the Isahbaliah Ladies of Elegance Foundation in making the claim that the land was open space held in public trust by the City for