Casey Wetherbee

writer, bird lover, cuny newmark '26. writing about tenants' issues at city limits this summer!

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i’m heading out now, but look out for a writeup tomorrow! @CityLimitsNews

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brief confrontation in line to enter the venue (running late), where tenants’ chants were met with “freeze my nuts”! a landlord next to him, sophia hepheastou, responded to “freeze the rent!” with “raise the rent!”

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things devolved a bit when a speaker, who aspires to home ownership one day, accused most of the people in the audience of being paid actors.

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a few of the posters from gotham housing alliance. i talked to humberto lopes, the group’s founder, who told me that the zombies represent tens of thousands of warehouse apartments that could be brought onto the market. he also railed against communism and socialism.

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i’m in downtown brooklyn outside city tech, where tenants and landlords alike are rallying before the rent guidelines board’s public hearing. the potential for a rent freeze is on everyone’s minds (and lips). more to come! @CityLimitsNews

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it was chaos for 20 seconds or so, as the gotham alliance’s landlords coalition marched theatrically by to competing chants from the tenants’ bloc. they passed by without any physical confrontation.

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the landlords, accompanied by zombies (??) are joining in.

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gianna sansonetti, 23, organized her building against the landlord, A&E, one of the city’s most notorious and the subject of a historic settlement during mamdani’s first few weeks in office. she will be testifying later in favor of a rent freeze.

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renette bradley told city limits that she’s fighting for a rent freeze because tenants “need a chance to breathe.” she says that landlords have a lot of resources already and should stop being greedy.

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In NYC, low-income residents are 1.2x more likely to live within half a mile of a warehouse, the report found, and 75% are located within "disadvantaged communities"—areas already disproportionately burdened by climate change. via @caseywetherbee: https://t.co/2Tv0i9SK5v

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Backed by the Mamdani admin, Pinnacle tenants are fighting to hold their new owner to repair promises made when they bought their buildings @ auction. They say the pressure & a one-of-a-kind relationship w City Hall secured forgiveness for rent debt. In @citylimitsnews👇️

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i'm super excited to be reporting on climate/environment and tenants' issues across NYC for @CityLimitsNews this summer! send tips my way to [email protected].

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@patrickspauster @CityLimitsNews thanks patrick!! :)

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Check out this great first @citylimitsnews byline from Casey Wetherbee who is reporting on tenants and climate this summer!

“Black, Hispanic/Latino, Asian, Indigenous American and low-income people face the greatest risks from living near warehouses,” https://t.co/Kw2yxe52fz