Ithaca Tenants Union

A union for and by the tenants of Ithaca to protect our rights and advance our collective power

[Ithaca Tenants Union @ithacaTU]

🎉WE PASSED GOOD CAUSE!

Tenants all over ithaca organized for years for the is victory, elected ITU members, flipped our council, and built a city run BY tenants FOR tenants.

Special thanks to our endorsees in office Kayla Matos and Phoebe Brown!

[Ithaca Tenants Union @ithacaTU]

All tenants need to learn what their rights are, and first time renters are the most vulnerable. Come learn about how to find and stay in your home, get your needs met, and get connected with ITU! 💪

[Ithaca Tenants Union @ithacaTU]

ITU will be there! Will you? Come check out our table and our organizing 💪

[Ithaca DSA 🌹 @IthacaDSA]

🚨The organizing fair has been rescheduled to THIS Thursday from 6:30 to 8:30pm at Southside! Come on down for food, music, crafting, and unity against fascism. More than a dozen organizations will be there, you don’t want to miss this. Bring your friends! ✊

[Ithaca DSA 🌹 @IthacaDSA]

🚨The organizing fair has been rescheduled to THIS Thursday from 6:30 to 8:30pm at Southside! Come on down for food, music, crafting, and unity against fascism. More than a dozen organizations will be there, you don’t want to miss this. Bring your friends! ✊

[Ithaca Tenants Union @ithacaTU]

🚨We have to cancel tonight, but we will overcome bad weather AND fascism soon! Stay tuned for updates 👀

[Ithaca Tenants Union @ithacaTU]

ITU is proud and excited to co-sponsor this event! Come meet your neighbors and find out how we can win the rights we deserve! Check us and other orgs out 💪✊

Unity beats fascism every time 👊

Free food, screenprinting, banner making, and music, oh my~

[Ithaca DSA 🌹 @IthacaDSA]

TOMORROW!
Don't be paralyzed with despair: Organize!
Southside @ 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Food provided!

[Ithaca Tenants Union @ithacaTU]

mutual aid request for a mother who is escaping DV. she needs $ for food and hotel for herself and her young kids for a few days until she can stay with family. our goal is $600 but every $ helps! if you can Venmo @Sarah-Curless with a 👑 emoji, that would be great! thank you <3

[The Ithaca Voice @ithacavoice]

They will strike if they have to: UAW’s hardball negotiation tactics come to Cornell https://t.co/OVNgHGJRLA

[Cooper Square Committee @CooperSq]

Upstate is having a hot tenant summer
@ithacaTU @UTAlbany @RocTenantUnion @housing4allNY @ForTheMany https://t.co/AJqDE0x8SG

[Cornell Chapter of YDSA @cornellydsa]

Join us tomorrow for a DOUBLE RALLY in solidarity with Cornell dining, service, and maintenance workers as they fight for a fair contract! Solidarity with @UAW 2300!

[Tara Raghuveer @taraghuveer]

Biden calls for 5% rent caps. This is the third such call, and the most specific. Good, but tenants need immediate action, not just talk. POTUS could cap rents in the millions of units with federally-backed loans ASAP and he should.

[14850 Today @14850today]

Ithaca's Common Council passes Good Cause Eviction Law by an 8-2 vote. Mayor @RGC_NYS calls it "a resounding victory for housing fairness, housing stability, and a fair deal for landlord-tenant relations." https://t.co/v43Yj72PMw

[Rebecca Evans @beccabaileyev]

Huge congrats to the @ithacaTU activists, ITU endorsees, and Mayor @RGC_NYS on a major victory for tenants rights tonight.

ITU: renters in Ithaca like me owe you so much gratitude for your tireless work advocating on our behalf in court, in chambers, and in the streets.

[Ithaca Tenants Union @ithacaTU]

oops typo.. we were too excited!

[Ithaca Tenants Union @ithacaTU]

🎉WE PASSED GOOD CAUSE!

Tenants all over ithaca organized for years for the is victory, elected ITU members, flipped our council, and built a city run BY tenants FOR tenants.

Special thanks to our endorsees in office Kayla Matos and Phoebe Brown!

[The NYS Tenant Bloc @TenantBloc]

@GovKathyHochul This isn't the first time @ithacaTU has made history.

Last year, Ithaca Tenant Union elected a TENANT MAJORITY to their Common Council -- a first in Ithaca history!

Now that renter majority council is delivering for their constituents with #GoodCause.

[Lisle @lisleann]

4 upstate cities in a row passing the strongest versions possible. Let's be next!!

[The NYS Tenant Bloc @TenantBloc]

Ithaca is now the FOURTH City to opt into #GoodCause -- under the strongest terms possible, covering nearly every Ithaca renter.

@GovKathyHochul tried to leave upstate out. But upstate tenants are organized. We're winning the protections we deserve.

[magdalena 🫪 @monsteramags]

BACK TO BACK WINS IN POUGHKEEPSIE AND ITHACA LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOO

[Jorge DeFendini🇵🇷🌹🇵🇸 @JorgeDeFendini]

From 2021 to 2024.
From the streets of Ithaca to the campaign trail to City Hall.

The tenants of Ithaca transformed an apathetic, majority owner council into a progressive, tenant majority government that put them first.

A Better World is Possible- if we organize for it.
🌹❤️‍🔥🌹

[nick @unionnick]

MASSIVE WIN FOR TENANT POWER IN ITHACA LFG

[Ithaca Tenants Union @ithacaTU]

The vote was 8-2, with Margaret Fabrizio and David Shapiro voting against protecting tenants from discriminatory evictions and price-gouging rent hikes.

See our public comment coverage in this thread:

[Ithaca Tenants Union @ithacaTU]

🏡🗳️ We’re here at the council vote for Good Cause tenant protections in Ithaca!

Tenants deserve a right to stay in our homes and communities, free from threats, retaliation, and discrimination. After 3+ years of tenants organizing — it’s time for Council to pass Good Cause.