Melanie Wang

northeast regional field organizer @ourcityrttc, formerly @caaav. all things housing & tenant organizing

[The NYS Tenant Bloc @TenantBloc]

Looks like @GovKathyHochul might have forgotten a few things in her housing plan this week: namely, any real protections for tenants or homeless New Yorkers.

We’re here to remind her. This is what working families really want from Albany this year to solve the housing crisis.

[CAAAV: Organizing Asian Communities @caaav]

It’s begun!! We are fighting against DISPLACEMENT QNS with our big coalition today to say NO to a billionaire takeover of Astoria. This is what leadership looks like- our community on these steps here to take back what’s ours. ASTORIA IS NOT FOR SALE!

[Right to the City Alliance @ourcityRTTC]

New look, who dis? 👀

📣 Right to the City Alliance, Right to the City Action & our epic campaign Homes for All are all excited to announce, WE HAVE A HOT NEW LOOK THAT MATCHES OUR BOLD PEOPLE POWER! ✨Peep our new website & stay tuned for some cute swag: https://t.co/ITHyXU2ps4

[L.A. Tenants Union @LATenantsUnion]

CITY COUNCIL VOTED YES TO AUTHORIZE THE PURCHASE OF HILLSIDE VILLA.

[CAAAV: Organizing Asian Communities @caaav]

Yesterday, we stood with the LE2 families to say NO to the conversion of the playground into the parking lot. Ignoring calls from our ppl, sneaking around, & forcing their way into getting what they want - this is right out of the Chetrit playbook & happening in Two Bridges too

[Two Bridges Community Plan @TwoBridgesPlan]

HAPPENING NOW: Residents gathering at Rutgers Park to demand developers end their plan to demolish the park for parking spaces.

The space is planned to be converted to a parking lot for the next 4-5 years which wasn't officially shared with residents until last week.

[Melanie Wang @mlnewng]

@emma_a_whitford thank YOU! if you ever wanna start a beer/pizza/reporting snacks fund, i could rally a bunch of tenant organizers to the cause !

[Melanie Wang @mlnewng]

just a retweet to say i have relied heavily on @emma_a_whitford's reporting for years -- and especially so in the early part of the pandemic when every new day was a tumult of life-changing information on eviction protections.

[Leah Goodridge @leahfrombklyn]

Some years ago, I was in a board meeting for a housing advocacy org. Waiting on news about changes to housing court, someone said, “well what did Whitford say?” I asked “who’s that, a new judge?” No.

They were talking about @emma_a_whitford. That was my introduction.

[Right to the City Alliance @ourcityRTTC]

🎊🪅CONGRATULATIONS!!🪅🎊
Shoutout to our comrades at @MiamiWorkersCtr who just passed a ✨Tenant Bill of Rights✨. Thank you for showing us what tenant power in the face of displacement looks like!!

⚡️Read the Miami Tenant Bill of Rights here: https://t.co/FOkPRDImhB

[Leah Goodridge @leahfrombklyn]

I’m on the City Planning Commission and this land use proposal comes through: a civil rights museum in Harlem headed by none other than Rev. Al Shaprton.

The name of the proposal is One45 Museum of Civil Rights.

Yes. YES! Except…all was not as it appeared… 1/

[CAAAV: Organizing Asian Communities @caaav]

When they thought nobody was watching, Chetrit moved a giant drill on-site. So today at 7 am, CAAAV & Two Bridges leaders went to the construction site to send a message to the DoB: Chetrit kills. Revoke the permits NOW.

[claudia irizarry aponte @clauirizarry]

When Private Equity Came Knocking, These Bronx Renters Were Given Two Options: Buy or Get Out

More on this ongoing saga in the northwest Bronx, w/ advocates & lawmakers on how this situation underscores the need for Good Cause Eviction, in @THECITYNY⁩ https://t.co/9eFY3PLD8i

[Melanie Wang @mlnewng]

@mnj_b no problem! if you need any help making use of the tools lmk! https://t.co/B5CGYTSres also has a tool that pulls from these databases so you can look at the info in one place

[Melanie Wang @mlnewng]

@mnj_b Dept. of Finance's ACRIS look up will give you mortgage docs, deeds, etc. https://t.co/cCtEqxRLke

Building violations via HPD online https://t.co/Av1gQygKnh

Land use info via ZOLA https://t.co/qCwYn4acew

[East Harlem/El Barrio Community Land Trust @EHEBCLT]

Please help us meet our goal of $20,000 to support our resident leadership development and base-building to fight displacement in El Barrio and win policies & funding to expand community land trusts & deeply affordable housing as part of a just recovery! https://t.co/xAhpuwcUEV

[Melanie Wang @mlnewng]

today I realized I can make dal in my tatung rice cooker & a whole world of possibilities opened before my eyes

[Right to the City Alliance @ourcityRTTC]

📚Housing Justice Book/Report Recommendations:

🌟Communities Over Commodities Report ⏬
https://t.co/F6tgJAgSeD

[Right to the City Alliance @ourcityRTTC]

"We will not trade disabled deaths for abled life. We will not look away... from a state machine that is more committed to churning out profit + privileged comfort with eugenic abandonment"

Read more from badass @miamingus 👇🏼

https://t.co/C6IZ5NVVqk

[Roc City-Wide Tenant Union @RocTenantUnion]

On 1/24, there were 36 cases in eviction court.

20 of those evictions were at apts without Certificates of Occupancy (which are required by Rochester law for ALL rentals).

If a landlord can’t meet basic living standards, they shouldn’t be able to evict. No C of O, No Eviction.

[Stefanos Chen @stefanoschen]

"Few industries gave more — and frequently in large amounts — than real estate, where large developers are keenly watching how Ms. Hochul will not only approach large, state-funded capital projects but the future of the state’s affordable housing law." @npfandos follows the $