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Three-Quarter House Tenant Organizing Project (TOP)--working for justice for 3/4 house tenants & their communities #EndIllegalEvictions #TQHjustice

[𝑪𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒐𝒛𝒐 𝑳𝒂𝒘 𝑹𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘 @CardozoLRev]

#AuthorAnnouncement We’re proud to be publishing “An Unqualified Prohibition of Self-Help Eviction: Providing a Right to Court Process for All Residential Occupants” by @matthewpmain ! Main is an instructor at @CUNYLaw where he teaches Lawyering Seminar I and II & Core Doctrine.

[Naomi Dann @naomi_dann]

There are tens of thousands of empty hotel rooms in NYC and tens of thousands sleeping in crowded shelters or on the streets during a pandemic.

Open the hotels to house New Yorkers because #HomelessCantStayHome.

(And #CancelRent and invest in permanent affordable housing)

[Michael Kink @mkink]

LIVE NOW: New Yorkers at risk for infection & illness in crowded shelters demand immediate access to 30,000 of 100,000 empty NYC hotel rooms.

Elected officials& allies on in support — I’ll discuss $50B+ available now to pay for it
#HomelessCantStayHome https://t.co/8zzBK5OnFI

[Picture the Homeless @pthny]

Since COVID19 began @NYCMayor & @NYGovCuomo have been silent month on the topic of homelessness.

Even as a public health crisis unfolds in NYCs shelters and on the streets.

If they won't talk about it WE will. Please join us by signing today:

https://t.co/OWZjbmh8JE

[Raquel Namuche Pacheco @raquelnamuche]

how will this protect us? shut down the housing courts and issue an #EvictionMoratorium NOW. we need your leadership on this @NYCMayor @NYCSpeakerCoJo @NYGovCuomo @NYSCourtsNews and we need you to keep us safe.

[Matthew Main @matthewpmain]

As we demand a moratorium on #evictions in light of #COVID19, let's also remember poor and low-wealth people who are still routinely kicked out of their homes without any court process at all. My thoughts on one recent 3/4 house case: #EndIllegalEvictions #homelessness

[VOCAL-NY @VOCALNewYork]

“Look at all of the families that are still together. Look at all of the people that have not lost their homes like me. I was locked up for 18 months!” —Darryl Herring

#NoRollBacks #BailReform

[VOCAL-NY @VOCALNewYork]

WATCH: “We have come too far. We will not go back to the dark ages. If you don’t like it, we voted you in, we will vote you out!”

Darryl Herring, leader & victim of a racist bail system.

#BailReform #BLM #BlackLivesMatter

[Matthew Main @matthewpmain]

TY @PovertyLaw_Jrnl & @GeorgetownLaw for helping me tell a story of #resistance, triumph & struggle with 3/4 house #tenants in #NYC. TY @TOPnyc for teaching me what "law & organizing" really is. Read it here: https://t.co/pzgD16RBVI

#housing #harmreduction #reentry #homelessness

[Matthew Main @matthewpmain]

And big TY to @MFJLegal, @neighborstogthr, @VOCALNewYork and the numerous other organizations that have supported efforts to #EndIllegalEvictions for #TQHjustice over the years.

[Matthew Main @matthewpmain]

Today @CUNYLaw was fortunate to host a dream team of changemakers from @MFJLegal @VOCALNewYork @TOPnyc @RidgewdTenantsU to offer thoughts on law and organizing, #housing justice, and community-based lawyering. Thank you @raquelnamuche Darryl, & Tanya. #EndHomelessness #TQHjustice

[TOP @TOPnyc]

We are proud of you, Darryl!

[VOCAL-NY @VOCALNewYork]

Darryl spent 18 months in jail after being arrested for something he didn't do. The Bronx DA withheld discovery in his case. Once it was turned over, the case was immediately dismissed. As District Attorneys try to undermine the new reforms, Darryl is in Albany telling his story.

[TOP @TOPnyc]

Finally!

[katie honan @katie_honan]

NYC officials say they didn't know there was a relationship between homeless nonprofit Acacia Network Housing, Inc. -- which has received more than $1 billion in contracts since 2010 -- and its top subcontractor until we asked. Now DOI is investigating:

https://t.co/r1Qmwl4gn4

[Matthew Main @matthewpmain]

Yes! @crackdownpod digs into “how the overdose crisis & housing crisis combine to make one ‘clusterfuck’ of misery & injustice.” #Tenants organize to demand justice in court & at city council to overcome landlord fraud & extortion, illegal eviction, rats, underpaid labor, & more.

[TOP @TOPnyc]

A huge victory for 3/4 house tenants! “Unlawful evictions, such as when a landlord illegally locks out or uses force to evict a tenant, would become a misdemeanor punishable by a civil penalty of $1,000 to $10,000 per violation.”

[NYT Metro @NYTMetro]

How the new rent laws in New York affect all tenants https://t.co/jaRVwmuMyX

[House Our Future NY @houseourfuture]

Advocates from #HouseOurFutureNY, incl. homeless men & women, urge @NYCMayor to commit 24K newly constructed apts (& 30K overall) to homeless NYers. Ms. Flowers of @VOCALNewYork: "It's on you, Bill!”

[Coalition for the Homeless @NYHomeless]

Advocates from #HouseOurFutureNY, incl. homeless men & women, urge @NYCMayor to commit 24K newly constructed apts (& 30K overall) to homeless NYers. Ms. Flowers of @VOCALNewYork: "It's on you, Bill!”

[The NYS Tenant Bloc @TenantBloc]

We made it to Albany for #TenantTuesday. Thousands of tenants from across the state are here to fight for #UniversalRentControl

[Met Council on Housing @Met_Council]

Housing Justice Now!
#UniversalRentControl
#TenantTuesday
#TenantPower
#HousingJusticeForAll

[Make the Road Action NY @MakeRoadActNY]

How it looks when 1,500+ tenants (and growing) rally in Albany to demand #UniversalRentControl, with all 9 tenant bills passing *this year*!

#TenantPower