Sadef Ali Kully
A sign protesting rent collections in Brooklyn during the height of the Coronavirus epidemic.
A pair of bills, recently introduced the State Senate, would extend the state’s current eviction moratorium until a year after the pandemic emergency ends, and provide rental assistance vouchers for homeless families or those facing the loss of housing because of COVID-19.
‘The NYPD—with a heavy assist from the media—is utilizing tried-and-true tactics to kneecap the defund movement and other accountability measures like making chokeholds illegal.’
For the city’s borough-based jail plan, this is a temporary halt, not a permanent rest. And for the community members fighting the plan, there’s still a long way to go.
A broad coalition is calling for aggressive moves—from the ballot box to city maps—to defend the region against sea-level rise and coastal storms.
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