Gabriel Thompson, Author at City Limits

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Gabriel Thompson

4 articles published

24

ROCKY ROAD FOR QUEENS TENANTS:
LOW-RENT LANDLORDS SEEK TO EVICT

Single room occupancy hotel tenants in the Rockaways fight to hold onto their homes.

ByGabriel Thompson 6 minRead time

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RIPPING OFF IMMIGRANTS: JOB
AGENCIES EXPLOIT WORKERS

They’re supposed to help immigrant laborers, but some employment services are setting them up for a scam instead.

ByGabriel Thompson 7 minRead time

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TENANT ADVOCATE OR LANDLORD CHUM?
RENTERS CHALLENGE NONPROFIT HEAD

Brooklyn tenants accuse Lawrence Hilonowitz, director of the Kings County Tenants’ Coalition, of harassment and intimidation.

ByGabriel Thompson 6 minRead time

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The Mighty Migrant Dollar

A Mexican program is banking on a new revenue stream for local development projects: earnings sent back from their workers abroad. How Mexicans in New York are building a new…

ByGabriel Thompson 24 minRead time