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What was the role of Latinos and immigrants during Occupy Wall Street? What role did immigration issues play as part of the demands of the occupiers? Participants, scholars, and journalists…

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

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Sep 2020

Economy

Youth Activists From Queens Fight Child Poverty in Bangladesh

Since its founding two years ago, Efforts in Youth Development in Bangladesh (EYDB) has raised approximately $20,000 to fight poverty and child labor.

ByAnika Chowdhury 0Comments

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Nov 2018

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA Video

Video: Brooklyn Minister Says What NYCHA Needs Most is City Hall Leadership

Rev. David Brawley, a leader of Brooklyn NYCHA tenants pressing the mayor for answers, says a lack of trust will hamper many of the initiatives the authority has announced as…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Nov 2018

Opinion

CityViews: New York Now Has ‘Right to Counsel,’ but Tenant Organizing Still Matters

‘Without organizing, RTC will be just a legal services program; it’s really only a right that people know and claim when organized tenants have ownership over it.’

BySusanna Blankley 0Comments

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May 2018

Housing and Homelessness In Depth

The Lessons NYC Activists Have for Those Fighting Displacement the World Over

Learn from defeat. Think big. Follow the money. And organize, organize, organize.

ByDaniel Bates 2Comments

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Mar 2018

Housing and Homelessness

Bronx Coalition on Jerome Ave Rezoning Deal: ‘Unacceptable’

A coalition of Bronx stakeholders say the rezoning and investment package passed by the City Council Land Use Committee still fails to address many of their concerns.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 3Comments

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Jul 2017

Economy

Lawsuit Seeks to Win Organizing Rights for New York’s Farmworkers

A former dairy worker is leading the push to close a loophole in labor laws. Agriculture businesses claim farmworkers are trying an end run through the courts after repeatedly failing…

ByKate Pastor 2Comments

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May 2017

Opinion

CityViews: City Must Address the Reality of Tenant Displacement

‘The Jerome Avenue rezoning would give landlords increased financial incentive to utilize the displacement tactics already at their disposal.’

ByCarmen Vega-Rivera

ByErin Markman 0Comments

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Apr 2016

Video

Video: Make a Park Bench Your Gym This Spring

Two of the young athlete-advocates from the Bronx’s Mary Mitchell Center demonstrate how a simple park bench can be the key to your plan to get in shape—and talk about…

ByJarrett Murphy

ByLizzie Ford-Madrid 0Comments

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Dec 2015

Uncategorized

Bronx Group’s New Path: Not Fighting Power, Taking It

The fight over the Kingsbridge Armory, above, ended in a great victory for the Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition. But it also forced a rethink over strategy, and a…