New York City
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There were 12,500 eviction cases in privatized NYCHA developments in the past five years
After NYCHA recently uploaded new data, we can now see there have been 12,500 eviction cases brought against residents in PACT developments. This represents 40% of the 31,000 households that are now in PACT.
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Cornell and the authorities all failed Jane Doe while they protected the rapists. Two years later, public outrage pushed the state to reopen the criminal case, but we can’t stop there.
What happened? Last month, a young woman filed a civil lawsuit against Cornell, the seven men that gang raped her in 2024, and their fraternity Chi Phi. It wasn’t until now, two years later, that the ensuing public outrage has pushed the local district…
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Another Democratic Mayor Pushes to Privatize NYCHA
As he’s made splashy headlines for a rent freeze, and as his fans keep fawning over their new favorite politician, Mayor Zohran Mamdani has plowed ahead with long-running plans to privatize and demolish New York’s public housing.
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The State of Red Hook: Privatization, Gentrification, and the Fight Going Forward
The privatization of Red Hook West Houses (RHWH) through PACT is moving full steam ahead while residents continue to speak out against it. Since September last year, NYCHA and their private partners, including BFJ Planning, have put on PACT meetings, supposedly to gather “resident…
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Crabs in a Bucket: How the ruling class spreads chaos in public housing
Lea el texto en español más abajo. We’ll start with a story that’s familiar to anyone living in public housing in New York City. One afternoon, we were in Red Hook Houses, a NYCHA development in Brooklyn that the city government and real estate…
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Take a Stand Against Rapists! Fight back with Kam!
WE’RE GOING TO TRIAL AUGUST 4 POSTERS ABOUT KAM’S CASE AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD – print them and put them up in your building, neighborhood or workplace!! Kam was charged with felony cyber-harassment by the state of New Jersey for exposing a serial rapist online.…
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On Police Brutality, Occupy Red Hook, and How We Fight Back!
Henrietta Perkins Interview: 5/1/26 So first can you introduce yourself and tell me how long you’ve lived at Red Hook West houses?H.Perkins: Henrietta Perkins: I came back in 2000 after my mother passed. I adopted her three grandchildren and they were entitled to the…
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TA PRESIDENT KAREN BLONDEL IGNORES RESIDENTS’ DEMANDS AND SIDES WITH NYCHA IN PUSHING FOR PACT AT RED HOOK WEST HOUSES
Who is Karen Blondel? Karen Blondel, president of the Red Hook Houses West Tenants’ Association (RHWRA) is the latest TA president selling out her residents to push for a PACT conversion at Red Hook West Houses. Blondel also sits on the board for the…
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ATTICA CALLING – issue #4
First CO on trial for murdering Messiah Nantwi found guilty of first-degree manslaughter On March 1, 2025, 22-year-old Messiah Nantwi was brutally beaten to death by a gang of 15 correctional officers (COs) at Midstate Correctional Facility. The trials of the 5 pigs who…
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Pack the Court! Thursday 4/16 @ 9:30 AM
2 Broad St, Elizabeth, NJ The Union county prosecution office run by William Daniel is charging Kam, a rape survivor with a felony for exposing a serial rapist online. Come out to show them we refuse to let the prosecutor criminalize a survivor! For…
