Little #CancelRent thread.
Benjamin Warren organized his building (with @CASAbronx) in 2011-2014 against a private equity buy-up of his building and 50+ others in NYC. You can check out his story which was in @democracynow at the time here:https://www.democracynow.org/2014/4/10/wall_streets_land_grab_firms_amass …
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But Benjamin's granddaughter has revived the TA AND is organizing their building on a rent strike. As thousands of homes have a questionable future, they (and we) have a second chance to win. Heart-warming, even on a snow day in May. cc
@SamelysLopezShow this thread -
We can bail out the landlords, or we can
#CancelRent and invest in social housing at 1521 Sheridan and all over New York. Let's not fuck it up!Show this thread
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