Nov. 14, 2023 By Anna Bradley-Smith Ten years ago Sybil Green, who goes by the name Tami, was biking down a stretch of Jackie Robinson Parkway’s residential frontage road, which connects Vermont Street in East New York with Highland Park, when she noticed a house that looked in disrepair, with a door ajar and a…
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Flatbush neighbors rally behind tenant organizer facing eviction
Jun. 6, 2023 By Jada Camille
After leading a three-year rent strike and protesting shoddy living conditions at her Flatbush apartment building, Janice Broadie is being evicted.
Legal Aid calls for passage of Good Cause as Crown Heights man faces eviction from home of 15 years
Mar. 14, 2023 By Adam Daly
A Crown Heights man facing eviction from his home of 15 years has no legal protection as a tenant in an unregulated building, and his lawyers with the Legal Aid Society said his was the latest example of the need for Good Cause legislation to bolster renter protections.