Sunset tenants rally outside Fourth Avenue building to battle discrimination
“Fight! Housing is a right!” was one of many chants shouted by tenants outside an apartment building at 430 61st Street in Sunset Park on Friday, July 29.
Residents were joined by elected officials, organizers from Neighbors Helping Neighbors (NHN) and the Urban Justice Center, and others to announce that a complaint had been filed with the Commission on Human Rights and to discuss the mistreatment of immigrant families that live in the complex by its landlord, Soo Fung Dong.
Residents claim that Dong, who purchased the building eight years ago, has bullied them.