“We want our deeds back!” Homes in gentrifying black and brown communities in Brooklyn are being “stolen” from their rightful owners through the Department of Housing Preservation and Development’s (HPD) Third Party Transfer (TPT) program, said the chanting protesters at Brooklyn Supreme Court on Wednesday morning. “We want the courts to reverse their decisions and […]
So many immoral realtors and would-be homebuyers are pestering homeowners in Crown Heights and Prospect-Lefferts Gardens that a local elected official is handing out “This House is Not for Sale” signs to her constituents, according to the Brooklyn Paper. “They come with checks already written in their name, and if not checks written in their […]
More than 10,000 NYCHA residents across the city, including at several Brooklyn housing projects, spent Martin Luther King Jr. Day without any heat or hot water amid sub-freezing temperatures outside. The tenants told the New York Post they were forced to warm their hands over ovens, heat up pots of water for bathing and wear […]