The statement below was drafted by a core group of Queens groups. We are inviting grassroots groups from across Queens and the City to sign on in support of these demands. If you want to sign on in support, email hackettka [at] gmail [dot] com ASAP ! [gview file=”https://opencuny.org/ayonyc/files/2019/11/SY_FINALPressStmt_11-22-19.pdf”]
You’ve probably heard the word, and maybe you’ve heard a little about what this is, but what exactly is RAD, how does it fit into the City’s larger plan to “fix” public housing in NYC, what does it mean for tenants, and what can we do about it? At the Read more…
The City wanted to deck over Sunnyside Yards and build a new city – like they did with Hudson Yards in western Manhattan. Based on the cost of HY, we estimate that that this project will take more than the $22 billion dollars the city claims it will. Also, like Read more…
On Friday 10/18/19 members of the Justice For All Coalition joined other community groups and residents across the city to oppose RAD, NextGeneration NYCHA, and the privatization of public housing more generally. Let’s Keep Public Housing Public! Tune in to hear speakers, including JFAC’s Stan Morse, below. NY1 also covered Read more…
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On Tuesday 10/10/19, JFAC member and doctoral candidate and fellow at The Graduate Center, CUNY, Kristen Hackett published an opinion piece in City Limits on why NYCHA’s NextGen Threatens More Harm than Hope. In short, she demonstrates historically that “Rather than preserving public housing, NextGen is the continuation of the Read more…
JFAC worked with other Queens groups including Queens Neighborhood United, Centro Corona and the Queens Anti-Gentrification Project to disrupt NYCEDC’s 3rd public meeting on Sunnyside Yards. The meeting, held at Aviation High School in Long Island City in Monday Sept 16, 2019 from 5-8p, was organized in a science-fair style Read more…
JFAC Steering Committee members Ashley Jamison, Kristen Hackett and Stan Morse, along with Holmes Towers residents and organizer La Keesha Taylor sat down with The Real Discussion’s Rock Logic, Gary D, and ESP to discuss what’s going on in NYCHA right now, and what tenants are and can do about Read more…
JFAC Steering Committee member and Sunnyside Resident Pat Dorfman publishes a local newspaper titled Small Town Confidential. This month’s issue exposes Councilmember Jimmy Van Bramer’s fraught past of accepting donations from real estate and flip-flopping on important issues, sheds light on the progressive wave moving through the borough, breaks down Read more…
This past week, Queens DSA Co-Chair and JFAC Steering Committee member, Jonathan Bailey, published an open letter response to a private request for a meeting by Jimmy Van Bramer. Read Jonathan’s letter here to learn more about why he turned the meeting, and felt the need to do it publically. Read more…
