Sustainable Communities
CVH Joins RTTC - NY to Demand Condo Access for the Poor
Coverage | Sustainable CommunitiesCVH members joined the New York City Right to the City in calling on elected officials to open vacant luxury condominium developments to the poor. The construction of many of the buildings began before the economic recession, leaving many of the homes unoccupied.
The effort has been gaining widespread media coverage throughout New York.
NY Assembly Passes Rent-Regulation Revisions, Follows Hard Work of CVH Members
Coverage | Sustainable CommunitiesCVH has been working on preserving and sustaining communities in Harlem and East Harlem through our Sustainable Communities project. Recently, CVH members traveled to Albany in partnership with the New York is Our Home coalition (on which CVH is a steeering committee member) to meet with legislators about the importance of revising rent regulations to reduce the conversion of numerous apartments to market-rate rents.
Lobby Day in Albany on Vacancy Decontrol
Sustainable CommunitiesOn Tuesday January 27, members of CVH and Housing Here and Now took 6 teams up to Albany to meet with key state Senators in the fight to strengthen tenant protections in New York City Housing. With the passage of the Bill to repeal vacancy decontrol, and to restore home rule to the NYC Council in the State Assembly on monday February 2nd, all eyes are now on the Senate. A narrow majority by the Democrats (32-30) means its going to be a tough fight.
NYC Tenants send a message to Albany: Repeal Vacancy Decontrol
Sustainable CommunitiesFor countless NYC tenants, as basic services decline, harassment rises, and whole communities are displaced, Tuesday December 9th marked an historic day where tenants united from all over NYC said ENOUGH IS ENOUGH: REPEAL VACANCY DECONTROL!
In a room that neatly fits 800 people at the New York Society for Ethical Culture, overflow into the program proved that the tenant movement is reasserting itself to demand real changes in policy.
CVH along with NYIOH Send a Message to DHCR
Sustainable CommunitiesOn Tuesday, October 21st at noon, member leaders of Community Voices Heard joined representatives from other organizations that are part of the New York is Our Home Coalition (NYIOH) in protesting in front of the offices of the NYS Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR) in downtown Manhattan. At the same time, other coalition members, mainly of the North West Bronx Community & Clergy Coaltion held a similar action in front of the Bronx DHCR office.
CVH Supports Partner Group in Brooklyn Fighting Developer
Coverage | Sustainable CommunitiesCVH Sustainable Communities Project sent 5 members to Brooklyn to support partner group Families United for Racial and Economic Equality (FUREE) in their battle against John Catsimatidis, a developer who demolished grocery store and hasn't been quick enough to put new stores in their place. Read the attached article to find out more about the demonstration. See CVH members Keith Gamble and Larry Gadson standing behind Council Woman Leticia James.
