Statement from Executive Director Nick E. Smith on Mayor Adams’ State of the City Address
Statement from Executive Director Nick E. Smith on Mayor Adams’ State of the City Address In light of Mayor Adams’ State of the City Address, ...
Statement from Executive Director Nick E. Smith on the Passage of the City for All Plan
Statement from Executive Director Nick E. Smith on the Passage of the City for All Plan
In light of the City Council approving $5 billion in funding in the City for All plan, Communities Resist Executive Director Nick E. Smith released the following statement:
“Our housing crisis is real. With skyrocketing rents and lack of tenant protections, New Yorkers are being priced out of this city. It is imperative that we find solutions to address this ongoing issue.
Yesterday, the City Council approved $5 billion in commitments in the City for All plan. This funding will go towards protecting tenants from negligent landlords, including restoring funding for the Anti-Harassment Tenant Protection (AHTP) program. In fact, funding for the AHTP program is critical as it will allow legal services organizations, like ours, to continue our work to help tenants facing unjust evictions and harassment, as well as tenants living in uninhabitable conditions. I thank Speaker Adams and the City Council for these historic investments.
While this is one step, it cannot be the last. We still need more action to increase our affordable housing stock and expand tenant protections throughout our communities.”
About Communities Resist
Communities Resist (“CoRe”) is a community-based housing legal services and advocacy organization established and led by people of color to empower, educate and represent low-income communities and community coalitions preventing gentrification and displacement. Founded in 2019, CoRe has racked up several impressive wins, stopping nearly 1,000 evictions, filing 4,000+ affirmative litigation cases, engaging more than 8,000 New Yorkers at housing rights workshops and recovering settlements of all sizes for tenants across New York City.
“After years of feeling powerless against our abusive landlord who wasn’t providing heat and hot water nor repairing my apartments, my neighbors and I had no other choice than to reach out for help. With the help of our attorney from Communities Resist we were able to organize a Tenant Association and fight back against the abusive landlord. We finally won,” said Ramona Blash of 316 Suydam St. Tenant Association.
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