Mayor Eric Adams compared a white woman to a plantation owner Wednesday — when she complained at a public event about rent increases in the Big Apple. The showdown took place at a community conversation event Adams hosted at Gregorio Luperon High School for Science and Mathematics in Washington Heights. In footage from the meeting, […]
Anti-Eviction Activists Urge ‘Rent Strike’ in New York During COVID-19 Pandemic
December 21, 2020 by
An anti-eviction activist group is promoting a “rent strike” in New York state during the COVID-19 pandemic. The group claims the strikers will “cancel rent” in the state because they “cannot pay,” or are “in solidarity with those who cannot pay.” The group, Truthout.org, reports there are 57 properties in New York City where tenants…