What Are Succession Rights?
Passing on affordable apartments to family members is a big part of keeping NYC affordable. This guide will show you how.
Pandemic Bonds May Be Key to Rent Relief
Written by Zachary Hale, Esq ., Staff Attorney The COVID-19 pandemic has had devastating impacts on both public health and economic security. As tenants across the country struggle to pay rent, organizations like Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A (Brooklyn A) have worked…
Reopening of Housing Courts Furthers Triple Pandemic Faced by Tenants of Color: 40% of New Yorkers Could Face Eviction
In the middle of a triple pandemic – coronavirus, economic hardship, and systemic racism – housing courts in New York City reopened on June 22nd. Ironically, opening courts will put tens of thousands of tenants of color in danger, and…
Legal Services Are Essential to NYC’s Recovery from a Triple Pandemic
Low-income communities of color are facing a triple pandemic - COVID-19, economic hardship, and systemic racism. Recent reports have highlighted the looming devastation - 40% of New Yorkers are unable to pay rent;40% of Black-owned businesses have temporarily closed and unsure if…
Forbes Article Highlights That Small Businesses Are Relying On Our Program for Survival
Recently we introduced you to Tammeca Rochester, owner of Harlem Cycle and Loycent "Loy" Gordon, owner of Neir's Tavern . In the months and years before COVID-19 hit NYC, Tammeca and Loy were among the hundreds of minority-owned small businesses that Brooklyn A helped…
The oldest bar in NYC avoids its “last call”
Loycent "Loy" Gordon owns Neir's Tavern, one of the longest-operating bars in the United States and debated as the oldest in New York City. Located in Woodhaven Queens, Neir's recently celebrated its 190th year of operations. It was the setting for…
“Health before wealth”
Earlier this week, you met Demetrius, lifelong organizer and President of the Tenant Association (TA) in his Bushwick apartment building. With Brooklyn A’s help, the TA successfully took ownership of the building, hired a new property management company to manage the…
Using power in numbers to claim fair housing rights.
Demetrius, a native New Yorker with family roots in tenants’ rights, has lived in his Bushwick apartment for 17 years.“My mother raised me knowing the importance of diversity and exercising your rights. She was an activist for tenants’ rights in…
Risking eviction or risking sickness?
Earlier this week, we met Angela, a single mother who, when threatened with eviction, fought for over a year alongside her Brooklyn A attorney to ensure she and her children could stay in their home in Crown Heights. We checked…
Black Lives Matter.
Dear Brooklyn A Family:We are in the midst of a moral moment for this country, as an organization and as individuals. The murders in recent weeks of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Tony McDade and other Black community members across…