Mamdani announced that his first act as Mayor will be to support the Union of Pinnacle Tenants (UPT) in their fight against Pinnacle’s decades of speculation and neglect, which has trapped tenants in uninhabitable living conditions. Cea Weaver was named the Executive Director of MOPT and said th...

The Indypendent — Dec 19, 2025By Ella SpitzIn 2021, after decades of living in horrible conditions, the tenants of 567 St. John’s Place in Brooklyn felt like they had finally won — the city sided with them in court and took control over the building away from their slumlord. The court granted the...

These ballot measures were written by a commission hand-picked by Eric Adams. So it’s no surprise that what these ballot measures do is give more power to the mayor to approve housing that is unaffordable to working-class New Yorkers. Don’t be fooled by the misleading ballot language. These ballo...

Tenants of 1296 Pacific Street had received letters from Con Edison (ConEd) warning that the building's common spaces, including the elevator and security cameras, were in imminent danger of losing electricity. Tenants organized the rally to achieve more than just calling out this single incident...

By: Amadi OzierBrooklyn, NY — On a warm evening at 1100 Bergen Street Community Garden, around 80 neighbors gathered for “How Tenants Got the Building Back,” an outdoor storytelling and strategy session hosted by Crown Heights Tenant Union (CHTU). The event brought together tenant leaders from ac...

July 2, 2025.In April 2025, we launched a new coalition of mutual aid groups and community defense groups called NYC Block Watch. In NYC Block Watch, we educate each other on cop counter-surveillance and community defense in order to create and support local rapid response networks. This includes...

The Indypendent — January 25, 2024By Amba GuerguerianOn Tuesday morning tenants of 567 St. John’s Pl. in Crown Heights held a rally and press conference outside their building to demand the City make needed repairs to it. In June of 2022 the tenants, members of The Crown Heights Tenants Union (CH...

Brooklyn Paper — January 23, 2024By Jada CamilleTenants of a Crown Heights apartment who got their building owner ousted from management are fighting to take control of their dwelling, and on Tuesday rallied against the former slumlord’s lack of repairs — and slow action from the city since his r...

Crown Heights Tenant Union x Crown Heights Care CollectiveAmadi OzierJuly 17, 2023Francis In a Living HellAt 972 Park Place in Crown Heights, 78-year-old Francis Roberts has endured what can only be described as a campaign of terror waged by his landlord, Yehuda Gruenberg. After Francis refused a...