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Pack the Overdevelopment meeting hosted by Elected Officials at CUNY Graduate Center

Join us on Thursday to pressure elected officials to stop the demolition and RAD conversion of Fulton Houses.

Several elected officials are holding a meeting against overdevelopment on Thursday night at 6 pm at CUNY Graduate Center at 34th Street and Fifth Ave.

Help us pack the meeting, so we can ask elected officials : if you are against “overdevelopment,” then it’s time to stop the demolition and RAD conversion of NYCHA that will bring gentrification directly to public housing.

After decades of divestment by all levels of Government, NYCHA stands vulnerable to predatory actors including private landlords, luxury real estate developers, REBNY, and their lobbyists.

If you are against “overdevelopment,” then it’s time to stop the demolition and RAD conversion of NYCHA that will bring in private landlords that will turn public housing into a for-profit business. Come tell elected officials to say no to demolition and RAD at Fulton Houses and the rest of NYCHA.

DATE : Thursday, June 27, 2019

TIME :  6 pm

PLACE : CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Ave., Manhattan

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Pack the meeting to ask Elected Officials to stop the demolition and RAD conversion of NYCHA. That’s considered “overdevelopment,” too.

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Fight For NYCHA – Weekly Update of June 3, 2019

Press Conference, NYCHA Community Meeting, CB4, and CB11 Meetings

Fulton Houses tenants held a press conference before NYCHA’s June 4 community meeting, and the press conference and community meeting were covered by the press. [PIX11 News/The New York Post/NY1]

On the same evening as the community meeting, a member of Fight For NYCHA made a presentation, seeking support for a budget/funding resolution before the Housing Committee of Manhattan Community Board 11. The Housing Committee refrained from voting on the draft resolution, but the Housing Committee voted to oppose privatisation of public housing.

The next evening, members of Fulton Houses testified before the full meeting of Manhattan Community Board 4. It was revealed that CB4 had sent a letter to Mayor Bill de Blasio (D-New York City) and Kathyrn Garcia, the interim CEO of the New York Housing Authority (“NYCHA”), opposing demolition at Fulton Houses.