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Community Development


2010

"Mr. Landlord, Tear Down That Penthouse," NY Times, August 4, 2010

"Activists Say Yankees Not Living Up to Their End of Agreement; Lawsuit May Follow," Huffington Post, July 21, 2010

"Activists Say Yankees Not Living Up to Their End of Agreement; Lawsuit May Follow," Bronx News Network, July 21, 2010

"Comunidad pide a Yankees cumplir promesas," El Diario NY, July 16, 2010

"South Bronx Coalition demands transparency from the New York Yankees," LatinoSports.com, July 16, 2010

"Dead Boss Still Stiffing Bronx From Beyond the Grave?," Village Voice, July 15, 2010

"Woman says Indian official, hubby held her in 'slavery'," New York Post, July 2, 2010

MP3 "The State of Public Housing (audio)," The Brian Lehrer Show, June 18, 2010
Direct link to MP3 of show.

"The State of Public Housing," The Brian Lehrer Show, June 18, 2010
Alexa Kasdan, director of research and policy at the Urban Justice Center's Community Development Project, and Agnes Rivera, board member at Community Voices Heard and a resident of the Wagner Houses in East Harlem, discuss their report "We Call These Projects Home: Solving the Housing Crisis from the Ground Up".

PDF "Debt Deception: How Debt Buyers Abuse the Legal System to Prey on Lower-Income New Yorkers," UJC Press Release, May 24, 2010

"Queens homeowners sue Chase to gain relief from foreclosure," YourNabe.com, May 24, 2010

"We Call These Projects Home," Huffington Post, May 19, 2010

PDF "We Call These Projects Home," UJC Press Release, May 18, 2010

VIDEO "We Call These Projects Home," Right to the City, May 17, 2010

"Another push to turn luxury condos into affordable housing, but cost is unclear; report proposes eminent domain for condos but slams it for AY," Atlantic Yards Report, May 12, 2010

"Edificios de lujo para desamparados," El Diario, May 12, 2010

"Vacant Luxury Apartments Could Come Within Reach," The Wall Street Journal, May 12, 2010

"Taxes take hit in luxury condo bust: study," NY Daily News, May 12, 2010

"Chase's Foreclosure Disgrace," The Nation, May 11, 2010

"Empty Condo Buildings Don't Pay Taxes, Report Says," Curbed NY, May 11, 2010

"4,000 new luxury condos sitting vacant," Crain's New York Business, May 11, 2010

PDF "New Report: Over 4,000 Luxury Units in Six NYC Neighborhoods," UJC Press Release, May 11, 2010

"Luxe condos clogging city - what to do?," Metro International, May 10, 2010

"Chase Sued by HAMP Rejects," Housing Watch, May 6, 2010

"Frustrated homeowners sue JPMorgan Chase over mortgage loan mess," NY Daily News, May 5, 2010

"Chase sued in NYC for denying foreclosure relief," Crain's New York Business, May 4, 2010

"New lawsuit charges JPMorgan with denying home loan modifications," The Real Deal, May 4, 2010

"Suit Highlights Risks in Loan Modification Program," Wall Street Journal, May 4, 2010

"Chase Sued AGAIN Over Mortgage Modifications Gone Wrong," Huffington Post, May 4, 2010

PDF "JP Morgan Chase Illegally Denying Homeowners Foreclosure Relief," UJC Press Release, May 4, 2010
NYC Homeowners Sue Chase for Unexplained Delays & Denials of Permanent Modifications under Federal Program, Including after Months of 'Trial Payments'

"Report: Public Housing Works, When You Invest In It," RaceWire, May 2010

PDF "Three Suits Claim Labor-Law Violations," New York Times, April 14, 2010

PDF "Tenant Activists Slap Landlord, Win Big Bucks," Village Voice, April 12, 2010

PDF "Bronx tenants sue to oust their landlord," Crain's New York Business, April 1, 2010

PDF "BRONX TENANTS SEEK TO REMOVE ONE OF CITY'S WORST LANDORDS," CDP Press Release, April 1, 2010

VIDEO "UJC on Senator Duane's Show in the Neighborhood," State Senator Tom Duane's Office, March 1, 2010

PDF "New Report: Syringe Access Program Participants Cite Policing Practices as Barrier to Public Health," Press Release, January 29, 2010

PDF "Murky laws endangering New York's syringe exchange programs: study," New York Daily News, January 29, 2010

PDF "Real Estate Group Harassed Tenants to Gentrify: Cuomo," NBC4 New York, January 28, 2010

PDF "Tishman, BlackRock To Skip Stuyvesant Town Payment ," Wall Street Journal, January 8, 2010

PDF "Court victory for Bronx tenants forces landlord to rescind recent increases," New York Daily News, January 6, 2010

PDF "Bronx Tenants Win Injunction, as Judge Cites Stuy Town Case," WNYC, January 6, 2010

PDF "Bronx tenants win case citing Stuy Town," Crain's New York Business, January 5, 2010

2009

PDF "Activists Rally Againist 'Food Desert' in Downtown Brooklyn," The Indypendent, December 23, 2009

PDF "Brooklyn's Food Desert," Greenpoint Star, December 21, 2009

PDF "Grocery grumbles in Downtown Brooklyn," New York Post, December 16, 2009

PDF "Grocery Options Not Meeting needs in Downtown Brooklyn, Survey Says; Rally Planned," Brooklyn Daily Eagle, December 15, 2009

PDF "Flush in a Recession, a Bronx Landlord Is Ready to Shop ," New York Times, November 19, 2009

PDF "Bronx tenants file suit against landlord," ABC 7, November 17, 2009

"Condo Glut," WNYC, November 12, 2009

PDF "Groups Urge Opening of Vacant Condos to the Poor," New York Times, November 4, 2009

PDF "Right to the City-New York survey: 601 condo buildings in distress in NYC, more than formerly noted," New York Daily News, October 29, 2009

PDF "Survey Finds 601 Troubled Condo Projects," Crain's New York Business, October 27, 2009

PDF "Arrested Development: Dueling Stalled Construction Lists," Curbed, October 27, 2009

PDF "Eight Years on and 9/11 Clean-up Workers Still Coughing ," Epoch Times, October 21, 2009

"Group Urges Action in Wake of Latest WTC Health Report NY 1 News," NY1, October 21, 2009

PDF "Coalition calls for expanded health care for Ground Zero resident," Free Speech Radio News, October 19, 2009

PDF "Fighting Waterfront Gentrification With Colorful Renderings!," Curbed, October 19, 2009

PDF "Valazquez, Community Groups Press City to Revise Waterfront Plan," The Low-Down, October 19, 2009

"New Survey Shows More Illnesses Linked to 9/11," NBC New York, October 2009

PDF "Continua la lucha en Willets Point," NY Al Dia, September 23, 2009

PDF "Willets Point pide justicia," El Diario, September 23, 2009

PDF "Small businesses at Willets Point demand to be moved en masse," New York Daily News, September 23, 2009

VIDEO "Report slams planning process at Willets Point," NY1.com, September 22, 2009

PDF "Empresarios latinos de Willets Point piden ayuda," NY1 Noticias, September 22, 2009

PDF "Local Right to the City Coalition Releases Policy Platform for New York," The Indypendent, September 20, 2009

PDF "Cleaning Up," Indypendent, September 18, 2009

PDF "Garment workers protest LIC sweatshops," Crain's New York Business, August 11, 2009

PDF "Energy-Billing Practice Raises Tenants' Ire," New York Times, July 20, 2009

PDF "FIERCE switches from protest signs to PowerPoint," The Villager, June 24, 2009

PDF "Labor group targets another upscale eatery," Crain's New York Business, June 16, 2009

PDF "An Unlikely Rescuer from the Jaws of Debt," Village Voice, June 10, 2009

PDF "Asthma Act Will Help Tenants Breathe Easier," Brooklyn Rail, June 2009

PDF "Workers sue LI nail salon owners over pay, breaks," Newsday, May 5, 2009

PDF "Chinatown Looks for a Way to Survive and Thrive," Gotham Gazette, April 20, 2009

PDF "City Closes More Willets Points Businesses," Epoch Times, April 16, 2009

PDF "Willets Pt. Rallies Under Citi's Shadow," Queens Tribune, April 16, 2009

"Business Owners Protest Outside Citi Field," NY1, 13 April 2009

PDF "A Legal Advocate for Social Justice," New York Times, April 13, 2009

PDF "Small Business: Suffering in Good Times and Bad," Gotham Gazette, March 30, 2009

PDF "Fierce-ly Seeking Safe Harbor on the Waterfront," City Limits , March 23, 2009

PDF "Bloomberg Signs Law Aimed At Debt Collection Abuses," New York Law Journal, March 19, 2009

PDF "Ollie's to Pay $2.3 Million in Back Wages," New York Times, March 18, 2009

PDF "At a Pier to Be Redone, Gay Youth Seek a Haven," New York Times, March 15, 2009

PDF "Council allots 50Gs to help Island juvenile diabetes patients," Staten Island Advance, March 12, 2009

PDF "Inquilinos demandan a casero en El Bronx," El Diario, March 11, 2009

PDF "See you in court: tenants," New York Daily News, March 11, 2009

PDF "Top gripe: Debt collectors," Metro NY, March 6, 2009

PDF "Chinatown divided: Luxury developers battle tenants and small-business owners," New York Daily News, March 5, 2009

PDF "Chinatown's Residents Face Gentrification and Harassment," Epoch Times, March 4, 2009

PDF "Special-District Zoning Is Urged for Chinatown," New York Times City Room Blog, March 4, 2009

PDF "Paying Their Debt to Society, and Then Some," City Limits, March 2, 2009

PDF "Proponen ley contra cobradores," El Diario/La Prensa, February 26, 2009

PDF "Bill Proposes Expanded Debt Collection Oversight," New York Law Journal, February 26, 2009

PDF "Consumer Affairs May Regulate Debt Collectors," CBS 2, February 25, 2009

PDF "Harassment Is Focus of Chinatown Tenants' Suit," City Room, New York Times, February 18, 2009

PDF "Tremont tenants notch a victory as judge names," New York Daily News, February 9, 2009

PDF "Rezonificación provoca temores," El Diario, February 3, 2009

PDF "Small Businesses of Rezoned Lower East Side in Trouble," Epoch Times, February 2, 2009

PDF "Angry Tenants Sue Largest Landlord In Bronx," CBS 2, January 23, 2009

PDF "Decenas de inquilinos demandan a casero," El Diario, January 23, 2009

PDF "Bronx tenants plan to sue landlord over six month gas outage," Daily News, January 23, 2009

PDF "Crotona Park resident left in the cold," YourNabe.com, January 16, 2009

PDF "Columbia University Expansion Has West Harlem Residents Fearful," NYC Pavement Pieces (NYU Dept. of Journalism), January 8, 2009

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