Families United for Racial & Economic Equality (FUREE)

Hundreds of Thousands Are Losing Access to Food Stamps The Department of Agriculture gave its final approval to the first of three rules that are ultimately expected to cut 3 million from the food stamp rolls.

NYC delays controversial rezoning of 7 Brooklyn elementary schools The education department is hitting pause on a plan to redraw attendance zones around seven Brooklyn elementary schools.

https://thecity.nyc/2019/10/nychas-250-million-in-no-bid-work-amid-corruption-worries.html?fbclid=IwAR1eXYy2A5XOfyEN36-PzARTx7U9zw_TnMwRkSh6dxiLwEMSXMR8An657VY

NYCHA’s $250 Million No-Bid — and Sometimes No-Work — Repair Jobs One contractor has pocketed nearly $2 million — including for labor investigators say apparently was performed by Housing Authority employees.

https://ny.curbed.com/2019/10/1/20892115/nycha-heat-season-winter-outages-hud-nyc-legal-aid-society

As heat season begins, NYCHA needs $3B to upgrade heat and hot water systems Advocates are pushing city and state lawmakers to fast-track capital funding to address the agency’s utility needs.

Urgent - please Call, Email & Tweet at Lisa Kersavage, Director of Landmark Preservation Commission
Phone: 212-669-7817
Email: [email protected]
Twitter:
Tell her :
--Please do not demolish 227 Duffield Street, located in Downtown Brooklyn
--We need to landmark 227 Duffield, because it is well-documented that it was used as a meeting house for the abolitionist movement as well as a stop on the Underground Railroad.
---We strongly believe that the site needs to be turned into a museum to preserve this important historic contribution to the fight against racism in the US.

Thanks again for the many young people who joined us for our rally outside the headquarters of the Landmark Preservation Commission to demand that get its hearing with to share the role of the house within New York's abolitionist movement. Look out for details of another direct action next week!

Join us at 1 Centre Street this afternoon, 4:30 to 6pm!

Brooklyn House Associated With Abolitionist Movement Slated To Be Razed And Redeveloped As Apartments The owner of 227 Duffield Street last week filed an application with the Department of Buildings to construct a 13-story mixed use building that would contain 21 residential units.