Right to Counsel JC

Just when you thought we was out, they pull us back in! Join us for a phonebank next Thursday, Aug 3rd ⚖️🌹… and find out what we’re cooking up next 👀

Letter: On Right to Counsel, Jersey City Made The Right Choice This is a big step forward, and will contribute to a more humane city and economy.

WE WON! What’s next for the housing movement in Jersey City? Join Right-to-Counsel JC for a special campaign meeting TOMORROW at 6:00 PM to find out:

It’s on us to turn out a mass of working class residents to pass , fund it with fees on developers, and build a fighting tenant organization ✊🌹

Come support and, if you'd like, speak on behalf of BOTH RTC and Dev Fee ordinances, no need to sign-up in advance.

Meeting begins at 6PM, rally outside for housing justice starts at 5:30PM! See you at City Hall Wednesday:
https://actionnetwork.org/events/hey-city-hall-pass-right-to-counsel-in-jersey-city-10

BIG NEWS: Right to Counsel has secured FIVE council votes for passage at June 14th's Jersey City Council meeting 🎉

With the ordinance poised for approval, we must continue to organize and ensure that the city commits to housing justice by enforcing RTC.

With DeGise and Rivera on board, Jersey City RTC proposal poised for approval next week - Hudson County View With Jersey City Council members DeGise & Rivera on board, the city's right to counsel proposal is poised for approval at next week's meeting.

When housing justice is on the line, you gotta pick up the phone.

Join us for a HYBRID phonebank to make calls and write postcards on Wednesday, June 7th at 6:30 PM a week ahead of the BIG VOTE on Right-to-Counsel on June 14th!: https://actionnetwork.org/events/phonebank-to-win-rtc

Hey RTCers, canvass with us tomorrow! ☀️🌇🚪

Meet at 10:00 AM at P.S. 24 on the West Side. Bring a charged smartphone if you have!:

RTC Canvass to Win! Join is bright and early this Saturday to talk to JC tenants about Right to Counsel.

Stand with Portside tenants tomorrow in their fight against illegal and immoral rent hikes! 6 PM at the Holloway Building. Please arrive around 5:30-5:45 PM!

Rent Control Meeting Wednesday May Set Precedent In Hudson County What if tenants believe a building is under rent control but the landlord insists it's not? Tenants will attend a meeting in Hudson County.

Come knock doors with us TOMORROW and let's talk to our neighbors about how we can win free legal representation for all tenants in Jersey City!

848 Pavonia at 10 AM 🚪

https://actionnetwork.org/events/rtc-canvass-to-win

Rise, shine, and tune in 🌞💿 RTC JC will be on WFMU at 10:30 AM to talk about what comes next after our amended ordinances passed 1st reading at yesterday’s city council meeting 🌇🌹

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“We (see) the organizing and advocacy part of this (as) really important,” he said. “Also working with existing and even not-existing tenant organizations to be really important for making sure that right-to-counsel is administered from the ground up from the level of tenant education.”

City council ready to introduce Jersey City’s right-to-counsel program legislation after some tweaks Proposed additions to the program include an earlier starting date an an educational rights campaign.