CICA - Committee for Independent Community Action

1NYCHA podcast hosts, Saundrea Coleman and Stan Morse, spoke with CICA leaders Allen Cox and Doug Balder yesterday about the Eric Adams Petition Campaign to support our future Mayor to stop the privatization of public housing in New York City, keep Section 9 public housing Section 9, and promote Resident Management Corporations and self-governance.

Here is the link to the 1NYCHA podcast: https://www.facebook.com/1NYCHA/videos/1099170080829765

Here is the link to the Eric Adams Petition: tinyurl.com/vh5ev2d8

Featuring Ronald Topping

https://youtu.be/UKwnK1jpT4Q

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https://www.liberationnews.org/enough-is-enough-nyc-public-housing-residents-demand-national-changes/

‘Enough is enough!’ NYC public housing residents demand national... Residents at New York City Housing Authority’s Holmes Towers and Isaacs Houses are fed up with the lack of meaningful change after a year into their collective Housing Part action court case asking for basic repairs. Residents brought NYCHA to court in late 2019 with the help of the Justice...

We, call on all New Yorkers to support Resident Management of New York City public housing. With Resident Management, public housing residents can create the quality of life they want for their families and community.

We believe that NYCHA residents should manage their public housing buildings, write their lease agreements, and determine all community building and empowerment programs.

NYCHA is ending public housing by privatizing all of its 173,000 apartments and using RAD (Rental Assistance Demonstration) and The Blueprint for Change to convert them to Section 8. This will leave residents even more powerless to get repairs done, protect against eviction, and stop rent increases. We oppose all forms of privatization of public housing.

Many residents, and non-residents, of public housing support Resident Management. This fight belongs to all of us, whether you are rich or poor, live in public housing or not…this affects us all!

Now Please Sign The Petition:

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