Reposted by patrick tyrrellJustin La Mort @lamort.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Just a reminder on this #TaxDay only 1 in 4 eligible people receive housing assistance. The federal housing budget is 1% of federal spending and is dwarfed by housing subsidies and tax credits to the wealthy. 001
patrick tyrrell @ptyrrell.bsky.social · 14/04/2025Taxes filed. Doing my part so the government can gut itself (except the cops and military), scrap protections, and shovel money to billionaires. Love this cool, normal system. 000
patrick tyrrell @ptyrrell.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Big win for Bronx tenants: after 10+ years of organizing, the City seized their slumlord’s building—the first time in 7 years. Now it’s on track for permanent affordable housing. Great reporting by @davidfbrand.bsky.social / @gothamist.com.gothamist.com 020
patrick tyrrell @ptyrrell.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Overall revenue up 8% from last year, factoring inflation. Meanwhile, tenants continue to get hit with annual rent hikes between 3-5%, on top of inflation. We’re long overdue for a rent freeze.ny1.comReport: Revenue for rent-stabilized building landlords increases across cityRevenue after operating costs for landlords increased 12%. 020
Reposted by patrick tyrrellRebecca Baird-Remba @thecitywanderer.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Hi everyone! I’m now a visiting fellow @nycfuture.bsky.social and looking to talk to folks about affordable housing for artists. I’ve assembled a list of housing policy/land use experts but I’d love to talk to anyone who’s worked on these kinds projects before! 171
Reposted by patrick tyrrelltalia jane @taliajane.bsky.social · 28/03/2025hearing today in newark, nj for mahmoud khalil as the fed attempts to move jurisdiction on khalil’s case to louisiana, where he’s currently detained, from new jersey, where jurisdiction is currently held. demonstrators plan to rally in support of khalil ahead of the hearing. 4627131
Reposted by patrick tyrrellAaron Carr @aaronacarr.bsky.social · 24/03/2025Few studies capture the brutality of NYC’s housing crisis better than this one: back in the day, countless working-class people benefited from New York’s wage premium. But, now, that same wage premium gets sucked into the black hole of our self-made housing shortage. Tragic. 171
patrick tyrrell @ptyrrell.bsky.social · 19/03/2025If your first reaction to a deeply affordable apartment is "they don’t deserve it," I hope you never face the systemic violence of housing insecurity. But you should ask yourself why you’re so comfortable with that violence displacing others. 010
patrick tyrrell @ptyrrell.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Proud to stand with Ms. Henderson in her fight to keep her rent-controlled home of 32 years. Family isn’t just legal paperwork. Landlords exploit loopholes to erase affordability & displace tenants. Glad to co-counsel with @lamort.bsky.social. Thanks to @gothamist.com for the great reporting.gothamist.comA love story, not a lease, decides Washington Heights rent-controlled apartment battleLandlords challenged Freda Henderson's relationship with her late partner, who was the primary tenant. 052
Reposted by patrick tyrrellJustin La Mort @lamort.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Congrats to my colleague Jane Landry-Reyes returning 21 apartments to rent stabilization and $54,799.66 back to tenants. ag.ny.gov/press-releas...ag.ny.govAttorney General James and HCR Commissioner Visnauskas Return 21 New York City Apartments to Rent StabilizationNEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James and New York State Homes and Community Renewal (HCR) Commissioner RuthAnne Visnauskas today announced the 062
patrick tyrrell @ptyrrell.bsky.social · 20/02/2025@aoc.bsky.social cutting up some oligarchs at Foley Square tonight. #sos 030
patrick tyrrell @ptyrrell.bsky.social · 18/02/2025Seeing these two together--in person--makes me so happy. Stevie has been supporting Leonard Peltier since the 80s. Incredible solidarity. #FreeLeonardPeltier www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iac5...youtube.comLittle Steven - Leonard PeltierYouTube video by Little Steven 030
patrick tyrrell @ptyrrell.bsky.social · 17/01/2025I don't think de blasio could've dreamt a better historical revision narrative. dime-a-dozen corrupt cop-landlord egomaniac descending swiftly into full-blown maga slimeball. makes de blaz look like a leftist patron saint. 000
patrick tyrrell @ptyrrell.bsky.social · 14/01/2025longtime landlord lawyer Scott Gross sanctioned for doing what longtime landlord lawyers do: 110
Reposted by patrick tyrrelltalia jane @taliajane.bsky.social · 12/01/2025Consolidated donation item requests for people displaced by the Allerton apartments fire in the Bronx: 17840
patrick tyrrell @ptyrrell.bsky.social · 12/01/2025LA landlords are openly flouting emergency price-gouging restrictions. this is why we need universal rent control. laist.com/news/housing...laist.comAsking rents skyrocket as LA fires destroy homesFor one listing, rent jumped nearly 86% since September. In an interview with LAist, the agent said she told her client, “People are desperate, and you can probably get good money.” 100
Reposted by patrick tyrrelltalia jane @taliajane.bsky.social · 21/12/2024Happening now: Amazon Labor Union workers and supporters are rallying outside JFK8 on Staten Island ahead of a midnight strike due to Amazon refusing to come to the bargaining table following a Dec. 15 deadline. #STRIKEMAS 211103542605
Reposted by patrick tyrrellCaptain Su boo ru Baja blas @coolranch4lyfe.bsky.social · 14/12/2024Ya know the origins are situationist and I wish they’d get back to that and like hand presents to homeless people and what not 012
Reposted by patrick tyrrellDavid F Brand @davidfbrand.bsky.social · 14/12/2024The bill shifting NYC broker fees from tenants to whoever hires the broker (usually the landlord/property manager) is becoming law after the mayor declined to sign or veto it during a 30-day window It will take effect in six months (mid-June) gothamist.com/news/bill-fr...gothamist.comBill freeing NYC renters from upfront broker fees is now law, takes effect in JuneMayor Eric Adams declined to take action on the bill within 30 days, meaning it automatically becomes law. 061
patrick tyrrell @ptyrrell.bsky.social · 13/12/2024For educational purposes onlytruthout.orgJury Nullification: Why Every American Needs to Learn This Taboo VerdictDid you know that if a jury feels a law is unjust, it is permitted to “nullify” the law rather than finding someone guilty? 000
patrick tyrrell @ptyrrell.bsky.social · 02/12/2024Featuring many helpful pointers from @lamort.bsky.social 020
Reposted by patrick tyrrellMolly Crabapple @mollycrabapple.bsky.social · 01/12/2024Today and tomorrow are your last day to buy my prints for 30% off. Also I did Indignada in 2012 but have grown senile in my later years. Mollycrabapple.com/shop 07424
Reposted by patrick tyrrellPeter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 01/12/2024the only reason that tech was ever remotely left-coded was that in the early 2010s they consciously aligned themselves with what appeared to be the dominant political party. that meant large donations to Dems and nominal gestures toward diversity. as soon as the winds shifted they swung right. 1828145914
Reposted by patrick tyrrellThe City Reporter @thecityreporter.nyc · 01/12/2024Housing vouchers are a central tool in the city’s efforts to solve the housing crisis. But for many New Yorkers, the problem isn’t applying for assistance, but what comes next: finding an apartment and securing the voucher. buff.lyHow to Find Housing With a Voucher in New York CityA guide for homeless and low-income New Yorkers facing red tape, shady landlords and agency mismanagement in their search for a place to live. 23012
patrick tyrrell @ptyrrell.bsky.social · 30/11/2024Spotted a Cybertruck in the wild recently. Actually not as ugly as expected, but it screams design hostility—like a truck version of anti-homeless spikes. 0/10. 010
Reposted by patrick tyrrellRead More bell hooks @walaal.blacksky.app · 27/10/2023this is absolutely remarkable, organized by @jvp.bsky.social they shut down NYC's Grand Central Station demanding #CeasefireNOW 2739951356
patrick tyrrell @ptyrrell.bsky.social · 20/08/2023can some please explain to me nyc produce stand economic viability? * open 24/7 * great customer service * 1$ avocados 000
Reposted by patrick tyrrellThe City Reporter @thecityreporter.nyc · 16/08/20231/ Amid an affordable housing shortage, landlords have been converting stabilized apartments to coliving rentals, upping rents as much as 700% in one year. That was the case in an Outpost Club building, while tenants dealt with subpar living conditions 🧵 184
Reposted by patrick tyrrellAlliance for Housing Justice @aforhj.org · 16/08/2023“The petition to the right-wing court comes as the economic orthodoxy on rent control is shifting, w/ decades of empirical data showing that limiting rent increases does not get in the way of new construction”jacobin.comLandlords Are Pushing the Supreme Court to End Rent ControlTwo landlord lobbying groups are petitioning the Supreme Court to overturn New York City’s rent stabilization law, which would allow further countrywide challenges to rent control. Real estate billi... 101
patrick tyrrell @ptyrrell.bsky.social · 03/08/2023Quite a sweetheart deal for one of the city's worst landlords. Renaissance Equity Holdings LLC, who manages Flatbush Gardens, has been sued in at least 339 separate code enforcement cases since 2005. I wonder how much taxpayer money has already been spent in compliance litigation alone. 030
