ACTION ALERT: Demand Good Jobs & Fair Development at CITY POINT!

Posted on 12/10/2012
When: 
Tuesday, December 18, 2012 - 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Where: 

In front of City Point, located at 1 Dekalb Ave off the Fulton Mall (Fulton St.) in Downtown Brooklyn.

Fed up with rich developers taking millions of our tax $$ and then screwing the community with low-wage jobs?!?

---RALLY & PRESS CONFERENCE---

Join hundreds of union workers & community members to demand justice at Downtown BK’s largest development
 
CITY POINT: A bad deal for Brooklyn! Read more »

Campaigns: Accountable Development
FUREE In the Media

Armani Opening Spurs Local Protest

NY Times - The Local, 11/20/2012 -

Here's the educational flier that FUREE members handed out during Armani's not-so-grand opening.

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Campaigns: Accountable Development
FUREE In the Media

City's, NYCHA door-to-door campaigns late or non-existant after Hurricane Sandy

Amsterdam News, 11/15/2012 -

Browsing through the large stacks of report-back sheets from People’s Relief volunteers in Coney Island, it was clear that food, safety, health and other life-threatening issues were still being faced almost two weeks after Hurricane Sandy knocked out power and flooded much of the area.

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Campaigns: Public Housing

ACTION ALERT: Solidarity After Sandy

Posted on 11/02/2012
When: 
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 (All day) - Monday, November 12, 2012 (All day)
Where: 

Gowanus Community Center: 420 Baltic St. btw Bond and Hoyt

For over two weeks FUREE members, staff, allies and local Gowanus public housing residents ran a relief center to address the immediate needs of hundeds of tenants living for without power, heat and hot water after Hurricane Sandy.

We thank the countless volunteers, donors, and inspiring community leaders who came together in this moment of need and of solidarity.  On November 12th we closed down relief efforts after services were restored to all buildings. Read more »

FUREE In the Media

No Land Grab: Residents, Advocates React to NYCHA Private Investment Plan

Fort Greene-Clinton Hill Patch, 10/02/2012 -

For residents of Whitman, Ingersoll and Farragut Houses, news last week of New York City Housing Authority's plan to lease some of its real estate holdings to private developers brought back old anxieties over the future of the nation's largest public housing system. Read more »

Campaigns: Public Housing

FUREE members promote Participatory Budgeting in Councilmember Levin's District

Posted on 10/03/2012

FUREE members have been knocking on doors and chatting with our neighbors about an exciting new opportunity to advance accountable development in our communities.

Council Member Stephen Levin is empowering residents in the 33rd District to engage in a bottom-up process of deciding how $1million will be spent on physical improvements within the community (like parks, schools and transportation).  And FUREE is on board, energizing our members, and making sure low-income people of color and public housing residents are at the table in the diverse district. Read more »

FUREE In the Media

Community organizations join to call for a new plan at Atlantic Yards

AY Crime Scene, 09/28/2012 -

BROOKLYN, NY—On the day of the opening of Barclays Center, a coalition of community organizations today joined in a protest of Atlantic Yards’ failure to deliver on the promises of local jobs and affordable housing used to win approval for the $5 billion project, and called on Governor Andrew Cuomo and the State of New York to present a new plan for the site that prioritizes public benefits over the development of luxury housing. Read more »

Campaigns: Accountable Development
FUREE In the Media

Promises, Protests Continue After Barclays Center Opening

Next American City, 10/01/2012 -

Around 17 of the jobs pledged for the newly opened Barclays Center in Brooklyn materialized late Saturday afternoon in the form of arena employees in maroon vests and grey ties, blocking protestors from the entrance. Read more »

Campaigns: Accountable Development
FUREE In the Media

Skip the Entertainment, Groups Want Jobs and Housing from Atlantic Yards

MetroFocus, 09/25/2012 -

The Barclays Center is built. The ribbon has been cut. To open the Brooklyn arena, none other than Jay-Z (also an investor in the home-team Brooklyn Nets) is playing eight shows starting Friday night — and they’re all sold out. Read more »

Campaigns: Accountable Development, FUREEous Youth, Public Housing, Voter Engagement

Chaos or Community? - FUREE's 10th Annual Convention

When: Saturday, September 29, 2012 - 12:00pm - 4:00pm
Where: 

St. Joseph High School, 80 Willoughby St, Downtown Brooklyn; followed by a march for jobs, housing and justice at 4pm

Fall Apart or Fight Together for Jobs, Housing and Justice! Read more »

Campaigns: Accountable Development, FUREEous Youth, Public Housing, Voter Engagement
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