ACTION ALERT

Move the Money Press Conference & March

Posted on 08/07/2012
When: 
Wednesday, August 8, 2012 - 2:00pm
Where: 

PRESS CONFERENCE AT NYCHA HQ, 250 B’way, NYC & MARCH to HUD, 26 Federal Plaza, NYC

Join residents across the city who are OUTRAGED by the recent exposé revealing that NYCHA sits on $1 BILLION in unused federal funds while ignoring residents’ needs.

Quality housing is a human right and public housing residents deserve TRANSPARENCY and RESPECT from NYCHA.

It’s time to STAND UP and FIGHT to preserve and protect public housing, for our rights to timely repairs, jobs for residents, replacement of lost units, resident control of public housing and to make OUR HOMES a symbol of quality housing!

 WE’RE CALLING ON NYCHA RESIDENTS AND ALLIES TO HOLD NYCHA ACCOUNTABLE & DEMAND THEY…

 MOVE the MONEY!!!

MARCH TO DEMAND AN INVESTIGATION INTO NYCHA’S BOARD & MISMANAGEMENT!

 

WED. AUGUST 8th - 2pm

PRESS CONFERENCE AT NYCHA HQ, 250 B’way, NYC

& MARCH to HUD, 26 Federal Plaza, NYC

FUREE/BROOKLYN Meet UP: 1 p.m., FUREE, 81 Willoughby Street, #701 

 

RESIDENTS DEMANDS:

 Move the Money!

  • o Utilize funds to meet residents’ repair and maintenance needs
  • o Utilize funds to strengthen Section 3 to provide more training and placement opportunities for residents
  • o Utilize funds to truly preserve and protect public housing

 Independent Oversight of NYCHA

  • o Develop an oversight committee that is INDEPENDENT from the Mayor’s Office that includes NYCHA residents, elected officials and community-based organizations

 MORE Resident Control

  • o Resident elections of all NYCHA Board Members
  • o Redesign the NYCHA Board to include more resident positions.
  • o Increase resident participation by strengthening resident representation in bodies such as the TA through increased resident education in NYHCA’s policies
  • o Set aside funding for a NYCHA Participatory Budgeting program for capital projects

 

Endorsed by: Community Voices Heard, Families United for Racial & Economic Equality (FUREE), Good Old Lower East Side (GOLES) & Mothers on the Move (MOM) (list in formation)

 

For Join us or for more Info, Contact:

CVH: Carmen, carmen [at] cvhaction [dot] org

FUREE: Valery, valery [at] furee [dot] org

GOLES: Emilie: emilie [at] goles [dot] org

MOM: Nova: novastratchan [at] gmail [dot] com 

 

 

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!

Campaigns: Public Housing