June 2018 - FUREE

June 27, 2018
Michael Higgins Jr
Press About FUREE
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FUREE Chair Monica Underwood and T3 Organizer Karen Blondel appear on BRIC TV

In case you missed it, our own FUREE Steering Committee Chair Monica Underwood and colleague and community organizer Karen Blondel were recently invited onto BRIC TV's 112BK to talk about the recent news about public housing. Watch their segment in its…

June 19, 2018
Shatia Strother
Uncategorized
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FUREE’S MAY/JUNE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER- SUMMERTIME MADNESS!

Feel the burning desire to donate & support FUREE/FYAH work?! Well you can do just that here: Fifth Avenue Committee/FUREE NYCharities Page **Make sure to type 'FUREE' or 'FUREEous Youth' in the box under:…

June 18, 2018
Michael Higgins Jr
Community Discussions, Housing Justice and Anti-Displacement
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NYCHA Agrees to Pay $2.2 Billion over 10 Years in Consent Decree

A complaint published by the office of the Attorney General of Southern New York on NYCHA citing extreme health and safety violations and the mismanagement and lies that were used by NYCHA officials to cover it…

June 12, 2018
Michael Higgins Jr
Community Discussions, Gentrification, Housing Justice and Anti-Displacement
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Gowanus Rezoning Framework Released

Over the past 2 years, FUREE along with Fifth Avenue Committee, other community based organizations, businesses and local residents as part of the Gowanus Neighborhood Coalition for Justice (GNCJ) have engaged with the city on…

June 5, 2018
Shatia Strother
Press About FUREE, Public Housing Privitization, Uncategorized
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Meet the Rising New Housing Movement That Wants to Create Homes for All

By Jimmy Tobias, for The Nation - May 24, 2018 From rent regulation to social housing, activists are pushing for serious solutions to the affordable-housing crisis. Crossing the Frederick Douglass–Susan B. Anthony Memorial Bridge on…