Rallying for 63 Tiffany Place
On Tuesday, July 25th we organized a press conference with local elected officials and tenants at 63 Tiffany Place demanding their landlord work with the relevant government agencies to avoid a mass eviction at the end of the year. Profiled by the New York Times in 1995 as a shining example of affordable housing for working-class New Yorkers, dozens of tenants now face the threat of eviction or major rent hikes if their regulatory agreement isn’t renewed. The landlord, Irving Langer, is notorious for evicting tenants, ranking as the second worst landlord in terms of evictions in 2019 by the New York City Right To Counsel Coalition and appearing on the Public Advocates “Worst Landlords” list multiple times. Despite continued outreach to the landlord to renew the agreement, set to expire in December 2023, tenants have been met with silence. Meanwhile, City and State agencies tasked with regulating the building have failed to take the urgent actions needed to keep these long-term tenants in their homes. The unified front will condemn the landlord for their callous radio silence and demand the City and State pressure the landlord to find a solution that ensures no tenant is evicted from 63 Tiffany Place! Check out some of the media coverage here:
Councilmember Hanif
Assemblymember Simon
Comptroller Lander
State Senator Gournades