News & Events
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WBAI’s Housing Notebook: Tenant Control
Housing Notebook — Our CLT Campaign Organizer Elise Goldin joins Claudia Waterton, a Bronx tenant association president, and host Scott Sommer to discuss tenant-controlled housing and the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA).
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Economic Justice Group Files Federal Lawsuit Against Debt Collection Law Firm Notorious for Predatory Practices
New Economy Project and co-counsel at The Law Office of Ahmad Keshavarz filed a federal lawsuit this month, on behalf of Bronx resident Jose Crespo, against Gutman, Mintz, Baker, and Sonnenfeldt (GMBS), a Long Island-based debt collection law firm that has for years engaged in predatory and unlawful practices that harm low-income New Yorkers.
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City Limits: Legislation Would Give Nonprofits First Crack at Developing NYC-Owned Land
City Limits — New York City community land trusts and nonprofit developers could get the first crack at securing publicly-owned land for affordable housing under a new bill introduced by Brooklyn Councilmember Lincoln Restler Thursday.
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Meet Celeste
Meet longtime supporter Celeste Day Moore, who shares her story of why she donates monthly to New Economy Project.
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Summer Briefing for Supporters
Thanks to all who joined us for our 2022 Summer Briefing for Supporters. Check out video from the event here.
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Brownstoner: Community Land Trust Wants to Turn NYPD Parking Lots Into Affordable Housing. Can They?
Brownstoner — “We demand — we ain’t asking no more — we demand that HPD turn this big, gigantic lot over to the community. Give it to the East New York Community Land Trust, let us build on it what the community needs, not free parking for the NYPD.”
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Center for New York City Affairs: Community Land Trusts Protect Housing Affordability – and Democracy
In her State of the City address last week, Council Speaker Adrienne Adams called for $4 billion in next year’s City budget for affordable housing, nearly tripling Mayor Eric Adams’s proposed investment.
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To Keep Housing Affordable, Support Community Land Trusts
In her State of the City address last week, Council Speaker Adrienne Adams called for an additional $4 billion in next year’s City budget for affordable housing, nearly tripling Mayor Eric Adams’ proposed investment.
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Report: Public Banking Key to Building Community Wealth in New York City
A new report from Demos and New Economy Project calls on New York City to establish a public bank to divest city dollars from Wall Street and channel capital to Black and brown communities to promote racial equity and a just recovery.
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‘Public Bank’ Bill Blocked From State Senate Vote After Industry Pushback
The City — For the last four years, Queens State Senator James Sanders Jr. has pushed his colleagues in the New York legislature to greenlight public banks: local government-run financial institutions intended to extend credit and generate economic activity in low-income neighborhoods.