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City Limits: Council Passes Bill Giving Nonprofits First Dibs in Distressed Building Sales—With Mayor’s Support
It was so close and yet, so far. But now the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act (COPA) appears to have broken through for good. The bill passed the City Council for the second time in less than a year Thursday, and will head next to the mayor’s desk.
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City Council Passes the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act (COPA), Giving Community Groups a New Tool to Stabilize and Preserve Affordable Housing
Amid a deepening housing crisis, the New York City Council today passed the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act (Intro 905-A), or COPA—a landmark piece of legislation designed to stabilize and expand the supply of permanently affordable, community-controlled homes.
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Power to the People: Pass the NYC POWER Act
We can’t build a just economy when our current system allows corporations to exploit working people and extract wealth from communities of color, with impunity.
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Queens Ledger: COPA Inches Closer to Law as Support Builds in City Council
Speaking before her colleagues on the City Council’s Committee on Housing and Buildings on Wednesday, September 9, the Bushwick councilmember once again delivered the opening testimony for the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act (COPA) — her landmark bill that would empower trusted nonprofits to acquire distressed apartment buildings before corporate real estate can.
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City Limits: Is It Finally COPA’s Year?
The Community Opportunity to Purchase Act (COPA), which would give some tenants and community groups pathways to bid early on certain buildings that go up for sale, finally has support of Council, city housing officials, and the mayor.
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Tenants, Community Groups, Electeds Rally At City Hall for the Community Opportunity To Purchase Act (COPA) As Council Holds Key Hearing
More than 150 tenants, community groups and elected officials rallied on the steps of City Hall on Wednesday morning, calling on the City Council to pass the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act, or COPA (Intro 905), sponsored by Council Member Sandy Nurse. The action preceded a key City Council hearing on the bill, at which…
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The City Reporter: East New York Residents Try Buying Back Their Neighborhood, One Lot At a Time
Debra Ack beamed with pride as she looked at the two-story brown brick warehouse on Jamaica Avenue in East New York.
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Tenants & Housing Groups Pitch “COPA Cabana” at City Hall, Call for Passage of Community Opportunity to Purchase Act
On Thursday, tenants and housing groups gathered outside City Hall to urge Speaker Julie Menin and the New York City Council to pass the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act (COPA). Advocates transformed the plaza into a beach-themed “COPA Cabana,” serving drinks, playing music, and sharing information about how COPA would help preserve affordable housing, prevent…
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“Loan Shark” Crashes DailyPay’s New York City Publicity Stunt to Expose True Cost of “Earned Wage Access” Payday Loan Apps
DailyPay’s “DailyPay Diner” publicity stunt got an unexpected visitor Thursday when a costumed “loan shark” crashed the event, carrying a sign advertising “TODAY’S MENU: WORKERS’ WAGES” and confronting the company with damning allegations about its abusive tactics.
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COPA Is Back, a “Solidarity Stroll” with the Mamdani Administration, a New Coalition Takes on Big Tech Predators, and More!
In our latest newsletter: COPA is back! Catch up on the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act, our work launching a national coalition to fight Big Tech payday lenders, a “Solidarity Stroll” with Deputy Mayor Julie Su and other members of the Mamdani Administration, and much more.