NYCCLI members are fighting in partnership with Housing Justice for All to pass the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act in New York State. Join the TOPA working group which meets every other Wednesday at 6pm. for more information, email Elise at elise@neweconomynyc.org.
Learn more about the New York State Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act:
TOPA In the News
Crown Heights Tenants Demand Landlord Fix Building from Unlivable Conditions – News 12 Brooklyn, February 5, 2023
‘Nothing Has Really Changed’: After a Year-Long Rent Strike, Crown Heights Tenants Hope to go Co-Op – Brooklyn Paper, November 2, 2022
Mondays Are for Buying Your Building From Your Dead Slumlord – Hell Gate, October 31, 2022
As Homeownership Rates Decline in New York City, Could Community Land Trusts be an Answer? – City & State NY, August 25, 2022
Tenant Control – WBAI’s Housing Notebook, August 22, 2022
Brooklyn Tenants of Neglected Building Push for Community Control – Next City, April 7, 2022
Advocates Call for ‘Social Housing’ Funding in Budget – NY1 News, April 4, 2022
Flatbush Tenants Decry Building’s Neglect, Call to Pass ‘Opportunity to Purchase’ Act – AM New York, March 30, 2022
NYCCLI Statement on NYS Budget, March 10, 2022
East NY Land Trust Targets 18 Vacant City-Owned Properties for Community Ownership – BK Reader, March 9, 2022
Help Tenants Control Their Own Housing – Daily News Op-Ed, March 6, 2022
Coalition of 40+ Community & Labor Groups Releases 5-Point Platform for a Community-Led Recovery, Racial and Economic Justice in NY – Press Release, NYS Community Equity Agenda, November 18, 2021
New York CLTs Unite! – NYCCLI Member Blog, May 5, 2021
New York City Considers a Bold Idea to Keep People From Being Pushed Out of Their Homes – The Appeal, March 29, 2021
Giving Tenants the First Opportunity to Purchase Their Homes – Shelterforce, July 24, 2020
Why More Cities Are Hoping to Give Tenants the Chance to Purchase Their Buildings – Next City, July 14, 2020
Advocates: NYC Needs More Money, New Model to Meet Housing Crisis – City Limits, June 26, 2020
With Mass Evictions and Real Estate Speculation Looming, City and State Leaders Must Give Communities Opportunity to Own Their Own Land – Gotham Gazette Op-Ed, June 26, 2020
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