COPA will help keep working-class New Yorkers in NYC, bring thousands of homes into tenant and community ownership, community groups and electeds say at City Hall victory rally
New York, NY — 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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Amid deepening housing crisis, advocates demand passage of COPA to bring land and housing into permanently affordable community control
New York, NY – More than 100 tenants, community groups and electeds 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.
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Brooklyn, NY Council Member Sandy Nurse rallied this morning alongside a chorus of local elected officials and residents calling on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to increase local hiring for the $400 million ADA-accessibility and public realm project at Broadway Junction. This historic project is the biggest public works project the district has seen in decades and has the potential to supercharge community wealth building efforts in Council District 37 and East New York, specifically.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 14, 2023
Council Member Nurse, De La Rosa, and others will introduce a bill ensuring that NYC achieves 150 megawatts of solar power by 2030 on city-owned buildings and public properties
New York, NY – On Thursday September 14th, Council Member Sandy Nurse, along with several other Council Members introduced legislation requiring New York City to accelerate solar energy installations on city-owned buildings and public properties.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 8, 2023
The Act is the most aggressive Zero Waste legislation in the nation with targets and accountability, mandated citywide curbside organics, and increased community access.
Today, in the midst of a climate crisis caused by hazardous wildfire smoke covering the region, New York City committed to the ambitious but necessary goal of Zero Waste by 2030.
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