Tenants called for the passage of the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act and Community Opportunity to Purchase Act so they could buy the building.<\/p>\n
BK Reader Staff<\/a> | Nov 1, 2024 12:08 PM<\/p>\n Residents of 63 Tiffany Place, one of the few affordable housing buildings remaining in the Brooklyn’s Carroll Gardens, say they face potential rent increases and eviction at the beginning of the new year.<\/p>\n The tenants, along with several elected officials, called on the landlord to sell the building to tenants or a nonprofit during a rally outside the building on Thursday.<\/p>\n .<\/p>\n .<\/p>\n .<\/p>\n Elected officials at the rally also included Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, State Senator Zellnor Myrie (lead Senate sponsor of TOPA<\/a>), Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon, Assemblymember Marcela Mitaynes (lead Assembly sponsor of TOPA<\/a>), Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, Councilmember Shahana Hanif, and Councilmember Alexa Avil\u00e9s.<\/p>\n The tenants, members of the Southwest Brooklyn Tenants Union, were also supported by Housing Justice for All, the New Economy Project, New York Community Land Initiative, and Carroll Gardens Association.<\/p>\n \u201cOnce again, the landlord of 63 Tiffany Place is threatening to displace long-term, working-class residents from one of the last affordable housing options in the Columbia Waterfront neighborhood,\u201d said Hanif. \u201cToday, we stand with tenants and advocates in demanding a fair solution and a continuation of good-faith negotiations to preserve this vital affordable housing option for our neighbors.\u201d<\/p>\n .<\/p>\n .<\/p>\n .<\/p>\n [Read More: Affordable Housing Tenants in Carroll Gardens Fight to Stay in Their Homes]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Tenants called for the passage of the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act and Community Opportunity to Purchase Act so they could buy the building.<\/p>\n