New York Times: Flophouse Operator Is Arrested in a Scheme to Defraud Medicaid
Today, in a moment of housing justice for members of Neighbors Together's Three-Quarter House Tenant Organizing Project, one of the most notorious operators of three-quarter houses was arrested for money laundering and Medicaid fraud charges. From The New York Times:...
Come see us at the Bruce Springsteen concerts at Barclay’s this month!
We will be fundraising at Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band’s sold-out concerts at Barclay’s Center on Sat. 4/23 and Mon. 4/25. Make sure to stop by if you're attending either concert. Bruce will be doing a special shout out to Neighbors Together! Won’t be at...
Members attend health education workshop
Nine Neighbors Together members, as part of a regular group meeting, attended a workshop led by a nutritionist about health education facilitated by the Greater Brooklyn Health Coalition. The workshop focused on diabetes, hypertension, and obesity.
Meet Our Board Members: Robert Dunn
“I especially love that the wonderful people who work at Neighbors Together are on the front lines of fighting hunger and poverty daily.”
Neighbors Together members visit The Museum of the City of New York
On Feb. 17, four Neighbors Together members went to The Museum of the City of New York on the upper east side with NT staff member Cassiah Sahl. We saw exhibits about the history of Activism in NYC, art by an artist named Chris "Daze" Ellis who began as a graffiti...
New York Times: Landlord of ‘Three-Quarter’ Homes Faces Criminal Charges
The New York Times reports: Prosecutors have filed criminal charges against a notorious landlord of cramped flophouses in Brooklyn, taking what housing advocates described as unusually forceful action against an operator of so-called three-quarter homes. Read the full...
New York Times: New York City Starts Moving Tenants From ‘Three-Quarter’ Homes, but Others Are Left Behind
The New York Times reports: They are hardly typical hotel guests. On public assistance or federal disability, many struggle with addiction to drugs or alcohol. Some are mentally ill; others, simply homeless. The city moved them to the hotel to relieve overcrowding at...
New York Times: New York City Allocates $5 Million to Move Tenants Out of ‘Three-Quarter’ Homes
The New York Times reports: New York City will dedicate $5 million of its budget for next year to inspect and fix illegal boarding homes, known as “three-quarter” houses, and to relocate tenants living in them, city officials said. Read the full story.
Brooklyn Independent Media reports on three-quarter housing
New York Times: New York Comptroller, Taking Aim at ‘Three-Quarter’ Homes, Urges City Agencies to End Referrals
The New York Times reports: The office of the New York City comptroller plans to send letters on Tuesday to City Hall and various agencies demanding that they take steps to ensure that people in need of housing are not sent to illegal boarding homes, known as...