Dear friends,
A reminder that our next monthly meeting is today, Tuesday, December 13th, at 6:30pm. This meeting will be half normal meeting and half holiday party with pizza, mulled wine, and a screening!
We will be meeting at
located at 221 Nassau Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11222 off the Nassau G Train stop.
Please RSVP below if you are planning to attend. We ask that everyone test themselves for Covid-19 before the meeting. If you need a test, just let us know!
In this meeting, we will discuss the recent City Council vote on Innovation QNS in Astoria, upcoming benefit auction and exhibition by 2BAD to support Two Bridges Legal Fund, Chinatown Jail updates and more!
Our monthly meeting is the second Tuesday of every month. All are welcome!
*Artwork above by Julia Glander via their
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New School Strike Ends in Victory!
"The New School reached a tentative contract agreement with its part-time faculty this weekend, ending a strike that lasted nearly a month. A joint statement released by the faculty’s union, ACT-United Auto Workers Local 7902, and the New School on Saturday said two highlights of the five-year deal are pay raises and boosts to health care for the workers. Union leaders said they expect the agreement to be ratified by the group’s 2,400 members later this week." via The Gothamist
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*Image from previous pop-up exhibition outside of MOCA
Two Bridges Against Displacement will be hosting an upcoming benefit to support the recently launched Coalition to Protect Lower East Side + Chinatown + Council Member Christopher Marte's new lawsuit to stop the luxury high-rises in Two Bridges!
Astoria Not For Sale Statement on Innovation QNS Vote
"The City Council voted to approve Innovation QNS with the support of Council Member Julie Won after concessions and commitments were made by the developers to set aside 45% of the units for affordable housing. We showed up en masse to protest, rally, and petition even though we had full-time jobs, families, school, and struggles. Developer-led luxury projects like these are predicated on subsidies and tax breaks that working class people fund. They are largely unaffordable and inaccessible to the most vulnerable New Yorkers. They extract well beyond any benefits they give. And that’s why, even after these concessions, we know this project continues the trajectory of building mostly for wealthy people for maximum profit. For our communities, affordability starts at 30% AMI or below. In the end, this was only 16% of the proposed development, while 84% of the development remains unaffordable and inaccessible for so many in our community. Given that the depths and numbers of affordability we wanted were not reached, we remained opposed to this project and could not support it. We wish Council Member Won could have done the same.That said, now that InnovationQNS has passed the City Council, we must hold the developers accountable for their promises including $2 million for a tenant protection/anti-harassment legal fund, 1436 affordable units with 658 dedicated to Formerly Homeless and Extremely Low Income NYers (0-30% AMI), promises to accept 157 housing vouchers and cover the costs for any gaps between the voucher and market-rate rent, accessibility measures, and more."- From Astoria Not For Sale December 3rd Mailer