In 2024 New York State passed a huge new tenants' rights law called Good Cause! What does Good Cause mean? What does this law do? Am I covered by it? Do I, as a tenant, now have new legal protections like the right to a lease renewal and a defense against excessive rent increases?

For answers to all of these questions -- and tips on how to share this info with your neighbors -- members of the Central Brooklyn branch of our NYC-DSA Tenant Organizing Working for a Know Your Rights training and education session. One of the many ways that landlords wield power over us is by exploiting an imbalance in knowledge. Tenant knowledge is tenant power!