rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/petition/stand-with-tenants-and-help-us-make-history?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-petition-area-stand-with-tenants-and-help-us-make-history' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> Housing Justice For All and NYS Tenant Bloc https://actionnetwork.org/groups/hj4a-tenant-bloc https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/petitions/photos/000/126/387/normal/PetitionSign.png Everyone in New York knows the rent is too damn high, but no one is doing anything about it. This year, that can change. And if it doesn’t, it will be too late for the millions of New Yorkers who make up the fabric of New York State. More than 8 million New Yorkers rent their homes, but the vast majority of tenants have no protections against landlord harassment, price gouging, retaliation from their landlords, or eviction. As a result, 92,000 people are homeless. This is a crisis that was created in Albany as a result of the corrupt influence of the real estate industry on State politics. It’s gotten worse in the last 10 years, and unless something changes right now, it will be too late. Across all of New York State, rent is going up way faster than incomes, and too many people can’t afford their rent. From Brooklyn to Buffalo, 100 people are evicted each day. This year, State legislators have a chance to do something about it. For the first time in decades, we can renew, strengthen, and expand rent control in New York State. It’s time for the powers that be in Albany to finally decide whose side they are on: the people who elected them, or landlords who have profited hand over fist for decades. Tenants, not landlords, are the real constituents of New York State. And New York tenants can’t wait. https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/stand-with-tenants-and-help-us-make-history