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The 1918–1920 New York City rent strikes were some of the most significant tenant mobilizations against landlords in New York City history. [2] A housing shortage caused by World War I had exacerbated tenant conditions, with the construction industry being redirected to support the war effort.
[1] The New York Post wrote in 1988 that "critics of 7A say it is so poorly supervised that incompetent and even corrupt administrators have gotten away with years of mispending a building's rent roll." Their page and a half expose was followed by a quarter page "A success story" about one woman (who) "administers several buildings in the 7A ...
A rent strike in Harlem, New York City, September 1919. A rent strike, sometimes known as a tenants strike or a renters strike, is a method of protest commonly employed against large landlords. In a rent strike, a group of tenants agree to collectively withhold paying some or all of their rent to their landlords en masse until demands are met.
The rent strike of 1904 was the first mass rent strike in New York City's history [5] [1] and lasted nearly a month. [1] It was initially organized informally among Jewish immigrant women in the Lower East Side, [5] who canvassed the neighborhood for support and organized strategy meetings, pickets, and tenants unions. [3]
Due to the strike's association with the Socialist Party, it was considered a leftist activity by much of the New York City public. [5] As a result, it became susceptible to waves of anti-communist sentiment. [10] The media was less supportive of the strike than the one in 1904, calling it a "tenant uprising", "rent war", and "tenant rebellion ...
Failure to provide these may allow the tenant to receive a lower rent. [4] Outside of New York City, the state government determines the maximum rents and rate increases, and owners may periodically apply for increases. In New York City, rent control is based on the Maximum Base Rent system. A maximum allowable rent is established for each unit.
The Tenant Movement in New York City, 1904-1984; Original scan available at the Archive.org Library, Here. Urban Castles: Tenement Housing and Landlord Activism in New York City 1890-1943; The Great Rent Wars: New York, 1917-1929; When Tenants Claimed the City: The Struggle for Citizenship in New York City Housing; In Defense of Housing: The ...
The Alwyn Court is at 180 West 58th Street, [4] on the southeast corner with Seventh Avenue and one block south of Central Park, in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City, United States. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The site covers 12,525 square feet (1,164 m 2 ), with a width of 100 feet (30 m) on Seventh Avenue and a depth of 125 feet (38 m) on ...