Jackson Heights Life

For most New Yorkers, rent is due April 1st, and with thousands of people losing their income as a direct result of the Coronavirus, many don't know how they'll pay and what will happen next. Housing lawyers Lina Lee and Shekar Krishnan will talk us through what the current housing landscape is, what your rights are, and how we can all fight for justice for tenants. Lina and Shekar are two of the three co-founders of a legal services organization called Communites Resist which was established and led by people of color to fight for low-income tenants and community coalitions in some of the most gentrified neighborhoods in NYC, especially in Brooklyn and Queens. Its mission is to promote racial, gender, economic, and social justice, advance civil and human rights, and defend and preserve communities of color under an organizing and affirmative litigation model on behalf of tenant associations. Lina and Shekar have extensive experience representing tenants and working with organizers in protracted struggles against harassment by landlords, systemic housing discrimination, and discriminatory rezonings in the city. We hope you can join us!