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Stop begging for repairs. How Buffalo tenants are using Article 7-D and pocket escrows to fight back.
With roughly 20,000 people facing eviction proceedings in Buffalo recently, and tens of thousands more dealing with severe neglect, the scale of predatory housing is staggering. Many corporate property owners treat our neighborhoods as extraction portfolios while treating residents as disposable income streams.
Under New York State law (Article 7-D), tenants possess the power to affirmatively sue their landlords for repairs and rent abatements. Instead of waiting for an eviction notice to defend yourself, you can take the offensive. A key tactic in this process is the "pocket escrow." Rather than paying a neglectful owner, a tenant places their rent money into a separate, dedicated savings account. This keeps the funds secure and ready to produce in court when a judge asks for proof of funds, protecting the tenant while stopping the flow of profit to the slumlord.
We highly recommend securing legal representation before taking these steps. Buffalo is home to excellent resources like the Western New York Law Center, Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo, Neighborhood Legal Services, Center for Elder Law & Justice, and the Volunteer Lawyers Project. However, with the sheer volume of housing cases, these organizations frequently reach capacity. When free legal aid is full, tenants can explore private contingency firms or prepare to file pro se (representing yourself).
Individual lawsuits are a start, but true leverage comes from collective numbers. Building a citywide tenant union provides the power to pass strong Good Cause Eviction protections, similar to the blueprint recently established in Rochester. Part of this fight is redefining the narrative. A true "small landlord" is an individual who lives in one half of a duplex and rents out the other unit. An owner renting out a non-owner-occupied single-family home, or an owner-occupied triplex, is operating a real estate portfolio.
The Rising Tide Fellowship is helping neighbors navigate these systems step-by-step. Check out our Linktree to connect with our network, find direct links to free legal aid providers, and link up with allied organizations building tenant power across the city.
Link: https://linktr.ee/rtfe
#Buffalo #TenantPower #HousingJustice #Article7D #RentStrike #BuffaloNY #MutualAid #GoodCauseEviction #RisingTide #Anarchism #WorkingClass -
Stop begging for repairs. How Buffalo tenants are using Article 7-D and pocket escrows to fight back.
With roughly 20,000 people facing eviction proceedings in Buffalo recently, and tens of thousands more dealing with severe neglect, the scale of predatory housing is staggering. Many corporate property owners treat our neighborhoods as extraction portfolios while treating residents as disposable income streams.
Under New York State law (Article 7-D), tenants possess the power to affirmatively sue their landlords for repairs and rent abatements. Instead of waiting for an eviction notice to defend yourself, you can take the offensive. A key tactic in this process is the "pocket escrow." Rather than paying a neglectful owner, a tenant places their rent money into a separate, dedicated savings account. This keeps the funds secure and ready to produce in court when a judge asks for proof of funds, protecting the tenant while stopping the flow of profit to the slumlord.
We highly recommend securing legal representation before taking these steps. Buffalo is home to excellent resources like the Western New York Law Center, Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo, Neighborhood Legal Services, Center for Elder Law & Justice, and the Volunteer Lawyers Project. However, with the sheer volume of housing cases, these organizations frequently reach capacity. When free legal aid is full, tenants can explore private contingency firms or prepare to file pro se (representing yourself).
Individual lawsuits are a start, but true leverage comes from collective numbers. Building a citywide tenant union provides the power to pass strong Good Cause Eviction protections, similar to the blueprint recently established in Rochester. Part of this fight is redefining the narrative. A true "small landlord" is an individual who lives in one half of a duplex and rents out the other unit. An owner renting out a non-owner-occupied single-family home, or an owner-occupied triplex, is operating a real estate portfolio.
The Rising Tide Fellowship is helping neighbors navigate these systems step-by-step. Check out our Linktree to connect with our network, find direct links to free legal aid providers, and link up with allied organizations building tenant power across the city.
Link: https://linktr.ee/rtfe
#Buffalo #TenantPower #HousingJustice #Article7D #RentStrike #BuffaloNY #MutualAid #GoodCauseEviction #RisingTide #Anarchism #WorkingClass -
Stop begging for repairs. How Buffalo tenants are using Article 7-D and pocket escrows to fight back.
With roughly 20,000 people facing eviction proceedings in Buffalo recently, and tens of thousands more dealing with severe neglect, the scale of predatory housing is staggering. Many corporate property owners treat our neighborhoods as extraction portfolios while treating residents as disposable income streams.
Under New York State law (Article 7-D), tenants possess the power to affirmatively sue their landlords for repairs and rent abatements. Instead of waiting for an eviction notice to defend yourself, you can take the offensive. A key tactic in this process is the "pocket escrow." Rather than paying a neglectful owner, a tenant places their rent money into a separate, dedicated savings account. This keeps the funds secure and ready to produce in court when a judge asks for proof of funds, protecting the tenant while stopping the flow of profit to the slumlord.
We highly recommend securing legal representation before taking these steps. Buffalo is home to excellent resources like the Western New York Law Center, Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo, Neighborhood Legal Services, Center for Elder Law & Justice, and the Volunteer Lawyers Project. However, with the sheer volume of housing cases, these organizations frequently reach capacity. When free legal aid is full, tenants can explore private contingency firms or prepare to file pro se (representing yourself).
Individual lawsuits are a start, but true leverage comes from collective numbers. Building a citywide tenant union provides the power to pass strong Good Cause Eviction protections, similar to the blueprint recently established in Rochester. Part of this fight is redefining the narrative. A true "small landlord" is an individual who lives in one half of a duplex and rents out the other unit. An owner renting out a non-owner-occupied single-family home, or an owner-occupied triplex, is operating a real estate portfolio.
The Rising Tide Fellowship is helping neighbors navigate these systems step-by-step. Check out our Linktree to connect with our network, find direct links to free legal aid providers, and link up with allied organizations building tenant power across the city.
Link: https://linktr.ee/rtfe
#Buffalo #TenantPower #HousingJustice #Article7D #RentStrike #BuffaloNY #MutualAid #GoodCauseEviction #RisingTide #Anarchism #WorkingClass -
Stop begging for repairs. How Buffalo tenants are using Article 7-D and pocket escrows to fight back.
With roughly 20,000 people facing eviction proceedings in Buffalo recently, and tens of thousands more dealing with severe neglect, the scale of predatory housing is staggering. Many corporate property owners treat our neighborhoods as extraction portfolios while treating residents as disposable income streams.
Under New York State law (Article 7-D), tenants possess the power to affirmatively sue their landlords for repairs and rent abatements. Instead of waiting for an eviction notice to defend yourself, you can take the offensive. A key tactic in this process is the "pocket escrow." Rather than paying a neglectful owner, a tenant places their rent money into a separate, dedicated savings account. This keeps the funds secure and ready to produce in court when a judge asks for proof of funds, protecting the tenant while stopping the flow of profit to the slumlord.
We highly recommend securing legal representation before taking these steps. Buffalo is home to excellent resources like the Western New York Law Center, Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo, Neighborhood Legal Services, Center for Elder Law & Justice, and the Volunteer Lawyers Project. However, with the sheer volume of housing cases, these organizations frequently reach capacity. When free legal aid is full, tenants can explore private contingency firms or prepare to file pro se (representing yourself).
Individual lawsuits are a start, but true leverage comes from collective numbers. Building a citywide tenant union provides the power to pass strong Good Cause Eviction protections, similar to the blueprint recently established in Rochester. Part of this fight is redefining the narrative. A true "small landlord" is an individual who lives in one half of a duplex and rents out the other unit. An owner renting out a non-owner-occupied single-family home, or an owner-occupied triplex, is operating a real estate portfolio.
The Rising Tide Fellowship is helping neighbors navigate these systems step-by-step. Check out our Linktree to connect with our network, find direct links to free legal aid providers, and link up with allied organizations building tenant power across the city.
Link: https://linktr.ee/rtfe
#Buffalo #TenantPower #HousingJustice #Article7D #RentStrike #BuffaloNY #MutualAid #GoodCauseEviction #RisingTide #Anarchism #WorkingClass -
Rising Tide 2025 - Newcastle
Second Day of Blockade.
More coal ships delayed, and a lot of committed protesters making it happen. Awesome work from so many people.
#risingtide #auspol #NewcastleNSW #RisingTide2025 #endfossilfuels #PeoplesBlockade #NoNewCoal #MakePollutersPay
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Rising Tide 2025 - Newcastle
Second Day of Blockade.
More coal ships delayed, and a lot of committed protesters making it happen. Awesome work from so many people.
#risingtide #auspol #NewcastleNSW #RisingTide2025 #endfossilfuels #PeoplesBlockade #NoNewCoal #MakePollutersPay
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Rising Tide 2025.
The crew from Discobedience working the crowd up for another day of solidarity and protest.
#risingtide #auspol #NewcastleNSW #RisingTide2025 #endfossilfuels #PeoplesBlockade #NoNewCoal #MakePollutersPay
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Rising Tide 2025.
The crew from Discobedience working the crowd up for another day of solidarity and protest.
#risingtide #auspol #NewcastleNSW #RisingTide2025 #endfossilfuels #PeoplesBlockade #NoNewCoal #MakePollutersPay
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The Peoples Blockade of Newcastle Port begins!
A great turn out, amazing energy, and anecdotal reporting that a coal ship has been delayed! ✊
A completely OTT police response (the cops have their own special operation for this activity) and only two 'pro coal' counter protesters seen so far.
[Edit - typo, and new hashtags]
#risingtide #auspol #NewcastleNSW #RisingTide2025 #endfossilfuels #PeoplesBlockade #NoNewCoal #MakePollutersPay
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The Peoples Blockade of Newcastle Port begins!
A great turn out, amazing energy, and anecdotal reporting that a coal ship has been delayed! ✊
A completely OTT police response (the cops have their own special operation for this activity) and only two 'pro coal' counter protesters seen so far.
[Edit - typo, and new hashtags]
#risingtide #auspol #NewcastleNSW #RisingTide2025 #endfossilfuels #PeoplesBlockade #NoNewCoal #MakePollutersPay
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Part 2 of Protestival Rising Tide
https://www.3cr.org.au/earthmatters/episode/earth-matters-rising-tide-disrupts-coal-ships-meet-people-blockade-worldsNote: Earth Matters #1481 was produced on the lands of the #Woromi and #Awabakal people by Bec Horridge
#earthMatters #communityradio #3CR
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I've heard that there's been a heap of people come away from the Newcastle #protestival with #covid. #Activism cannot be inclusive if it isn't #CovidSafe.
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Canberra Wave Against New Coal and Gas November 27 2024
#climatecrisis #NoNewCoalandGas
#RisingTide #CanberraWave #TeenJesus -
Canberra Wave Against New Coal and Gas November 27 2024
#climatecrisis #NoNewCoalandGas
#RisingTide #CanberraWave #TeenJesus -
The climate crisis is here and the science is clear.
Join hundreds of people from across the country as we come together in the last sitting week of Parliament in Canberra to demand Prime Minister Albanese answer the question:
When will your Government stop approving climate destroying coal and gas mines?!#climatecrisis #climatechange #risingtide #risingtideaus #canberrawave #nonewcoalandgas #canberra #auspol
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The climate crisis is here and the science is clear.
Join hundreds of people from across the country as we come together in the last sitting week of Parliament in Canberra to demand Prime Minister Albanese answer the question:
When will your Government stop approving climate destroying coal and gas mines?!#climatecrisis #climatechange #risingtide #risingtideaus #canberrawave #nonewcoalandgas #canberra #auspol
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Photographs: Thanks Emma Davidson
@emmadavidson
aus.socialSunday November 24th 2024
(Duopoly - two wings of the plundering and polluting for profit racketeers:
ALP = Anthracite Lignite Party LNP = Lignite Nuclear Party )“180 arrested for blocking coal ship”
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/nov/24/police-arrest-170-at-nsw-rising-tide-protest-as-activists-temporarily-block-coal-ships#Muloobinba #RisingTide
#peoplesblockade #fossilfuels
#protestival #climatecrisis -
Photographs: Thanks Emma Davidson
@emmadavidson
aus.socialSunday November 24th 2024
(Duopoly - two wings of the plundering and polluting for profit racketeers:
ALP = Anthracite Lignite Party LNP = Lignite Nuclear Party )“180 arrested for blocking coal ship”
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/nov/24/police-arrest-170-at-nsw-rising-tide-protest-as-activists-temporarily-block-coal-ships#Muloobinba #RisingTide
#peoplesblockade #fossilfuels
#protestival #climatecrisis -
Shout out to the heroes who put their bodies and lives on the line this weekend.
Thank you.
#RisingTide #RisingTideAus #PeoplesBlockade #Newcastle #ausPol #climateChange
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Shout out to the heroes who put their bodies and lives on the line this weekend.
Thank you.
#RisingTide #RisingTideAus #PeoplesBlockade #Newcastle #ausPol #climateChange
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"152 arrests so far today! 40 of them include charges under the NSW anti protest laws. That's the info I've got so far."
#RisingTide #RisingTideAus #PeoplesBlockade #Newcastle #AntiProtestLaws #Protestival
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"152 arrests so far today! 40 of them include charges under the NSW anti protest laws. That's the info I've got so far."
#RisingTide #RisingTideAus #PeoplesBlockade #Newcastle #AntiProtestLaws #Protestival
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152 arrests so far today! 40 of them include charges under the NSW anti protest laws. That's the info I've got so far.
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152 arrests so far today! 40 of them include charges under the NSW anti protest laws. That's the info I've got so far.
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Arrests made as #RisingTide #ClimateChange protesters take to #Newcastle Harbour over #coal exports
"'I strongly support the peaceful protest that's planned here. Consider what the scientists are telling us, look at the agreements we're trying to forge internationally and understand that this is one of the most defining issues of our time." -- #PeterGarrett, #MidnightOil frontman and former environment minister.
By Romy Stephens and Bridget Murphy
November 22, 2024"Activism group Rising Tide says multiple people have been arrested at an anti-fossil fuels demonstration in Newcastle.
"Thousands have attended the multi-day protest, where Midnight Oil front man Peter Garrett delivered a speech and performed.
"The demonstration is expected to continue until Sunday evening."
#Protestival #RisingTideBlockade #PeoplesBlockade #RisingTideAus #Newcastle #NewcastleNSW
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Arrests made as #RisingTide #ClimateChange protesters take to #Newcastle Harbour over #coal exports
"'I strongly support the peaceful protest that's planned here. Consider what the scientists are telling us, look at the agreements we're trying to forge internationally and understand that this is one of the most defining issues of our time." -- #PeterGarrett, #MidnightOil frontman and former environment minister.
By Romy Stephens and Bridget Murphy
November 22, 2024"Activism group Rising Tide says multiple people have been arrested at an anti-fossil fuels demonstration in Newcastle.
"Thousands have attended the multi-day protest, where Midnight Oil front man Peter Garrett delivered a speech and performed.
"The demonstration is expected to continue until Sunday evening."
#Protestival #RisingTideBlockade #PeoplesBlockade #RisingTideAus #Newcastle #NewcastleNSW
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Arrests made as #RisingTide #ClimateChange protesters take to #Newcastle Harbour over #coal exports
"'I strongly support the peaceful protest that's planned here. Consider what the scientists are telling us, look at the agreements we're trying to forge internationally and understand that this is one of the most defining issues of our time." -- #PeterGarrett, #MidnightOil frontman and former environment minister.
By Romy Stephens and Bridget Murphy
November 22, 2024"Activism group Rising Tide says multiple people have been arrested at an anti-fossil fuels demonstration in Newcastle.
"Thousands have attended the multi-day protest, where Midnight Oil front man Peter Garrett delivered a speech and performed.
"The demonstration is expected to continue until Sunday evening."
#Protestival #RisingTideBlockade #PeoplesBlockade #RisingTideAus #Newcastle #NewcastleNSW
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Arrests made as #RisingTide #ClimateChange protesters take to #Newcastle Harbour over #coal exports
"'I strongly support the peaceful protest that's planned here. Consider what the scientists are telling us, look at the agreements we're trying to forge internationally and understand that this is one of the most defining issues of our time." -- #PeterGarrett, #MidnightOil frontman and former environment minister.
By Romy Stephens and Bridget Murphy
November 22, 2024"Activism group Rising Tide says multiple people have been arrested at an anti-fossil fuels demonstration in Newcastle.
"Thousands have attended the multi-day protest, where Midnight Oil front man Peter Garrett delivered a speech and performed.
"The demonstration is expected to continue until Sunday evening."
#Protestival #RisingTideBlockade #PeoplesBlockade #RisingTideAus #Newcastle #NewcastleNSW
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Arrests made as #RisingTide #ClimateChange protesters take to #Newcastle Harbour over #coal exports
"'I strongly support the peaceful protest that's planned here. Consider what the scientists are telling us, look at the agreements we're trying to forge internationally and understand that this is one of the most defining issues of our time." -- #PeterGarrett, #MidnightOil frontman and former environment minister.
By Romy Stephens and Bridget Murphy
November 22, 2024"Activism group Rising Tide says multiple people have been arrested at an anti-fossil fuels demonstration in Newcastle.
"Thousands have attended the multi-day protest, where Midnight Oil front man Peter Garrett delivered a speech and performed.
"The demonstration is expected to continue until Sunday evening."
#Protestival #RisingTideBlockade #PeoplesBlockade #RisingTideAus #Newcastle #NewcastleNSW
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Port of #NewcastleAustralia shipping paused as more than 100 #AntiCoal #protesters arrested
November 23, 2024
"More than 100 people have been arrested in Newcastle for allegedly defying directions by New South Wales Police during an anti-#FossilFuel protest at the world's largest coal port.
"Dozens of protesters on kayaks and small water craft paddled out on Newcastle Harbour on Sunday morning.
"Standing on the beach, a police officer using a loud speaker told those gathered on the sand they could be breaking the law if they entered the shipping channel.
"NSW Police said just after 10am on Sunday a large group of people entered the shipping channel and interfered with the movement of vessels.
"As a result police said 138 people had been arrested after refusing to comply with a direction to move away from the channel.
Thousands of people have gathered in Newcastle over the past few days for what activism group Rising Tide has called 'the people's blockade' of the world's largest coal port.
"The police operation on the harbour is continuing and police aren't ruling out further arrests.
"'NSW Police will adopt a zero-tolerance approach to actions which threaten public safety and the safe passage of vessels,' a statement said.
"Rising Tide has declared the protest action successful, claiming the paddle-out forced a bulk carrier to turn around and not enter the port."
#RisingTide #Protestival #RisingTideBlockade #PeoplesBlockade #RisingTideAus #Newcastle #NewcastleNSW
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Port of #NewcastleAustralia shipping paused as more than 100 #AntiCoal #protesters arrested
November 23, 2024
"More than 100 people have been arrested in Newcastle for allegedly defying directions by New South Wales Police during an anti-#FossilFuel protest at the world's largest coal port.
"Dozens of protesters on kayaks and small water craft paddled out on Newcastle Harbour on Sunday morning.
"Standing on the beach, a police officer using a loud speaker told those gathered on the sand they could be breaking the law if they entered the shipping channel.
"NSW Police said just after 10am on Sunday a large group of people entered the shipping channel and interfered with the movement of vessels.
"As a result police said 138 people had been arrested after refusing to comply with a direction to move away from the channel.
Thousands of people have gathered in Newcastle over the past few days for what activism group Rising Tide has called 'the people's blockade' of the world's largest coal port.
"The police operation on the harbour is continuing and police aren't ruling out further arrests.
"'NSW Police will adopt a zero-tolerance approach to actions which threaten public safety and the safe passage of vessels,' a statement said.
"Rising Tide has declared the protest action successful, claiming the paddle-out forced a bulk carrier to turn around and not enter the port."
#RisingTide #Protestival #RisingTideBlockade #PeoplesBlockade #RisingTideAus #Newcastle #NewcastleNSW
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We turned back a coal ship!
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We turned back a coal ship!
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This is what people power sounds like: breaking through the police line to the shipping channel
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This is what people power sounds like: breaking through the police line to the shipping channel
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Now we see the violence inherent in the system
Here’s the power of the state being brought to bear to protect the profits of #coal corporations, while the people, represented by community activists in kayaks, are corralled into a small area
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Now we see the violence inherent in the system
Here’s the power of the state being brought to bear to protect the profits of #coal corporations, while the people, represented by community activists in kayaks, are corralled into a small area
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#GreenLeft #RisingTide #AusPol #PeoplesBlockade
Major victory for rising tide as the supreme court rules the exclusion zone invalid. Check out the Green Left website for live coverage of the blockade:
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#GreenLeft #RisingTide #AusPol #PeoplesBlockade
Major victory for rising tide as the supreme court rules the exclusion zone invalid. Check out the Green Left website for live coverage of the blockade:
https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/peoples-blockade-2024 -
I’m at Rising Tide in Newcastle and we just won our appeal against the marine exclusion zone, which means a full weekend of fun swimming and kayaking at the beach, and saying no new coal and gas.
Come join us!
At Horseshoe Beach and Foreshore Park, Newcastle