It’s time to stand up.

TakeRoot Justice is partnering with us to end baseless eviction proceedings, threats, dangerous conditions, and lack of repairs. Since 2017, Weinberger filed 57 evictions in 196 Rockaway Parkway, and he filed 68 eviction proceedings at 214 Rockaway Parkway.

At our meeting on May 7, 2025, Yechiel (John) Weinberger instructed supportive-housing tenants that they must request repairs through their caseworkers.

That contradicts the law: ALL TENANTS ARE FREE TO CALL 311.

And that is what WE MUST DO: CALL 311!

All neighbors are welcome. If you can’t attend at 7:00 PM on Monday, April 13th in the lobby of 214 Rockaway, contact neighbor Toni or HOPE organizer Amy Bolton (347-669-4188, or bolton@uhab.org).

From NYS Attorney General Letitia James:

Additional protections for tenants in New York City

• New York City’s Housing Maintenance Code defines harassment as an act or omission by a landlord that causes or intends to cause you to leave your home or give up your rights as a tenant.

Under this law a landlord may NOT:

• use force or threaten to use force against a tenant
• destroy a tenant’s property
• knowingly provide false or misleading information about whether a unit is rent stabilized or controlled
• discontinue essential services, such as heat or hot water
• fail or delay to correct hazardous conditions including mold, lead paint, or dust and debris
• falsely certify that a hazardous condition has been corrected
• commence baseless court proceedings against a tenant
• change the lock to a tenant’s front door without giving the tenant a new key
• refuse to offer or renew leases to tenants to push them out of their unit