Tenant Organizing Manual
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Before You Begin
- Talk To Your Neighbors
- Prepare for a Building-Wide Meeting
- Hold a Building-Wide Meeting
- Discuss/Prioritize Building-Wide Problems
- Decide Whether to Work Together
- Structuring Your Tenants' Association
- Leadership/Steering Committee
- Step One: Find Out Who Owns the Building
- Step Two: Put Your Complaints in Writing
- Step Three: Negotiate With Your Owner
- Step Four: Registering Official Complaints
- Step Five: Request a Building-Wide Inspection
- Step Six: Filing Complaints with DHCR
- Step Seven: Collectively Sending Rent to the Owner
- Step Eight: Tenant-Initiated Court Action
- Step Nine: Withholding Your Rent Money
- NYS Division of Housing & Community Renewal
- District Attorney's Special Housing Unit
- New York City Corporation Council
- NYS Attorney General
- NYC Commission on Human Rights
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