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hrmjustin

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Sat Jun 7, 2014, 06:23 PM Jun 2014

Brooklyn Tenants Protest, Demand More Protections To End Displacement

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The severe housing crunch in New York City is causing rent to skyrocket, but on Saturday protesters took to the streets in Brooklyn in an attempt to push back.

Hundreds of tenants joined forces with the Crown Heights Tenant Union to call for strengthened tenant protections in order to end displacement and what they call systematic rent overcharges, CBS 2 reported.

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/06/07/brooklyn-tenants-protest-to-demand-more-protections/

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Brooklyn Tenants Protest, Demand More Protections To End Displacement (Original Post) hrmjustin Jun 2014 OP
Good idea. But doubt the landlords will pay attention. Louisiana1976 Jun 2014 #1
No they never do. hrmjustin Jun 2014 #2
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