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Coverage of the Bushwick Tenant Union and of the building-level organizing that led to it. Every item links to the original. Quotes belong to the outlet and the people they interviewed.
Bushwick Tenant Union
Coverage that names BTU, newest first.
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A SLAPP Heard Around New York: Mega-Gentrifier Cayuga Capital vs. Bushwick Tenants Union
“legal intimidation doesn’t always work”Shadowbanned Magazine
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In Gentrifying Bushwick, Residents New and Old Unite to Organize Tenants
“get every single building in Bushwick organized, and then every single building in Brooklyn”Andy Keith, BTU organizer, quoted in City Limits
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Listed in NYC Noise’s guide to New York City tenant unions
“currently seeking people renting from Cayuga Capital, CCM Ventures, & Jacob Sacks”NYC Noise, summarizing BTU’s announcement
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Before BTU: the Starr Street Union
These stories predate the union’s founding and don’t use the BTU name. They’re here because they are where this started: one building on Starr Street, in the fall of 2024.
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Bushwick tenants unite against landlord facing allegations of false repairs
“I was prepared for this… but it’s retaliation at this point.”Hunter Boone, on learning of the lawsuit, to News 12
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Inside NYC’s priciest ‘slum’ — an apartment building boasting nearly $4K rents filled with ‘mold, rats’
“full participation from all eight units in the building”New York Post, on the Starr St. Union
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Starr Street union organizer says union is triggering action at neglected Bushwick building
“That means you should continue doing what you’re doing.”Hunter Boone, to News 12
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Bushwick man fed up with housing conditions organizes with tenants, creates Starr Street Association
“knock on your neighbor’s door and try”Hunter Boone, to News 12
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Watch: how it started
The New York Post’s video from inside the building, filmed while the tenants were organizing the association that became the first piece of the Bushwick Tenant Union.
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