Upper Manhattan Tenants Union: It's a class war. It's a crisis of being a tenant
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Upper Manhattan Tenants Union: It's a class war. It's a crisis of being a tenant
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In this episode of Uptown Voices, members of the Upper Manhattan Tenants Union join Led and Octavio, on the eve of Zohran Mamdani's historic primary win, to discuss their group's fight against what they see as some of the most infamous landlords in the city and what they say is class warfare against tenants.
Tenants say that landlords are purposely, and in a coordinated way, withholding capital needed to provide basic services and maintain their buildings to create an unlivable city as they seek to raise the price on rent stabilized apartments. Landlord groups, meanwhile, say that many rent stabilized buildings are on the brink of bankruptcy and that's why the maintenance for many is falling by the wayside.
Who will prevail in this class war?
Tune in for an eye-opening inside look at how tenants organizing to stand up to their landlords in Washington Heights and Inwood.