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speaking last night at her victory party & although the campaign fell short I’m still calling it a victory party because this campaign from the very beginning was an against all odds, people centered, grassroots, independent campaign & nowadays even running under those conditions is a victory in itself. Politics is nasty but Layla ran an uncompromising campaign, giving voice to the voiceless & made things like the center to the race where otherwise it would not have been. Last night we fell short but as Layla says, “the movement continues”. Later on in the evening Layla said to me, “the movement continues, I didn’t want to win for me, being in position of being a city council member was not about me, it was about our movement having more access to the levers of power but whether we’re inside or outside it doesn’t matter the movement continues & we will keep fighting”. She inspires so much. Every time I hear her talk, every time I’m around her & her supporters I’m inspired. That room last night was electrifying. I admit I lost a little more hope in our political system, & the things & people it rewards, the behind the scenes politics played even by people I respected is depressing but my belief in the movement is tenfold. Layla is right the movement continues; bigger & stronger than ever ✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿
Love you Layla & love this movement!
Let’s Go!!!
12/08/2025
We are sooooo close to winning COPA!!
We’re hearing word that another council member is about to sign on, bringing us to ONE away from regaining our supermajority! 🙏🎉
Ways to take action this week: ✊🏼✊🏾✊🏿
Come out tomorrow at 12:30 pm to 331 E 14th St to support tenants fighting for community ownership of their building and COPA!
Call these Council Members and urge them to get back on COPA:
Kamillah Hanks
North Shore Staten Island
(212-788-6972)
Mercedes Narcisse
Bergen Beach, Canarsie, Flatlands, Georgetown, Gerritsen Beach, Marine Park, Mill Basin, Mill Island, Sheepshead Bay
(212-788-7286)
Kevin Riley
Williamsbridge-Olinville, Bronxwood, Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester, Wakefield, Allerton-Parkside, Baychester, The Valley, and Co-op City
(212-788-6873)
Call script:
Hi, I’d like to leave a message for Council Member _____. My name is _____ and I am a member of [__organization, if relavent_____]. I live at ____(address/zip code). I am calling because COPA is so important for our community. We need housing in the hands of communities, not corporations, and COPA is a proven tool to help stop displacement. I urge Council Member _____ to get BACK on the bill as soon as possible and help pass COPA before the end of the year!
Yesterday we had an Emergency Rally for COPA - The Community Opportunity to Purchase Act. It’s a bill aiming to keep NYers in New York! Too many lifelong NYers are getting pushed out of their city. COPA would not force landlords to sell their buildings it would simply give tenants & their non-profit partners a small window to try to purchase their building if & when the landlord decides to sell.
In my case I’ve done the math, I’ve lived in my apartment since my building opened in 1994. We’ve lived here for 31 years during this time we’ve had 2 landlords. The first landlord Related Companies paid $50k per unit, the second Irving Langer purchased the building in 2010 & paid $75k per unit, all told they’ve paid $125k for my apartment & little to no taxes due to the LIHTC (Lower Income Tax Credit) during this time I’ve paid over $300k in rent! How can you tell families like mine that we should not have an OPPORTUNITY to buy our building if or when our landlord plans to sell our building? We’ve already paid over twice what they paid for our building & own nothing & to add insult to injury now we’re at risk of being displaced so more affluent people can move in, where’s the fairness in that? The landlord was subsidized for 30 years why shouldn’t the tenants get this OPPORTUNITY just like they got an OPPORTUNITY through LIHTC when they bought our building?
COPA is about housing justice, it’s about empowering NYC tenants by keeping the most vulnerable NYers in their homes at a time when a record number of NYers are being displaced out of the city they love & helped build. We are not asking for a hand out just an OPPORTUNITY to remain in NYC, our home.
COPA is an incredibly popular bill. Over 150+ community organizations have signed on. It’s also very popular within the where until recently we had a super majority among City Council Members. We implore to finally bring COPA to the floor! 🙏
We want to thank & all the city council members that have sponsored & supported this bill! ❤️
Let’s finally & keep lifelong NYers in NY!!! 🙏
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