Save63Tiffany, 63 Tiffany Place, Brooklyn, NY (2026)

05/06/2026

I saw Rabble Rousers about 3 years ago & it was truly life changing for me & since then I’ve been working on a way to try to bring it to my community so we can all watch it together. It’s the incredible story of the 50 year fight for Cooper Square. When Robert Moses wanted to build right through their community the residents of Cooper Square said NO! And fought back! They fought like hell & WON! That fight birthed the Cooper Square Community Land Trust, the oldest CLT in NYC still in operation. They own & steward the land under 23 buildings in the Lower East Side in perpetuity. Their success was possible through decades of political organizing & support from the local government .

I’m so excited to be able to screen this for yall & want to thank , the Columbia St Waterfront Association (CSWA) & of course for graciously hosting. I really hope to everyone there!

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Are you eager for a new model of community
development that prioritizes people over profit? Do you believe that neighbors coming together to make decisions should be the blueprint for shaping our communities?

Another way is possible, and proven with successful examples across New York City. Join us and our partners, the New Economy Project, for a timely presentation and discussion to learn about Community Controlled Housing. We will screen the critically acclaimed documentary Rabble Rousers, followed by a panel discussion on how we can implement these new models in our community.

🗓️ Wednesday May 13th
⏰6:30pm
📍Jalopy Tavern 317 Columbia St, Brooklyn, NY 11231

RSVP LINK IN BIO

https://act.cganyc.org/community-controlled-housing?r=Qw2XXvyg

04/29/2026

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!!!

04/12/2026

Monday April 13th Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani Zohran Kwame Mamdani will be given a tour of Brooklyn Housing Court (141 Livingston St) by Right to Counsel . Join us in a rally & press conference talking about the need to fully fund Right to Counsel & changes that must take place in the housing court system to help tenants remain in their homes.

04/09/2026

Youth Against Displacement’s & anti-placement rally on April 7th. These young adults are amazing & have created a broad coalition that includes saving public housing StopFECDemolition & Save Section 9, no casinos, no mega jail in Chinatown & other causes, I love it! I often remind people, these causes are all related & part a of greater struggle for social justice & a more equitable New York (& the world in general) for all! To see housing, labor, etc all together was amazing! If we all get together there’s no stopping us! So I love that these kids are paving the way for us & working towards a future we all want to see. Revolutions are created by the youth, & that’s what we will need a REVOLUTION OF LOVE led by the energy & enthusiasm of the youth. Beautiful to have been there yesterday to see it in action! ❤️✊💪

Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani Zohran Kwame Mamdani & Speaker Julie Menin please support
- NO MORE 24,
- NO CASINOS,
- NO PRIVATIZATION OF PUBLIC HOUSING,
- NO DEMOLITION OF PUBLIC HOUSING,
- NO MEGA JAIL

YES TO PERMANENTLY, DEEPLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING!!!

Thank you Christopher Marte for always supporting the community & Layla Law-Gisiko who is also always fighting the good fight. 🙏

03/16/2026

Today after a great session of strategizing & planning some upcoming actions & canvasses at our monthly meeting we celebrated the amazing Ben Fuller-Googins & Mike’s Birthdays! 🎂

There’s some amazing things coming up for the , make sure to join today!
Go to SWBTU.org for more details!

03/03/2026

On Women’s History Month let’s celebrate & be inspired by Séptima Poinsette Clark, “The Mother of the Civil Rights Movement”.

Let’s create a little chaos & change. ✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾

02/10/2026

You know I had to ask him & he answered correctly. So has my vote. ✅

For the record: any housing plan that doesn’t start with preserving the affordable housing we already have is disingenuous. Period.
If you’re not talking about preservation first, passing **A, and bringing warehoused apartments back online, then you’re not serious about affordability. You’re just using “affordable housing” as cover to help developer donors cash out.

Preservation is the key.

Because what they’re approving right now? It’s not affordability. It’s $3,000+ “affordable” studios with income requirements of $120k–$280k.
That’s not affordablity.
That’s gaslighting.

And to be clear — I’m not against new development. If someone builds as-of-right with private money, charge whatever you want. Go wild.

What I’m against is rezonings + taxpayer subsidies + public land giveaways for luxury buildings with rooftop pools, yoga rooms, lounges, and “conference centers”… and in return we get a small handful of overpriced lottery units — mostly studios, useless for families.
That’s not a housing plan.
That’s a terrible business deal for the city.

We subsidize.
Developers profit.
Working families lose.

And then elected officials pretend they’re clean because they don’t take “real estate money,” while cashing checks from pro-housing PACs funded by the same industry. Come on. They know exactly where that money comes from.

There’s a lot of talk about “affordable housing.”
A lot of rezonings.
A lot of subsidies.
But very little deeply affordable, permanent housing actually getting built.

If it doesn’t start with preservation, it’s not about affordability.
It’s about profits.

**A

12/13/2025

Join Columbia Street Waterfront Association (CSWA) for a night of holiday fun reviving the tree lighting tradition at Human Compass Garden, corner of Sackett and Columbia Streets. There will be music, goodies and Santa at the garden. Then join us at Jalopy Tavern, 317 Columbia St for the afterparty!

Thanks to our local heroes House of Pizza & Calzone for sponsoring the tree, Brooklyn French Bakers for donating treats, Ben Fuller-Googins at CGA for all his help reserving the garden, and to Jalopy .tavern for hosting the afterparty and for providing a ukulele Christmas chorus!

UPDATE: We just heard from Poppy’s , and they were happy to donate! -2x mini chocolate chip cookie + GF brownie platters (80 pieces total). 😋

We hope to see you all there!

BTW, we hear Santa Claus 🎅 & an Elf will be dropping by to see the kids & take pics!

Please join us & let’s have some holiday fun!

12/09/2025

Listen to CALL YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER & make sure they support COPA - the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act to & hundreds of buildings like ours! Let’s slow down gentrification & displacement, let’s & keep New Yorkers in New York City!!! 💪

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!

12/05/2025

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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