TakeRoot Justice

05/12/2026

Brooklyn tenants from 702 54th St. are still displaced after a fire broke out four years ago. With repairs still unfinished and repeated court hearing delays, see what TakeRoot's Housing attorneys have to say about representing the tenants through this long process:

Dozens of displaced tenants remain unable to return home.

03/30/2026

TakeRoot is proud to stand with SRO tenants!

And more news for your Wednesday.

03/11/2026

Our Interim-Executive Director, Keriann Pauls, and Legal Services NYC's Executive Director, Shervron Small, published this op-ed in City Limits calling on the City to fix their contract payment delay issue to keep a steady drumbeat on the issue. Please like and share if you can:

https://citylimits.org/opinion-payment-delays-to-citys-legal-nonprofits-put-thousands-at-risk/

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01/22/2026

There’s still time to RSVP for our Know Your Rights workshop this Saturday!

01/13/2026

Next Week: Know Your Housing Rights Workshop with Full Time Tenant Union & Bushwick Housing Independence Project - BHIP

Saturday, January 24th from 1:00-3:00 PM – 226 Lefferts Pl, BK 11238

RSVP: tr.ee/YMnWa6LvtY

01/08/2026

Save the date: Know Your Rights Workshop with Full Time Tenant Union & Bushwick Housing Independence Project - BHIP — Saturday, January 24th from 1:00-3:00 PM – 226 Lefferts Pl, BK 11238

Are you a Full Time or Watermark tenant? This workshop is an opportunity to learn the legal protections tenants already have, and how those rights can be used when buildings face unresolved repairs, rent increases, and ongoing pressure from a profit-driven landlord.

Knowing your rights is not the end of the struggle, but it is a critical starting point. RSVP link: https://tr.ee/YMnWa6LvtY

01/05/2026

New Year, New Workshops!

Join TakeRoot and IMPACCT Brooklyn for a Know Your Rights training on ICE and immigration this Thursday, January 8th, from 6:00-7:30pm.

11/05/2025

After years of organizing for the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act (COPA) and Abolishing the Lien Sale, we're in the home stretch! It's time for the biggest push yet to get COPA over the finish line in 2025 -- and we need all hands on deck!

Join TakeRoot, New Economy Project, and others on the steps of City Hall on Wednesday, November 12 at 9am.

RSVP here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScWbiwciPJCJrWZepThy7Vf3tK4DkNukVgOg_t2MyRXq86Rag/viewform

10/09/2025

We're thrilled to announce two more of our amazing honorees for Unite, Fight Back on 23 October: Yanny Guzman and Emmanuel Pardilla!

Tickets are going fast - don't miss out! https://secure.qgiv.com/for/takerootjustice/event/fightback2025/

Yanny Guzman (she/they) is a tenant organizer in the South Bronx. She began organizing tenants in the summer of 2020 after learning that some landlords in Mott Haven reported tenants who asked for repairs to ICE. Together they fought to restore cooking gas after a 9-year shut-off while the building was in foreclosure proceedings. Yanny believes that housing is a human right and is committed to building tenant power in the South Bronx.

Emmanuel Pardilla (he/him) is a communist, vegan writer and the son of black poor-working class Dominican immigrants who found their way to the US after enduring years of dictatorship in the Dominican Republic. He is the membership director at NYC Network of Worker Coops, supporting the growth of worker cooperatives for social and economic justice. He holds a master's in Labor Studies from CUNY. You’ll find him riding his bike around or out of the city, or chilling at the Uptown Veg juice bar.

09/25/2025

Please join us for our 🍁 Fall Benefit 🍁on October 23rd, 2025 - Unite, Fight Back!

We're thrilled to have Sam Kebedee as our emcee for the night and Michèle Burger as our honoree!

Purchase tickets here: https://secure.qgiv.com/for/takerootjustice/event/fightback2025/

Let's celebrate the resilience and the incredible work of our communities!