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Property owner at 43 Essex St. indicted after AAFE informed authorities of tenant harassment
Since 2015, Asian Americans for Equality has advocated for the residents of 43 Essex St., who faced harassment and were forced to endure intolerable conditions in their New York City apartment building.
AAFE helps tenants at 173 Henry St. fight for justice
AAFE and several other organizations have joined City Council member Margaret Chin to advocate for the tenants of 173 Henry St.
AAFE advocates for tenants targeted by "predatory equity"
Over the past seven years, New York City’s affordable housing market has been severely destabilized by so-called “predatory equity” companies that purchase a large number of rent-stabilized buildings at inflated prices and then push out the rent-stabilized tenants so that they can charge market rates.
AAFE fights against tenant harassment on the Lower East Side
AAFE has helped organize a group of Essex Street tenants who are filing a lawsuit against their landlord for carrying out a frightening series of illegal construction jobs in a bid to force them out of their rent-stabilized apartments.