We are celebrating our Fifth Annual Gala! Join us to celebrate tenant power, Bronx pride, and our amazing victories! We have a lot to celebrate! Friday, October 18, 6-10pm Hostos Community College, 475 Grand Concourse, Bronx Hors d’oeurvs and cocktails will be served at 6pm and the program will begin at 7pm. CASA Honorees to […]
Help us raise $2,000 to build CASA power! Here are some CASA Highlights! CASA members showed up to the City Council’s final vote to pressure the City for a fair rezoning on Jerome Avenue, and as a result won historic commitments for the community. Right to Counsel was implemented in four zip codes in the […]
We are excited to share with you updates on our fight against the Jerome Ave rezoning plan, what the final plan will mean to tenants and workers in the area including what we won and will continue to do to fight for our neighborhood! Additionally, we won major victories in our new No More MCIs […]
Ballin’ Against Gentrification! It’s basketball season again at CASA!! We are excited to announce that we will be having our 2nd Basketball Tournament on Saturday, April 21st! So mark your calendars and check out how to help make it a success! You can: Form a Team! Grab a few friends to help you raise $100 to support […]
We are excited to share with you updates including the beginning of the ULURP process in the Jerome Ave rezoning plan and the response by tenants and workers including packing hearings, the ground-breaking Right to Counsel Victory, the new No More MCI Campaign and wins from Stabilizing NYC! Additionally there are updates on our tenant […]
Join us to help celebrate tenant power, Bronx power and CASA POWER!! This year, CASA will be celebrating resistance. This has been a year of incredible wins from making history by establishing a right to counsel in housing court, getting the Rent Guidelines Board lower their initial rent increases, and building a strong coalition to […]
On Friday, August 11 2017, New York officially became the first city in the country to establish a right to counsel! Mayor Bill de Blasio signed Intro 214-B in the Bronx making it a right for tenants facing evictions to have a lawyer in Housing Court! This will mean that tenants no longer have to […]
We are excited to share with you updates on the fight for the lowest possible rent increases from the Rent Guidelines Board, the Bronx March for Affordable Housing as part of our Rezoning campaign and a CASA March Against Displacement! Additionally there are updates on our tenant organizing, our upcoming 3rd annual Gala and our […]
CASA is proud to present our new white paper, Resisting Displacement: Lessons from CASA’s Tenant Organizing in the Southwest Bronx! In the last year, CASA has organized or provided technical assistance to over 90 buildings, which are home to more than 7,000 families. In the last year alone, over 4,000 tenants have actively engaged in […]
We are excited to share with you updates on a major Right to Counsel Victory and a recent Rezoning campaign Town Hall in our latest edition of CASA News! Additionally are updates on our new post inauguration New Settlement-wide convenings, updates on tenant organizing and our leadership spotlight! 2017 is already the year of CASA […]