The fat buzzards of disaster capitalism can, with the right eye, already be seen circling corona-ravaged New York. By most accounts they were seen darkening the sky following Hurricane Sandy.  It stands to reason, then, that they see a similar opportunity in Brooklyn in the cataclysmic, massive uprooting that may occur when New York’s three-month rent moratorium expires and unemployed Brooklyn tenants owing back-rent are evicted.

Residents of New York, particularly in pockets of those most affected by the pandemic’s economic fallout – the working class and those who rely on the  restaurant and service industry for their living – have started organizing rent strikes and rent cancellation movements.

The fight for rent reform is not only happening on the ground but also by some of our representatives in Albany.