… Primarily, we seek to share available resources (especially to fair-market renters) on dealing with housing maintenance issues and seek reform and standardization of NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), Department of Buildings, and Housing Court inspections, violation issuance, corrections, and improving the effectiveness of city agencies in ensuring that tenant's rights are upheld along with the warranty of habitability that all NYC renters are entitled to. Disclaime …

… Being in the city means many people rent or lease space, so there is a conflict of interest between tenants and owners which tends to hold up the show, yet here and there people are finding innovative solutions. Yet there are some amazing things tenants can do, which benefit them directly, and yet they are not being done (enough).   What matters is creating a collaborative environment where the discussions focus on practical solutions and how to do them, while keeping an eye on avoiding merely p …