Description: Invitation for Jane Benedict’s 80th birthday celebration. Date: 1991 Creator: Unknown Original Format: Purple printing on card stock, 5 x
History
Paint-In
Description: Flyer for a Paint-In at the apartment of squatter Juantia Kimble. Date: May 1970 Creator: Unknown Original Format: Document,
People’s Court
Description: A tenant testifies on housing conditions at the People’s Court Housing Crimes Trial, organized jointly by Met Council on
Trailways Boycott
Description: Letter from Jane Benedict to Marvin Walsh, Vice President of Trailways, imforming him of Met Council on Housing’s decision
Branch Meeting
Description: Poster advertising a special meeting at the West Side branch of Met Council on Housing on current organizing efforts.
Rent Strike
Description: Tenants of 533 5th Street pose in front of their building during a rent strike. Date: [1984] Creator: Becket
Renew the Rent Laws
Description: A tenant demands the renewal of the rent laws in 1997. Date: [1997] Creator: Unknown Original Format: Black and
Flynn-Dearie Tenant Protection Act
Description: Comic in support of the Flynn-Dearie Tenant Protection Act. The comic represents the need for unity among tenant organizations
No Deals on E.T.P.A.
Description: Tenants demonstrate in support of the Emergency Tenant Protection Act, which extended rent stabilization to most of the apartments
Stop Ballooning Rents
Description: Poster demanding the repeal of changes to the rent regulation system enacted during the early 1970s, including Vacancy Decontrol,
Stop Warehousing
Description: Demonstration in front of 640 Riverside Drive, which had approximately 60 vacant apartments. Date: Jul 1989 Creator: Unknown Original Format:
Housing Crimes Trial
Description: English and Spanish language posters for the People’s Court Housing Crimes Trial. The poster was also produced in Chinese.
Eviction
Description: Eviction of squatters from an occupied co-op building at 90th St and Columbus Ave. Date: Feb 26, 1970 Creator:
Vacant Land Survey
Description: Publication by the Metropolitan Council on Housing based on their first vacant land survey. Met Council on Housing identified
Washington Square Neighbors
Description: Flyer from the Washington Square Neighbors on the progress of the fight against the Washington Square Southeast urban
Stop All Evictions
Description: Met Council on Housing members pose with a “Stop All Evictions” banner. Date: Jun 1989 Creator: Barry Hall Original
March on Washington
Description: Met Council on Housing delegation to the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, which filled two railway
No Decontrol
Description: Postcard opposing rent decontrol sent to council members in Albany leading up to Tenant Lobby Day on May 12,
Homeless
Description: Tenants demonstrate in front of Edward Koch’s campaign headquaters on East 42nd St. Ed Koch’s mayoralty was notable for
Crosses on Our Windows
Description: The cover of a Yorkville Save Our Homes publication documenting the destruction of neighborhoods during urban renewal. Homes slated
Bess Stevenson
Description: Bess Stevenson with a megaphone. Date: Undated Creator: Unknown Original Format: Black and White photograph, 5 x 8
Rent Freeze
Description: Protesters at a Rent Guidelines Board hearing, Police Plaza Auditorium. Date: Jun 25, 1984 Creator: Becket Logan Original Format:
Bess Stevenson
Description: Bess Stevenson speaks at a rent strike meeting at the Church of the Holy Name. Date: Apr 4, 1981
Jane Wood
Description: At the age of 93, Jane Wood held a sleep-in in the lobby of her building to hasten an
Esther Rand’s memorial brochure
Description: Esther Rand’s memorial brochure. Date: Jul 29, 1981 Creator: Unknown Original Format: Black and White photocopy, 5.5 x 8.5