RTU calls out Assembly member for tenant relief.

Congratulations to @JeniferRajkumar for being selected to @ericadamsfornyc’s transition.

But we would like to know: will you respond to our request for a meeting to discuss the importance of good cause eviction legislation? https://t.co/73OvYRdbhQ pic.twitter.com/5mE0f6xT1L

— Ridgewood Tenants Union (@RidgewdTenantsU) December 7, 2021

Tenants group demands rent be cancelled outside cancer patient's home

 

 Sunnyside Post

Long-time Queens Assembly Member Catherine Nolan has disclosed that she is recovering from cancer surgery.

Nolan, who has represented the 37th Assembly District since 1985, said that she has undergone surgery and is now recuperating at home.

She did not reveal what type of cancer she has – nor the extent of the cancer – but said it will require further treatment.

“I want to announce that I am home recovering from surgery and will be following it with chemotherapy,” Nolan said in a statement Thursday.

Nolan, whose district covers Long Island City, Sunnyside, Ridgewood and parts of Astoria, said that her illness has not affected her work and she will continue to serve her constituents.

“I have been able to fully participate and vote in the Assembly’s legislative session via zoom,” she said, adding that issues like paid family leave, workers’ rights, education and health care are at the front of her agenda.

“I am fortunate to have a great medical team, a loving family, and a very dedicated staff,” Nolan said.

 

Maybe the Ridgewood Tenants Union should have rethought this considering how bad the optics are to scream in front of Nolan's house while she's recovering from a potentially terminal disease, especially since not one of these sign holding gentrifiers against gentrification is in danger of eviction as per their own words.... 

 Then again, they aren't known for their intelligence. More for their blatant racism. - QC

Quite peculiar that RTU's organizer suddenly got camera shy. Even more peculiar is that this activist group seems to get smaller and smaller. Smells very fishy. - JQ

BLM retreats upon the singing of the National Anthem

Yesterday, the Ridgewood Tenants Union, under the banner of BLM, met at the Queens Center Mall in Elmhurst and then proceeded to march through Middle Village to scream at the people of that neighborhood, and Council Member Robert Holden in particular, that they were racist for supporting the NYPD and opposing a shelter that has been a shitshow from the get-go (and that RTU opposes).

RTU vehemently denied that their members were from outside the Maspeth-Middle Village-Glendale-Ridgewood area, yet met at a train station in Elmhurst - which is geographically on the opposite side of Midville, because that makes sense. After dilly-dallying for an hour hoping that reinforcements would show up, the group that dubbed itself "small but mighty" headed to their target - Holden's house - banging drums and chanting unintelligible phrases.

Hilarity ensued:
After scurrying away, the 90% white gentrifier crowd proceeded to the Metropolitan Avenue train station, which is odd since they allege to have so many members in Maspeth, Middle Village and Glendale who would not require a subway ride in order to return home.

#BackTheBlue #supporters followed the #NoRoomforRacists marchers to the Metropolitan Avenue Train Station #Queens #Protests pic.twitter.com/n23pGCrFsu

— Dean_Moses (@Dean_Moses) October 24, 2020

Let's also see what Mr. Moses has to say to the organizer of the counterprotest.

The rest of my interview with Mike Papa during today’s protests #news #Queens pic.twitter.com/vefQYtXbHN

— Dean_Moses (@Dean_Moses) October 24, 2020

I really don't think newspaper reporters are supposed to "respectfully disagree" with interviewees, but there you have it. So, let me explain how the Queens BLM people work, and why there is confusion about who did what...

The Queens groups coordinate with each other and promote each other's events. So, one group puts it out there and the others recruit their own members to attend. They also promote them via the centralized BLM Instagram account for greater exposure.

Case in point: the dopey Ed Mullins mistaken identity/flag burning party was technically promoted under Bayside BLM (the evidence of which they have since deleted), but it was mostly attended by other groups. In fact, it met at the Jefferson Street station, which is weird for a march led by a Bayside contingent but quite convenient for RTU members who wanted to participate.

Now, considering there are multiple groups involved, there should be a HUGE turnout for these events. But the most they have ever scraped together is a few dozen people. And it's mostly the same people at each event.

You'll also notice the language in the screenshot above endorsing flag burning. These folks are anarchists, not activists. Please don't be fooled. The language they use on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook is about destroying the government and causing chaos. And guess who stands with them?

#Queenscouncil candidate @JuanArdilaNYC proudly showcases his stance on #racism as he prepares to face-off against @BobHoldenNYC in 2021.#protest #protestphotography #photojournalism #photooftheday #photography #postthepeople #actvistny #BlackLivesMatter #queens pic.twitter.com/JOziYxU6un

— Dean_Moses (@Dean_Moses) October 25, 2020

Clown shoes, bro. 

Update:

 QNS came out with their report written by Angelica Acevedo.