FUREE’s Holiday Drive-December 2016
Winter Seasons Greetings FUREE Supporter, On behalf of FUREE staff and membership, we’d like to extend a heartfelt…
FUREE March General Meeting
- Place:
- Time: March 30, 2017 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
For 2017, FUREE is changing the format of our general meetings! From now on, it will not only be an opportunity to catch up on…
FUREE February General Meeting
- Place:
- Time: February 16, 2017 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
For 2017, FUREE is changing the format of our general meetings! From now on, it will not only be an opportunity to catch up on…
FUREE January General Meeting
- Place:
- Time: January 26, 2017 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
For 2017, FUREE is changing the format of our general meetings! From now on, it will not only be an opportunity to catch up on…
FUREE’s 2016 Holiday Donation Drive
Donate to FUREE Help Us Continue Our FUREEous Fight Against Social and Economic Oppression, This #GivingTuesday!! In the face…
FUREE Organizers Sharpen Their Skills with SOUL
FUREE staff participated in the most recent series of SOUL (School of Unity and Liberation) trainings for organizers…
2016 Election Results: FUREE Response
FUREE POST-ELECTION STATEMENT November 9, 2016 Dear Friends in the Struggle for Equality, This morning, many of…
#RDANYC Action Report
National Renters Day of Action, Homes For All By: Michael Higgins Jr. and Mark Swier Images Provided By: Mark Swier…
Renters Day of Action Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Michael Higgins Jr. September 21, 2016 Community…
Mold Still Plagues Bronx Public Housing Roughly 2 Years After Court Order
By Eddie Small | August 26, 2016 4:56pm | Updated August 28, 2016 6:30pm @eddie_small TwitterFacebookEmailMore Morris Houses CLAREMONT — Residents of…
EXCLUSIVE: NYC urged to mandate that housing developments on public land give 10% of apartments to homeless amid Brooklyn Armory controversy
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/nyc-urged-give-10-apartments-public-land-homeless-article-1.2792936 Upset advocates wrote to Mayor de Balsio about the city, “giving away public land to controversial for-profit…
Wyckoff Gardens Stakeholder Committee Letter to NYCHA
Friday, September 02, 2016 New York City Housing Authority 250 Broadway New York, NY 10007 To the attention…
Brooklyn Commons to Host Christopher Bollyn: FUREE Statement
FUREE is a Brooklyn-based, multi-racial/cultural organization led by mostly people of color who currently occupy a rented office…
ONE VOICE STRONGER: A PLATFORM FOR LOW INCOME HOUSING JUSTICE
New York City is currently experiencing the more severe affordable housing crisis in living memory. FUREE believes that…
FUREE, FIFTH AVENUE COMMITTEE AND WYCKOFF GARDENS RESIDENTS CALL NYCHA’S RELEASE OF RFP PREMATURE; PUBLIC RELEASE ANNOUNCED FOR RESIDENT-LED COMMUNITY PLATFORM FOR WYCKOFF GARDENS
** MEDIA ADVISORY ** July 6th 2016 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The recent release of the Requests for Proposals…
NYCHA Accountability – Tenant Input Cut Short on Development Plan
CityLimits.org reported on FUREE's efforts to ensure that Wyckoff Gardens residents have an opportunity to help shape the…
NYCHA Accountability – FUREE’s Beverly Corbin Discusses NYCHA’s Development Plan
Our very own Beverly Corbin - FUREE steering committee member and Wyckoff Gardens resident - was part of…
Turning the Tide – Environmental Justice Tour of Gowanus
Our Junior Organizer, Michael Higgins was featured on BRIC-TV giving an environmental justice tour informing Gowanus residents about climate change…
Wyckoff Gardens Public Housing Residents Out of Water
After running water abruptly stopped at Wyckoff Gardens Public Housing FUREE sprang into action providing bottled water for…
Turning The Tide – Getting Real About Resilience in South Brooklyn
Our collaborative environmental justice campaign, Turning the Tide was featured in a great article on Resilience.org. The story…