"Grub Street" declare : Scenes From New York City's Bodega Rally

As word of the shutdown spread, so did interest in the rally, which was held yesterday at Brooklyn Borough Hall. In the wake of Trump's executive order on immigration, the rally was meant to express both unity and resistance, as well as show the world exactly who's affected: neighbors, friends — everyone. Thousands showed up: Muslims, Americans with roots in other Middle Eastern nations, and people just generally opposed to the new policies. She still has family in Yemen, and Trump's actions have shaken her identity. What's going on back home, with the war, they had to travel to three different countries, spent four months getting their visas.


As it stated in New York City's taxi drivers did not end the fight against the Muslim Ban; they helped get it started. AdvertisementAdvertisementBhairavi co-founded the New York Taxi Workers Alliance in 1998 and had been working with organizing since 1996. The New York Taxi Workers alliance isn't sure of how many people turned out; it was a protest of non-presence, keeping the taxi line empty not full. The Timeline: Follow Up A Statement With ActionThe timeline of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance's organization was similarly to the point. The taxi drivers halted pickups in the first hour of the protest, giving it the attention it needed.


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The outlook for New York City's rental market is gloomy

Equity Residential's outlook on its New York rental market continues to look gloomy, with the real estate company on Wednesday bemoaning falling rents and rising concessions in the Big Apple. The Sam Zell-led company didn't come close to reaching projected targets in New York during 2016. And in October, company leaders told investors there was a "high probability" of negative revenue growth in 2017. The company has budgeted $4 million for concessions in 2017 in New York – a figure no other market comes close to (it budgeted around $90,000 for Washington, D.C. and $80,000 for Seattle). "We are already hearing some crazy stuff like three and four months free on 12-month leases," Santee said, speaking of the market more broadly.




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