| Tenants make their way to the Water Club where Sen. Espada was the guest of honor at the landlord luncheon. | Michael McKee from Tenants PAC (in hat) joined tenants from across NYC to proclaim "Espada is no friend to tenants!" | Cue the 1980s song from R&B one hit wonder, Rockwell. The first poster to correctly identify the singing brothers on the backup vocals gets a rent abatement! |
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| Tenants protest Espada, chair of the State Senate housing committee, for opposing the repeal of vacancy decontrol. | "Espada, escucha, estamos en la lucha." Ray pee te por favor? | CBS Channel 2 on the "Grill Espada beat." |
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| Wishful thinking on the part of tenants. Puerto Rico, soy tuyo! | Housing Here & Now Exec. Director Michelle O'Brien negotiates with the NYPD. | WNYC interviews a tenant leader. |
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| An unidentified Espada staff member looks on with dismay (not to be confused with the reflection of our trusty cameraman Lucas). | About 15 tenants stormed the luncheon before being pushed out by police and Club managers. | Channel 2 claims that Espada is living in Westchester and not in his Bronx district. Espada is the only senator who does not have a district office. |
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| We have until June 22, 2009 to pass rent reform. Onward to Albany! | There are over 1 million rent-regulated apartments, representing the most successful and largest source of affordable housing in the city. | Tenants held a press conference outside the luncheon as landlords look on. |
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| Joeseph Ferdinand from the North West Bronx Community Clergy Coalition. | Tenant leaders who live in Pedro Espada's district denounced the senator's cozy relationship with landlords. | Acorn rallies the troops to push for real rent reform. |
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