Protest in East Harlem against gentrification -

FAT TONE wrote:

HARLEM RESIDENT
NO ONE IS MOVING ME ANY WHERE. JUST BECAUSE "THEY" IT IS COOL NOW.
I DONT HAVE ANY WEAPONS BUT I HAVE TWO FIST. I CAN BOX AND I HAVE VERY FAST HANDS.
ONCE AGAIN NO ONE IS MOVING ME ANY WHERE. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME ONE TRY IT.
PLEASE TRY.
THANK YOU
ANTONIO

FAT TONE wrote:

HARLEM RESIDENT
NO ONE IS MOVING ME ANY WHERE. JUST BECAUSE "THEY" IT IS COOL NOW.
I DONT HAVE ANY WEAPONS BUT I HAVE TWO FIST. I CAN BOX AND I HAVE VERY FAST HANDS.
ONCE AGAIN NO ONE IS MOVING ME ANY WHERE. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME ONE TRY IT.
PLEASE TRY.
THANK YOU
ANTONIO

FAT TONE wrote:

HARLEM RESIDENT
NO ONE IS MOVING ME ANY WHERE. JUST BECAUSE "THEY" IT IS COOL NOW.
I DONT HAVE ANY WEAPONS BUT I HAVE TWO FIST. I CAN BOX AND I HAVE VERY FAST HANDS.
ONCE AGAIN NO ONE IS MOVING ME ANY WHERE. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME ONE TRY IT.
PLEASE TRY.
THANK YOU
ANTONIO

frown wrote:

why is there so much hate on the internet. perhaps the anonymity of a comment stream makes people more confident in spewing hateful, racist, intolerant and ignorant rants.
just a few thoughts and clarificaitons:
"General patton" - El Barrio is not that dangerous. At least the residents are not that dangerous. They are mostly working class families of color who are more likely to work their hearts out selling delicious tamales for a dollar than
committing a crime. In fact, I have been harassed on the streets of East Harlem more by police than by my fellow neighbors. Also, tenants are not being pushed out by government taxes. They are being pushed out by criminal landlords who break the law by purposefully neglecting building maintenance, pushing out current residents so that they can raise rents beyond the legal yearly percentage.
"Harlem Resident" - This protest was not about fighting 'market rate' rentals. This protest was about fighting rent increases that are above the legal yearly percentage. There is a good reason why rent increases are regulated. Because HOUSING IS A HUMAN RIGHT and we must protect low income people's right to have stable and sanitary housing. Just because you have a low paying job does not mean you should be homeless or have to move once a year. If rent hikes were not regulated our society would be burdened with higher rates of homelessness, crime, poverty and drug abuse (all results of the desperation of displacement).
"Shadow1" - You forgot the 'white men' part of your gentrification definition. Not all of us can become white men by going to college. In fact a lot of us can't afford the leisure time or financial means to get this 'college education.' We all know it is important but - in a privatized education economy - we don't all have the resources. And if we did all get an education, than the value of a college degree would deflate. The Coup said it best, "If everybody in the ghetto had a PhD, you'd say 'that doctor flipped that burger hella good for me.'"
"Paul" - I get the sense from your question that you are very confused. What is this connection you are trying to make between 'well-fair housing' and rent increases? I believe the official neo-con analysis criticizes high taxes not high rents. Maybe you should play closer attention to Bill Oriely.

frown wrote:

why is there so much hate on the internet. perhaps the anonymity of a comment stream makes people more confident in spewing hateful, racist, intolerant and ignorant rants.
just a few thoughts and clarificaitons:
"General patton" - El Barrio is not that dangerous. At least the residents are not that dangerous. They are mostly working class families of color who are more likely to work their hearts out selling delicious tamales for a dollar than
committing a crime. In fact, I have been harassed on the streets of East Harlem more by police than by my fellow neighbors. Also, tenants are not being pushed out by government taxes. They are being pushed out by criminal landlords who break the law by purposefully neglecting building maintenance, pushing out current residents so that they can raise rents beyond the legal yearly percentage.
"Harlem Resident" - This protest was not about fighting 'market rate' rentals. This protest was about fighting rent increases that are above the legal yearly percentage. There is a good reason why rent increases are regulated. Because HOUSING IS A HUMAN RIGHT and we must protect low income people's right to have stable and sanitary housing. Just because you have a low paying job does not mean you should be homeless or have to move once a year. If rent hikes were not regulated our society would be burdened with higher rates of homelessness, crime, poverty and drug abuse (all results of the desperation of displacement).
"Shadow1" - You forgot the 'white men' part of your gentrification definition. Not all of us can become white men by going to college. In fact a lot of us can't afford the leisure time or financial means to get this 'college education.' We all know it is important but - in a privatized education economy - we don't all have the resources. And if we did all get an education, than the value of a college degree would deflate. The Coup said it best, "If everybody in the ghetto had a PhD, you'd say 'that doctor flipped that burger hella good for me.'"
"Paul" - I get the sense from your question that you are very confused. What is this connection you are trying to make between 'well-fair housing' and rent increases? I believe the official neo-con analysis criticizes high taxes not high rents. Maybe you should play closer attention to Bill Oriely.

surujonie wrote:

THe people in harlem should know what kind of prices the apartments should be, it is manhattan, it is common sense to know the prices would be high, and if you have 3 to five people living in an apartment of course you're rent would be alot.

Harlemite wrote:

These people protesting are ridiculous. In the past 5 years Harlem has completely cleaned up and they are in better living conditions than ever. This protest is basically drug dealers who are asking for their turf back. No luck crackies. Go somewhere else. Manhattan is too valuable for your kind.

Obama is Hellarys Bitch wrote:

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Antonio, sounds like you're pretty good with the crack pipe also.

Milu Green wrote:

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there are people paying 2700 a month for reformed crack dens and they still look like reformed crack dens, do you think that is the value of new york city? nyc is a gritty place where people are supposed to be able to survive from all walks of life point blank. the entire city is undergoing changes to transcend it to an elitist capitalistic upper middle class/high class estate. harlem was made harlem by the black community out of sake for refuge, it is our home and we built it (literally, like many other places in this city). the reason why homelessness increases is because people are displaced from their homes, homes which have been theirs for years, all for money. it is disgusting and atrocious. you can say all the market based crap that you want, but it boils down to black and latinos being displaced by people who have no business being here.