Owen Lavine, Author at The Village Star-Revue

NYCHA tenants seek justice for death of Gavin Cintron

Every week, Michael Cintron lays flowers around the Jacob Riis Houses in the Lower East Side in honor of his late son, Gavin. Cintron and his wife, Alicia Griggs, are florists. His son was in training to join the business. But, in 2022, that dream was ripped away. Gavin died of a disease, pulmonary fibrosis, […]

Jacob Riis tenants’ 20 year fight for clean water and NYCHA accountability

News / Owen Lavine

Tenants and organizers gathered outside City Hall the morning of Feb. 26 ahead of a hearing on NYCHA’s Permanent Affordability Commitment Together Rental Assistance Demonstration Program (PACT-RAD) program. Around 100 of them, under the banner of Save Section 9, which is fighting “gentrification, displacement and privatization” of public housing across the country. The program converts

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