Start:
Sat, 10/01/2005 - 12:00pm

Home Rule Protest Rally

Where: Mayor Bloomberg's Town House
17 East 79th Street (between Fifth & Madison Avenues)

When: Saturday, October 1
12 Noon to 1:30 pm

Bloomberg said he favored repeal of the state Urstadt Law and restoration of home rule (city control) powers over rent control and rent stabilization to the City Council and Mayor.

But he recently changed his tune: now he says that Albany should control the rent laws that impact 2.5 million households in New York City - one in three New Yorkers lives in a rent-regulated apartment.

Bloomberg now thinks it is fine for Joe Bruno and the Republican State Senators from upstate to dictate how much rent and eviction protection we can have.

Without restoration of home rule, the city will continue to lose tens of thousands of affordable rent-regulated apartments to decontrol in the coming years.

We need a Mayor who will fight for home rule. A Mayor who understands why it is essential to the future health of the city to reverse the phase-out of our rent and eviction protection laws - before it is too late!

Join the Coalition for the Homeless, Met Council on Housing, Tenants & Neighbors, and many local organizations for a protest rally at Mayor Bloomberg's town house this coming Saturday, October 1, from 12 noon to 1:30 pm.