For years, New York City tenants have been unable to determine who actually owns the buildings where they and their families live. Current laws allow negligent landlords to evade their legal responsibilities to their tenants by hiding behind a corporate entity and registering their official address as a post office box. This lack of transparency has made it nearly impossible for tenants, organizers and advocates to confront dangerous housing code violations.

On August 25, the New York City Council unanimously passed legislation spearheaded by Make the Road New York that will end impunity for lawless landlords and help tens of thousands of tenants to stand up for themselves and their families!

Read more about this exciting victory.

Make the Road New York would like to thank Councilmember Melissa Mark-Viverito, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Michael Grinthal from South Brooklyn Legal Services, and our close allies at the Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development (ANHD) for their vital work to pass this important legislation.

Thousands of students across New York City are celebrating their hard-won victory to preserve free school transportation for the city's K-12 students.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) announced June 18 that it would continue to provide free student Metrocards, after state legislators agreed to help fill the authority's budget shortfall.

Since December, when the MTA first proposed the cutting the program, youth leaders of Make the Road New York and the citywide Urban Youth Collaborative have sprung into action to get their message heard, that students have a right to free education, and free education means free transportation to school.

Click to find out more, read press coverage, and watch video clips of our youth in action.