TakeRoot Justice

🎥 @NYCCHR, with @TakerootNYC, hosted a screening of Slumlord Millionaire, an Emmy-nominated doc following NYC families fighting for safe, affordable housing. The film focuses on a family that was helped by CCHR. After, a panel explored CCHR’s enforcement powers in New York City.

TONIGHT!

TakeRoot is proud to fight alongside SRO tenants! “A Rare Victory for the Residents of This East Village SRO” - Hell Gate ⁦@HellGateNY⁩ hellgatenyc.com/rare-victory-e…

There’s still time to RSVP for our Know Your Rights workshop with @fttenantunion & @bhipbk!

Curious about housing court and what to do if your landlord tries to evict you? Mike Grinthal (@TakerootNYC) will walk us through the process behind non-payment & holdover cases, and steps you can take to protect yourself. RSVP ➡️ bit.ly/housing-court-…

Know Your Housing Rights Workshop with @fttenantunion & @bhipbk Saturday, January 24th from 1:00-3:00 PM – 226 Lefferts Pl, BK 11238 RSVP: tr.ee/YMnWa6LvtY

Save the date: Know Your Housing Rights Workshop with @fttenantunion & @bhipbk Saturday, January 24th from 1:00-3:00 PM – 226 Lefferts Pl, BK 11238 RSVP: tr.ee/YMnWa6LvtY

New Year, New Workshops! Join TakeRoot and @IMPACCTBrooklyn for a Know Your Rights training on immigration and ICE on Thursday, January 8th from 6-7:30pm

TakeRoot was proud to stand with tenants, advocates, and elected officials at a rally and press conference at 2770-80 Kingsbridge Terrace this morning. With the leadership of NWBCCC, TakeRoot has represented the tenants in their years-long fight against their landlord.

The task force should return to its mandate and propose meaningful alternatives. That includes prioritizing early intervention in the foreclosure process and allowing city agencies—not private speculators—to step in. brownstoner.com/real-estate-ma… @EastNewYorkCLT

Read more: hellgatenyc.com/sro-east-villa… (3/3)

"To the tenants and their attorneys, the demolition of their communal spaces, the eviction attempts, as well as Geylik's claim that they need to vacate their building for him to make necessary repairs are all part of an effort to get residents to move out" (2/3)

"With the help of the Cooper Square Committee, a tenants' rights nonprofit, and Take Root Justice, the tenants are suing Geylik for harassment, while seeking a court order to ensure their SRO units are not demolished or reduced in size." (1/3) @CooperSq @HellGateNY

Read more: @NYCCouncil - council.nyc.gov/press/2025/04/… @NYCComptroller - comptroller.nyc.gov/reports/nonpro… (5/5)

"Paying non-profits on time is essential to ensure our doors remain open and our services continue for New Yorkers who need them most.” (4/5)

TakeRoot was proud to join @NYCCouncil and our non-profit partners and demand solutions to "longstanding nonprofit contract registration and payment delays that currently threaten the delivery of essential services." (1/5)

Today, he continues to profit while tenants suffer in dangerous, unlivable homes—many still reeling from the aftermath of a devastating fire on February 14, 2025. (5/5)

In 2014 and 2015, he was publicly named one of NYC’s Worst Landlords. In 2016, gross negligence in one of his buildings led to the horrific deaths of two infants in a radiator explosion at 720 Hunts Point Avenue. (4/5)

On Saturday, May 3rd at 5:00 PM, tenants from six Bronx buildings owned by notorious landlord Moshe Piller will hold a press conference to demand accountability, safe housing, and an end to systematic slumlord neglect. (1/5)