BIG NEWS: #COPA now has a veto-proof majority in the NYC Council! The bill would stabilize affordable housing & curb displacement by giving community land trusts and other qualified nonprofits a first right to purchase buildings when a landlord sells. Let's pass #COPA this year!

Check out this powerful op-ed in @cityandstateny.bsky.social:
Councilmembers from the Bronx & Queens are calling for passage of the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act.

www.cityandstateny.com/opinion/2025...

@nycspeakeradams.bsky.social, let's get #COPA done this year!

Don’t get discouraged. Tenants can be their own homeowners. And with both community land trusts & the passage of #TOPA, we can make it happen far & wide!
— Ana Markland, a resident of East New York CLT’s first acquired building

@govkathyhochul.bsky.social we need #TOPA & $250 M in the budget!

Brooklyn tenant leader Denise Clay, her neighbors, and NYers statewide demand #TOPA & $250M in the state budget!
@govkathyhochul.bsky.social @leaderasc.bsky.social
@speakercarlheastie.bsky.social will you stand with tenants and ensure the opportunity to purchase our homes?

“Out in East New York, we have speculators, predators and private equity preying on our neighborhood. We don’t have the necessary legislation in place to fight back. That's why we need #TOPA. TOPA is about economic, land and housing justice.”
—our coalition member Albert Scott of East New York CLT

On our way to Albany to urge @leaderasc.bsky.social @speakercarlheastie.bsky.social @govkathyhochul.bsky.social to pass #TOPA in this year's budget. With #TOPA, we can create permanently affordable, community-controlled housing in low-income + Black & brown communities statewide!
nyccli.org/topa/