Thanks to Those Who Spoke

"If we do not fix rent regulation, New York's working-class and middle-class will slowly bleed to death. What makes this place great is that we're all in this together - nurses and computer techs and teachers and struggling actors and cops and everybody. Let's keep it that way."

- Dan Cantor, Working Families Party

Yesterday's speakers at the Hands Around Stuy Town Rally conveyed the passion and urgency of the crowd. Thank you all! The speakers included:

• Mary Brosnahan, Coalition for the Homeless
• Bertha Lewis, ACORN
• Dan Cantor, Working Families Party
• Ed Ott, Central Labor Council
• Hilda Chavis, NW Bronx Community & Clergy Coalition
• Randi Weingarten, UFT
• Lillian Roberts, DC37 AFSCME
• and elected officials.
  

Here's the Central Labor Council's Ed Ott speaking: