Uptown Voices
Uptown Voices
Podcast Description
A podcast focused on the Uptown neighborhoods of Inwood, Washington Heights and Harlem. Our neighborhoods have a voice and we want to be heard and felt. We love Uptown.
Each episode will elevate the people here who are making a difference in the life of this community. We’re also committed to “real talk” that seeks solutions that improve the quality of life in our beautiful Uptown neighborhoods.
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The podcast centers on community empowerment, cultural narratives, and local initiatives, showcasing episodes that include tributes to notable individuals like Peter Walsh of Coogan's Bar and Grill, explorations of immigrant storytelling with Mino Lora from The People's Theater, and discussions on tenant ownership with Avi Garelick of the Northern Manhattan Community Land Trust, all while addressing solutions that benefit local quality of life.
A podcast focused on the Uptown neighborhoods of Inwood, Washington Heights and Harlem. Our neighborhoods have a voice and we want to be heard and felt. We love Uptown.
Each episode will elevate the people here who are making a difference in the life of this community. We’re also committed to “real talk” that seeks solutions that improve the quality of life in our beautiful Uptown neighborhoods.
Uptown housing attorney Ellery Ireland has represented tenants across the city as they battle landlords. He joins Led and Octavio to discuss what it takes to fight against predatory landlords.
This is not a nuts and bolts conversation about do this and do that to beat your landlord – it’s just not that easy – it’s a discussion about who has power and what it takes for tenants to recognize theirs and to put it into effect.
Ellery, who has a historian’s knowledge of rent law in New York guides us through a journey. How was housing-court as we know it created – and for whom.
This episode isa fascinating look at rent law in New York. Join us!
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