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Podcast: Indy Audio
Episode: Eviction Defense: Family + Community Fighting Hard to Keep Home
Description: One month to the day after Gov. Kathy Hochul ended the state’s eviction moratorium, the Robinson family is fighting with the help of its neighbors to stay in the home that has been theirs since 1951. Sherease Torain, a member of Crown Heights Tenants Union, her mother, Ms. Robinson, and Ms. Robinson’s 98-year-old mother all live in the home.
The landlord tried multiple times this week to forcibly enter the home at 964 Park Place in Crown Heights. On Tues., Feb 15, the family was back in housing court while dozens of supporters refused to leave the house while dozens of poli...