""We are here because of gross neglect, harassment, and abuse of tenants," said Charlie Dulik, a Pinnacle tenant on Ocean Avenue in Flatbush at the Thursday night rally. "We don't know what's gonna happen to our buildings. We don't know if they're gonna be bought by another slumlord. We don't know if we're gonna have electricity in our common areas tomorrow.""
""We do not deserve this willful neglect of our buildings. We deserve a say in what happens to our homes," said Vivian Kuo, a Pinnacle tenant in Manhattan for the last five years. She said her building had broken elevators, pests, and leaks."
Pinnacle Group placed 93 rent-stabilized buildings into a bankruptcy auction, affecting about 5,000 households across four boroughs and involving 50 tenant unions. Tenants report years of severe disrepair, rapidly accumulating housing-code violations, intermittent or no electricity, broken elevators, pests, leaks, and other hazards. Investors may begin bidding starting Nov. 21. Tenants rallied outside Brooklyn's Federal Courthouse urging Judge David S. Jones to slow the auction so the city can support a responsible transition or enable tenant-led ownership. Organizers propose community land trusts or tenant cooperatives to preserve long-term affordability, citing prior city and federal intervention in troubled housing portfolios.
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