Flatbush Tenant Organizer Faces Eviction in Midst of Rent Strike Over Living Conditions
After leading a three-year rent strike and protesting shoddy living conditions at her Flatbush apartment building, Janice Broadie is being evicted.
While the landlord at 1111 Ocean Avenue has taken Broadie to court over the non-payment of rent, her neighbors are rushing to her defense. They held a rally outside Brooklyn Housing Court on June 5, and said the landlord’s lack of care for the building made the strike necessary.
Broadie, who has helped organize her neighbors in various forms of protest against their landlord, including withholding rent since June of 2020, says she stands by her decision, despite potentially

