Mamdani joins volunteers at Sunnyside Reformed Church ahead of tenant organizing canvass

Mayor Zohran Mamdani joined representatives from the Mayor’s Office of Mass Engagement (OME) and volunteer canvassers at the Sunnyside Reformed Church Tuesday evening ahead of an interfaith canvass in the neighborhood informing residents about their legal rights to form tenants’ associations. The OME’s Faith Team brought religious leaders from across the city to Sunnyside for the Nov. 10 canvass, including Jewish, Christian and Muslim leaders. Around 40 people joined the canvass, which saw pairs of volunteers go door-to-door throughout Sunnyside to inform tenants about their rights to organize and form tenants’ associations in the buildings where they live. Mamdani told volunteers in Sunnyside that the “most protected tenant is an organized tenant,” adding that canvassers have an opportunity to build stronger relationships between New Yorkers and City Hall. “What you have today is an opportunity to provide tenants with the kinds of skill that they need to work with us,” Mamdani said.

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