Local Democratic candidates pledge support for tenants’ rights at Bay Ridge town hall
A Bay Ridge town hall hosted by the Metropolitan Council on Housing Tuesday evening, Oct. 30, ended with a trio of local Democratic candidates pledging their support for tenants’ rights.
State Senate candidate Andrew Gounardes and Assembly candidates Adam Baumel and Mathylde Frontus all attended the public forum, held in the auditorium of P.S./I.S. 30, the Mary White Ovington School, where they eventually took to the podium and publicly signed a pledge in favor of universal rent control.
“This is significant,” tweeted local grassroots politico group Fight Back Bay Ridge in response to the showing of candidates. “The Democratic slate all pledged to protect tenants and work for reasonable rent but their big-developer-paid-for opponents . . . [refused].”