Right to Remain in Chinatown March 4/7

Right to Remain in Chinatown March The March will be on Tuesday, April 7th

Join AARW as we support the Chinese Progressive Association and Right to the City Boston to fight to keep Hudson Street tenants in their homes!  We will be marching from 103 Hudson to City Hall at 2:30 on April 7th to demand that First Suffolk LLC allows the tenants of 103 Hudson Street to return to their home at the same price and to make sure that all of Hudson Street and Chinatown stays affordable!

We ask First Suffolk LLC to: 1. Provide tenant immediate access to their belongings in the building 2. Immediately relocate tenants within easy access of Chinatown  3. Provide a timeline for building repairs and move-back date 4. Sign a multi-year agreement for tenants and at the current rent for at least one year 5. Preserve at least one unit as permanently affordable based on Boston Median Household Income. 6. Halt the purchase of 101 Hudson Street   Jan 2015 - First Suffolk LLC purchased a row house in need of repairs at 103 Hudson Street. Its principal contractor Tim O’Callaghan forced his way unannounced into tenants' homes, changed the locks, intimidated and called the police on tenants and their guests, and began to sledge hammer through the building in the name of making emergency repairs. Since then, tenants have been relocated to hotels in unfamiliar neighborhoods with inadequate transportation. Currently, two tenants cannot report to work on time because the hotel shuttle does not run early enough to the T. The tenants also have no access to their belongings at 103 Hudson St, including one diabetic tenant’s medicine. First Suffolk LLC has an agreement to buy the adjacent building (101 Hudson), and Mr. O’Callaghan has openly talked about plans to buy up the entire block and demolish the old row houses to build a new development, which will displace many working families.