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Apr 16, 2021 Charges have reportedly been dropped for all 18 people arrested during a December protest against the eviction of a renter on Glasgow Street. Those arrested included the tenant, Clianda Florence-Yarde, and State Assemblyman Demond Meeks. They appeared at a rally yesterday in support of proposed state reforms for housing, health care, and criminal justice. At the December protest, Florence-Yarde had claimed her landlord didnt address poor living conditions at the apartment. Her l...

The federal eviction moratorium expires in January. It could leave 40 million Americans homeless. Marc Ramirez, Sarah Taddeo and Tiffany Cusaac-Smith, USA TODAY Christopher Green lost his job during the COVID pandemic and now his home Replay Video UP NEXT Rochester, N.Y. — It’s safe to say that Shayla Black’s life is not what she imagined when she left her job in the magazine industry in January, feeling like she needed a change. Before long, her quest for new opportuniti...

The federal eviction moratorium expires in January. It could leave 40 million Americans homeless. Marc Ramirez, Sarah Taddeo and Tiffany Cusaac-Smith, USA TODAY Christopher Green lost his job during the COVID pandemic and now his home UP NEXT Rochester, N.Y. — It’s safe to say that Shayla Black’s life is not what she imagined when she left her job in the magazine industry in January, feeling like she needed a change. Before long, her quest for new opportunities was upende...

USA TODAY Network Shayla Black, 28, talks about the eviction case against her from when she was struggling to pay rent during the COVID-19 pandemic even though there was an eviction moratorium in place, Dec. 18, 2020 in her Harlem apartment. The whole process inspired her to start a tenant association in her building. (Tania Savayan - The Journal News) Clianda Florence-Yarde knew she wouldn’t be able to give her three sons something for Christmas that they yearned for: normalcy. In the leadu...

By Susan Arbetter New York State PUBLISHED 6:54 PM ET Dec. 21, 2020 PUBLISHED 6:54 PM EST Dec. 21, 2020 SHARE Last Friday night was frigid, but that didn’t stop the eviction of a woman and her three children from their home in Rochester. According to multiple reports, the tenant, Clianda Florence-Yarde, a school teacher, did not allege COVID-...

Credit Facebook  In the wake of a recent protest against the eviction of a Rochester woman and her family that ended with several arrests, tenants rights activists are pushing for a universal eviction moratorium. One of the people arrested was New York state Assembly member Demond Meeks. Meeks arrest was captured live on Facebook while he filmed officers at the eviction of Clianda Florence Yarde from her Glasgow Street apartment.  Dozens of police wearing what Meeks described as “riot gear�...

Assemblyman Demond Meeks issued a critique of city officials overnight — and a plea for change — after his arrest at the forced eviction of a local mother of three. "We are in the middle of a pandemic ... and we are evicting people from their household," Meeks said in an early morning video statement posted on Facebook. "That is absolutely inhumane. We are better than that." Meeks and as many as 14 others were arrested Friday night at 57 Glasgow St. in the Corn Hill neighborhood. People ...

Credit Assembly member Demond Meeks/Facebook A New York State Assembly member from Rochester was arrested Friday night during a protest held trying to stop the eviction of a woman who lives in an apartment on Glasgow Street in Corn Hill.  A  statement by activists was released about the arrest of Demond Meeks, who was just sworn into office last month. He posted video on Facebook of his arrest. RPD says it arrested a total of around 15 individuals who tried to stop police from what they say ...