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Anti-Rent War. The Anti-Rent War (also known as the Helderberg War) was a tenants ' revolt in upstate New York between 1839 and 1845. The Anti-Renters declared their independence from the manor system run by patroons, resisting tax collectors and successfully demanding land reform.
The history of New York City (1855–1897) started with the inauguration in 1855 of Fernando Wood as the first mayor from Tammany Hall, an institution that dominated the city throughout this period. Reforms led to the New York City Police Riot of June 1857. There was chaos during the American Civil War, with major rioting in the New York Draft ...
John Francis Hylan. Number. 10,000's to 100,000's. of striking tenants. Casualties and losses. Many arrests and evictions. The 1918–1920 New York City rent strikes were some of the most significant tenant mobilizations against landlords in New York City history. [2] Prior to the strikes, a housing shortage caused by World War I exacerbated ...
Moving Day was a tradition in New York City dating back to colonial times and lasting until after World War II. On February 1, sometimes known as "Rent Day", landlords would give notice to their tenants what the new rent would be after the end of the quarter, [ 1] and the tenants would spend good-weather days in the early spring searching for ...
A rent strike in Harlem, New York City, September 1919. A rent strike is a method of protest commonly employed against large landlords. In a rent strike, a group of tenants come together and agree to refuse to pay their rent en masse until a specific list of demands is met by the landlord. This can be a useful tactic of final resort for use ...
Five Points (or The Five Points) was a 19th-century neighborhood in Lower Manhattan, New York City.The neighborhood, partly built on low-lying land which had filled in the freshwater lake known as the Collect Pond, was generally defined as being bound by Centre Street to the west, the Bowery to the east, Canal Street to the north, and Park Row to the south.
Rivington Street Settlement(New York College Settlement) / 40.720083°N 73.98861°W / 40.720083; -73.98861. Rivington Street Settlement (also known as the New York College Settlement) was an American settlement house which provided educational and social services on the Lower East Side of the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York.
The New York Star or the Daily Star (1868–1891) was a New York City newspaper. The paper was founded around early 1868 by employees of The Sun, who feared that the recent purchase of the Sun by Charles Anderson Dana would turn the political bent of that paper Republican. [1] [2] Joe Howard, Jr. soon took control of the paper and remained on ...