Group discussing the East Side rent strike on a sidewalk
Date
December 26, 1907 - January 9, 1908
Location
New York City, primarily the Lower East Side but also Williamsburg, Brooklyn, the Upper East Side, and Upper West Side.
Caused by
Rent increases and the Panic of 1907
Goals
Rent reductions and a cap on rent based on wages
Resulted in
Rent reductions for approximately 2,000 people
Parties
Tenants, Socialist Party of America
Police, Landlords, Magistrates
Lead figures
Pauline Newman
Number
~10,000 people
The 1907 New York City rent strike or the East Side rent strike lasted from December 26, 1907, to January 9, 1908. The rent strike began in response to a proposed rent increase in the wake of the Panic of 1907 which saw tens of thousands unemployed. It began in the Lower East Side and the predominant organizers were Jewish immigrant women in the neighborhood such as Pauline Newman, who played a major role in organizing the strike. It eventually spread to other areas of Manhattan and Brooklyn, comprising approximately 10,000 tenants. The strike was taken over by the Eight Assembly District of the Socialist Party of America in early 1908. Due to mass evictions and police brutality, the strike was broken, though approximately 2,000 successfully halted rent increases.
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