Tenants Union Forms at Hinckel Brewery Apartments

Tenants at the Hinckel Brewery Apartments on Park Ave in Albany publicly launched their tenant union Saturday morning, confronting building ownership over what they describe as dangerous living conditions, rising rents, and management efforts to discourage organizing. After months of unresolved complaints, tenants organized a supermajority of the building and are now going public, delivering a formal demand letter and calling for immediate negotiations with owner Patrick Chiou and Albany Management Group. We hear from Bebhinn Francies of United Tenants of Albany, and tenants Rachel Reilly, Jim Keil, Sadie Drake, and Kate Bohn.