View from the rooftop of 386 E. 139th Street looking south towards the Mitchell Houses with the high rises of midtown in the distance. Mott Haven, Bronx, N.Y. (May 2017)
Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition tenant organizer, Emmanuel Pardilla, standing on the dilapidated steps of 386 E. 139th Street's stairwell. Mott Haven, Bronx, N.Y. (May 2017)
Tenant meeting conducted by tenant organizer Emmanuel Pardilla in the lobby of 386 E.139th Street over conditions in the building. Mott Haven, Bronx, N.Y. (February 2018)
311 sheets located on each floor to remind tenants to call if their landlord lacks to provide heat, finish repairs, or any other services. Mott Haven, Bronx, N.Y. (May 2017)
Blonnie Rodgers, tenant of 386 E. 139th Street for over 40 years, with a hole in her ceiling caused by an unidentified leak. At the time of this photograph, she had been living with the partial collapse for three weeks because no one in the office would pick up the phone. Mott Haven, Bronx, N.Y. (May 2017
Rodents fighting on the stairwell to the basement of 386 E. 139th Street. Rodents and roaches are a common problem throughout the 103 year old building. Mott Haven, Bronx, N.Y. (February 2018)
Tenant Roy Cano, after a night of door knocking to announce an upcoming tenants meeting in his building, on the phone with 311 to report his sighting of rats on the stairwell. Mott Haven, Bronx, N.Y. (February 2018)
Tenant Juana Cano, with grandson Roy Cano, in their apartment which has been suffering from bulging leaks in their ceiling in multiple places. Mott Haven, Bronx, N.Y. (February 2018)
Tenant organizer, Emmanuel Pardilla, and 386 E. 139th Street tenant, Roy Cano, conducting an evening of door knocking to announce an upcoming tenant meeting. Mott Haven, Bronx, N.Y. (March 2018)
Tenant Juana Cano deliberating the issues that she has in her apartment while introducing herself at a tenant meeting with lawyers from the Urban Justice Center in the lobby of 386 E. 139th Street. Mott Haven, Bronx, N.Y. (March 2018)
Tenants brain storm with an Urban Justice Center attorney present to prepare for a protest in front of their building to expose their subpar living conditions to the press. Mott Haven, Bronx, N.Y. (May 2017)
386 E. 139th St. (corner building) the morning of tenant protest. Mott Haven, Bronx, NY (May 2017)
Juana Cano, on the corner of her building, protesting the conditions that she and the rest of the tenants at 386 E. 139th Street have been dealing with since new owners took over in 2014. Mott Haven, Bronx, N.Y. (May 2017)
Juana Cano's living room radiator after a freak incident in which the radiator began spewing scolding hot water all over the wall near electrical outlets, speakers, and her television. Mott Haven, Bronx, N.Y. (March 2018)
Tenant Roy Cano, on the phone with his super, as Urban Justice Center lawyers and tenant organizer Emmanuel Pardilla listen in on the phone call filled with berating comments over his request to have his apartment's leaks fixed. Mott Haven, Bronx, N.Y. (March 2018)
One of three leaks in Juana Cano's ceiling. Mott Haven, Bronx, N.Y. (March 2018)
Tenant Roy Cano, frustrated, after another low turnout for a tenants meeting with lawyers. Mott Haven, Bronx, N.Y. (March 2018)
