Activist artist Lashawn 'Suga Ray' Marston has been on a hunger strike in Long Island City for almost two weeks, demanding the Adams administration surrender the city’s deed to a building that some say could be better-utilized by the community.
Donate NowAn activist has been on a hunger strike in Long Island City for almost two weeks, demanding the Adams administration surrender the city’s deed to a building that some say could be better-utilized by the community.
He began sleeping outside the city-owned building at 44-36 Vernon Boulevard the same day, in a tent that his girlfriend has occasionally slept in too, stocked with blankets and hand warmers. Marston, who turns 39 on Tuesday, plans to continue his strike until then. He and his supporters say the city is only using 30% of the building.
Marston is among a group of activists who have for years pressed the city to turn the building over to a community land trust run by residents of Western Queens, filled with communities with industrial and working class roots that have been transformed by a wave of gentrificationThe building is on the site of the since-botched Amazon deal, where issues of affordability have been a regular refrain among local residents.
“People make up the community,” Marston said. As far as corporate interest in the land, he said, “everything shouldn't be privatized.”Adams’ office referred Gothamist to the education department. Spokesperson Jenna Lyle said the facility “serves many different critical functions for New York City Public Schools, with over 1,200 employees working out of the building supporting school facilities, transportation, food service, the Public Schools Athletic League, and many other departments.
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