Nonprofit
GOOD OLD LOWER EAST SIDE INC
Mission
GOLES (Good Old Lower East Side) is a neighborhood housing and preservation organization that has served the Lower East Side of Manhattan since 1977. We’re dedicated to tenants’ rights, homelessness prevention, economic development, and community revitalization.
About Us
Good Old Lower East Side (GOLES) was born in 1977 amid arson, abandonment, and economic crisis. We began from the simple idea that tenants could organize to exercise their legal rights, defend their homes, and preserve their neighborhood. It was also a powerful and expansive idea: people could organize building to block, from block to neighborhood, and from neighborhood to city.
GOLES’ name reflects the hope that the struggle for legal rights and personal security can lead to a struggle for collective security, and to the preservation of the diverse peoples, cultures, spaces, and institutions that, historically, have made the Lower East Side iconic for its rich cultural, artistic, and political life.
Cause Areas Include
- Community Development
- Crime & Safety
- Housing & Homelessness
- Human Rights & Civil Liberties
- Seniors & Retirement
Location & Contact
- 212 533-2541
- 169 AVENUE B, NEW YORK, New York, US
