Map of http://vicric.com/
The 500W140 Tenants Association Web Site.


Home Page, including recent events.

Eviction by Columbia University.

In plain English.

Recent events.

Memorandum of Law, our pro se pleading for leave to appeal our eviction.

Our Brief for Appellants, in Adobe Acrobat (pdf) form.

Reply Brief for Appellants, our pro se reply to the landord's brief, in Adobe Acrobat (pdf) form.

Oral argument, before the five justices.

The Appellate Division decision, before the five justices.


Our new slumlord.

In all his glory.

Censoring this page.

Our predicate warning that we will withhold 60% of our rent beginning January 2007.

Slumlord's nastygram, objecting to that leaflet. The lawyer, Ms. Heiberger, errs on our address and fax number . We are in Manhattan, 10031-6139, and receive faxes at (212)926-9846.

Our slumlord leaflet.

Our 2007 Thanksgiving greeting to the tenants, pasted on the wall where the Tenants Association bulletin board used to be before it was vandalized by the slumlord.


Fiction and doggerel by Vicki.

The Patrimony, a short story by Vicki from about 20 years ago. Mystery, with murder and grisly violence.

The Restoration of Manion's Coffin Works, another short story by Vicki from about 20 years ago. Horror, not for the squeamish.

Double-dactyl doggerel.


Writers and Civil Liberties, off-site links opening another window of your browser.


Writers, off-site.

ASJA, the American Society for Journalists and Authors.

The poet and editor Michael Benedikt, prolific in moving from print to the Web.

The political writer Bob Chatelle, with links to support on free expression of minority views.

HWG, the HTML Writers Guild, for Web authors, designers, and code writers.

The photographer Andrea Mohin.

NLGJA, the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association.

NWU, the National Writers Union.

PEN, which is also among civil liberties groups.

The novelist Tracy Quan.

The technical writer Andreas Ramos, with fine support on using the Web and online technologies.

The investigative reporter Paul Trummel, denied protection of the First Amendment for not being a "real" journalist.


Civil Liberties, off-site.

ACLU, the American Civil Liberties Union.

AIDS support.

Amnesty International.

Free Bernard Baran.

cars-suck.org, Right of Way, for bikers, pedestrians, and public-transit riders.

The Center, Lesbian and Gay in New York City.

COYOTE, founded by Margo St. James, to organize prostitutes and gain legal protection for them.

EFF, the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

Feminist Majority Foundation Online.

GLAAD, the Gay Lesbian Alliance Against Discrimination.

Lambda, Lesbian and Gay Legal Services.

lesbian.com, with great support for sexuality and gender identification, as well as the international struggle against racism, or lesbian.org, concentrating mainly on feminism and related political issues.

Marijuana advocacy.

Mumia Abu-Jamal.

Amnesty International on Mumia.

Censorship by Execution?, by Al Weinrub.

International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia.

Justice for Mumia at http://www.j4mumia.org/.

Justice for Mumia at http://www.mumia2000.org/.

Mobilization to Free Mumia.

News reports by Mumia.

New York City events.

Pacifica Radio.

The NAACP, seminal African-American group.

NOW, seminal women's group.

PeaceFire, on stealth cyber censorship.

PEN, which is also among writers' groups.

PETA, nonhuman rights. But see also Declan McCullagh's Wired news story.

Politech, technology and civil liberties, by Declan McCullagh.

Pride Senior Network.

Shelter Reform, advocacy for the nonhuman homeless.

Tenant Advocacy.

Housing Works, advocacy for the homeless, especially with AIDS.

Rent Wars, by Ronin Amano.

Tenant Dot Net Forever, tenant rights in New York City.

Transgender advocacy.

National Transgender Advocacy Coalition.

New York Association for Gender Rights Advocacy.

Transportation Alternatives.

Vegan advocacy.

WRL, the War Resisters League.

Women's Diversity.


N.Y. Times photo of Vicki and Casey.

Map of http://vicric.com/.