Zoom bombed: Hecklers crash elected officials’ online forum on tackling rent crisis

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Manhattan elected officials took to a Zoom call Thursday to outline their plans to allow cash-strapped tenants to avoid eviction for the next few months by urging New Yorkers to complete COVID-19 hardship declaration forms before Feb. 26.

Then the hecklers showed up.

After about 15 minutes into the meeting, it was “Zoom bombed” by tenants and activists who flooded the chat with “#CancelRent” and called out officials for not meeting previous demands

One person asked, “Why were tenants not invited to talk about this bill that is supposedly for tenants?” While another attendee said, “You can’t claim to want to engage with the community while ignoring us when we are right here!”