sam rabiyah
Sam is a journalist and multidisciplinary technologist based in NYC. He works at the intersection of investigative reporting, counter-mapping, data visualization, and oral history to make information more actionable to movement-based organizers and the public.
He's currently a senior researcher & technical lead at SITU and a democracy machine fellow at Eyebeam.
writing
Tenants Team Up to Target Voucher-Snubbing Landlords
City Council Passes Bill Enabling Tenants to Report Vacant Apartments
Airbnb’s Sidelined in NYC. That Probably Won’t Stop Illegal Short-Term Rentals.
Apartments Vanish From New York’s Rent Regulation System and Questions Linger About How
In Near-Daily Protests, Tenants Demand a Stop to Rent-Stabilized Apartment Vacancies
Tenants Take Over Bronx and Brooklyn Housing Courts, Protesting Lack of Lawyers
Tenants’ Friday Night Plans: Testifying at Curiously Timed City Eviction Lawyer Hearing
Counter-mapping Evictions in the San Francisco Bay Area and New York City
talks
Collaboration & Care in Mapping Displacement & Resistance
Co-Presenter at Housing Justice/Housing Futures Conference, Barnard College, February 2023
LinkShifting Power Through Counter-Narratives and Data Justice
Co-Presenter at KADIST: Ways of Reading Symposium, sponsored by e-flux, February 2020
LinkRadical Mapping with the Anti-Eviction Mapping Project
Lecturer at WYFY School, hosted by BUFU Collective, July 2019
Busting the Myth of the "Mom and Pop" Landlord
Panelist for the Chicago Housing Justice League, February 2022