Mission

Good Old Lower East Side (GOLES) 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. GOLES’ long-term goals are to build the power of low-income residents on the Lower East Side to address displacement and gentrification; preserve and expand the low-income housing stock; assert community self-determination over the use of public space; and ensure a clean and healthy environment where people live, work, and play.