In 2023, the Yes Men heard of a truly horrific (and real!) conspiracy that few seemed to know about: a real estate developer called Related — in cahoots with the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), the mayor of NYC, and several elected officials — was aiming to demolish 2,056 units of Section 9 public housing in Chelsea and replace them with luxury apartments, shops, and offices à la Hudson Yards.
The conspirators wanted, of course, to keep it under the radar. So More Art — founded to oppose the marginalization of low-income residents by the art world — sponsored the Yes Men to publicize the crime to help stop it. We connected with the Good Liars — who, posing as Related reps, naively promoted "their" plans throughout Chelsea and in the housing itself, collecting some fabulous video along the way.
Then More Art invited us to subvert their own 20th-anniversary gala and… here's the result. (See also this article, these photos, and the transcript of the event.) The Good Liars (insta, X) will soon release their own video, with much more of their fabulous footage, exposing Related's and NYCHA’s conspiracy far and wide.