Rita Popper, a longtime Community Board 8 member and president of the Knickerbocker Tenant’s Association, has passed away at the age of 87.
Rita Popper, a longtime Community Board 8 member and president of the Knickerbocker Tenant’s Association, has passed away at the age of 87. ( Photo: Community Board 8 )

Popper served as the president of the Knickerbocker Tenant Association for five decades, used her position to advocate for the renovation of local plazas and parks, and even wrote a novel last month. In a moving tribute, her son called her “truly original.”

Rita Popper, Longtime Upper East Side Advocate, Dead at 87
30 Aug 2026 | 12:17
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Rita Popper, the tenacious president of the Knickerbocker Tenant Association and a longtime Upper East Side advocate and member of Community Board 8, has passed away at the age of 87.

Popper’s son Adam posted a moving tribute to his mother on Instagram on August 24, writing that she was “affectionately...

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