In their defense, they said the performance would be theatrical.  But when Humberto Lopes’ Gotham Housing Alliance showed up to one of New York’s rental board hearings with a team of zombies carrying flags and signs, there was perhaps more dramatic tension than anticipated.  The crowd of zombies, complete with dripping blood and rotting teeth, filled out a crowd of small landlords who had come to discuss how a rent freeze would affect them.  The zombies, it turns out, were paid actors — and not told about the nature of their performance. Many said they did not wish to be […]

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