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Abigail Savitch-Lew

Abby is a born-and-raised Brooklynite with a passion for land use issues and long-form journalism. Prior to City Limits, she worked as a freelancer for several publications including YES! Magazine, Colorlines, The Nation, Dissent Magazine and Jacobin. She has appeared as a guest on BRIC TV, CUNY TV, and BronxNet and is a winner of an Ippies award from CUNY's Center for Community and Ethnic Media. Abby also loves writing fiction and is currently working on a novel that blends her family's immigration story with meditations on the deindustrialization and gentrification of Brooklyn.

Health and Environment
nasopharyngeal swab

To Test or Not to Test: The Latest on New York’s COVID-19 Screening Saga

By Abigail Savitch-Lew | April 13, 2020

The mayor and governor have taken different approaches to testing, but now they agree we need more of it. But who will get it? Where? And to what end?

Bronx
Vanessa Gibson

Bronx and Other Hard-Hit Communities Cry Out for COVID-19 Resources

By Abigail Savitch-Lew | April 9, 2020

As an increasing number of reports reveal COVID-19 is having a disproportionate impact on low-income, majority minority areas of New York City, leaders in the South Bronx and in other communities have been demanding a more targeted response.

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Mutual aid rider in the Bronx

Mutual Aid Movement Playing Huge Role in COVID-19 Crisis

By Abigail Savitch-Lew | April 3, 2020

Over the past few weeks, advocacy groups, veteran volunteers, and everyday residents across the five boroughs have stepped up to form groups and projects that assist vulnerable New Yorkers.

Housing and Development

New Data Confirms Familiar Concern: Low-Income NYers Face Harshest Housing Market

By Abigail Savitch-Lew | October 30, 2018

Even taking Section 8 and other assistance programs into account, it’s still the poorest New Yorkers that struggle the most with housing costs.

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A Detailed Breakdown of the Rose-Donovan Debate for SI House Seat

By Abigail Savitch-Lew | October 17, 2018

The candidates clashed on immigration, opioids, the president and their campaign fundraising.

Election Watch 2018

Amid Key Congressional Race, Voices from the Swing Borough on Donovan, Rose and Trump

By Abigail Savitch-Lew | October 16, 2018

We spoke to residents of Staten Island—site of one of the fall’s most closely watched Congressional races—about their borough’s most pressing issues and whether they intend to swing blue or red this November.

Brooklyn

Brownsville Plan Gains Momentum, Sparks Hope and Anxiety

By Abigail Savitch-Lew | August 29, 2018

The one-year-old Brownsville Plan includes no rezoning and long-sought community resources, but many residents still have concerns about gentrification and the details of implementation.

Education

Ambitious Brooklyn School Desegregation Plan Stirs Excitement, Faces Hurdles

By Abigail Savitch-Lew | July 9, 2018

Brooklyn’s District 15 is trying to chart a new path toward equity with an ambitious plan to end admissions screens for middle schools. The reaction to the plan highlights the complexities of choice and process the rest of the city might someday face.

Affordable Housing

Much Dread, Some Hope at Inwood Rezoning Community Discussion

By Abigail Savitch-Lew | April 30, 2018

Councilmember Ydanis Rodriguez’s community meeting on Sunday came midway through the public review procedure through which the Inwood rezoning will be approved or disproved.

Affordable Housing

Brewer Votes No With Conditions on Inwood Rezoning

By Abigail Savitch-Lew | April 27, 2018

Her decision is non-binding, but sends a message to the de Blasio administration that EDC’s plans for Inwood requires substantial changes.

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