Barika Williams, Author at City Limits

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"New housing production isn’t a solution if it doesn’t meet the needs of a majority of New Yorkers...Every neighborhood should and must be doing its part to produce affordable housing,…

ByBarika Williams 6 minRead time

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May 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: NYC Communities of Color Face Increased Eviction Filings, Displacement Risk, and Soaring Unaffordable Rents

ANHD’s 2022 Housing Risk Chart highlights the compounding pressures, and risks, to affordable housing in dozens of neighborhoods. Indicators of speculation, gentrification, and displacement pressure are distributed throughout the city…

ByBarika Williams 6 minRead time

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Jun 2021

Economy Government Health Opinion

Opinion: Addressing New York’s Systemic Inequities Will Be Core to its COVID Recovery

‘We cannot repeat the mistakes of the past, where recoveries after the Great Recession, the Sept. 11 attacks, and the early 90s recession exacerbated systemic inequities rather than addressing them.…

ByBarika Williams

ByJose Ortiz, Jr.

ByTom Wright 7 minRead time

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Sep 2020

Opinion

Opinion: How the Gowanus Rezoning Could Push NYC Forward on Racial Equity

‘The proposed Gowanus Neighborhood Rezoning asks a whiter, wealthier community to absorb new growth in order to create new, permanent affordability in a high-opportunity neighborhood with strong transit access.’

ByMichelle de la Uz

ByBrad Lander

ByBarika Williams 12 minRead time

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Feb 2020

Opinion

Opinion: On Fair Housing, New York City Needs Bold Action, Not Further Analysis

If we begin from the premise that our current system is built on inequities and injustices – as the WWL draft plan does – then the recommendations should look vastly…

ByBarika Williams 8 minRead time

Barika Williams

Opinion: Not All Housing is Created Equal

Opinion: NYC Communities of Color Face Increased Eviction Filings, Displacement Risk, and Soaring Unaffordable Rents

Opinion: Addressing New York’s Systemic Inequities Will Be Core to its COVID Recovery

Opinion: How the Gowanus Rezoning Could Push NYC Forward on Racial Equity

Opinion: On Fair Housing, New York City Needs Bold Action, Not Further Analysis

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Barika Williams

Opinion: Not All Housing is Created Equal

Opinion: NYC Communities of Color Face Increased Eviction Filings, Displacement Risk, and Soaring Unaffordable Rents

Opinion: Addressing New York’s Systemic Inequities Will Be Core to its COVID Recovery

Opinion: How the Gowanus Rezoning Could Push NYC Forward on Racial Equity

Opinion: On Fair Housing, New York City Needs Bold Action, Not Further Analysis

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