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A map of community districts on the Brooklyn-Queens border. Fair-housing advocates have sued to end a city policy that gives residents of a particular district 50 percent of slots in new affordable housing built there.

Harry DeRienzo

Harry DeRienzo is the president of the Banana Kelly Community Improvement Association.

Affordable Housing

CityViews: Affordable-Housing Advocates Must Listen to Opponents of Community Preference

By Harry DeRienzo, Kirk Goodrich and Ismene Speliotis | September 25, 2018

‘In a recent discussion, some very basic assumptions of our sector were challenged.’

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CityViews: NYC Bid to Revise Charter and Improve Democracy Should Learn from the Past

By Harry DeRienzo | June 4, 2018

‘Real change only comes through the devolution of more decision-making power to the local level combined with accountable local decision-making bodies and elected officials.’

CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS

CityViews: The History of Racial Signals and HUD’s Proposed Rent Hike

By Harry DeRienzo | May 4, 2018

‘Social division serves those who need to divert attention from the injustices that play out daily in our political and economic systems.’

Affordable Housing

CityViews: Missing the Target on Segregation

By Harry DeRienzo | August 15, 2017

The current community preference system may have its flaws, the writer says, but simply calling for its elimination is irresponsible and callous after centuries of race-based zoning.

CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS

CityViews: America’s Racial History Breeds Distrust of Land-Use Policies

By Harry DeRienzo | May 1, 2017

The distrust that has greeted Bill de Blasio’s rezoning proposals in some neighborhoods stems partly from a long history of racist policy of which the mayor is not part but needs to be aware.

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CityViews: Is it Time for a Housing Plan Reset?

By Harry DeRienzo | April 5, 2017

In this op-ed, a veteran low-income housing developer says an ‘impending tsunami’ of federal budget cuts must force a rethink of Mayor de Blasio’s housing and zoning vision.

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