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The Rheingold site, seen from the corner of Melrose street and Evergreen avenue.

Neil deMause

Housing and Homelessness

Bushwick Developer Sells Out, Takes Housing Promises With Him

Neil deMause | September 30, 2015

Community leaders in Bushwick thought they’d struck a deal to make affordable housing part of a big new residential development. Then the developer sold his stake.

Affordable Housing

What’s in a Name? Tenants Accuse Shamco of Illegal Rent Hikes

Neil deMause | September 16, 2015

The Brooklyn property owner is alleged to be employing the tactics to gentrify its buildings.

Housing and Homelessness

Displaced, Dispersed, Disappeared: What Happens to Families Forced Out of Bushwick?

Neil deMause | May 6, 2015

Everyone knows higher rents have forced many families out of their apartments in rapidly gentrifying Bushwick. But no one has bothered to count them or figure out where they went.

Brooklyn

Wary Optimism Greets De Blasio’s Brooklyn Redevelopment Plans

Neil deMause | October 16, 2014

The city’s nascent plan for Broadway Junction and East New York is one of two rezoning proposals — the other would target the commercial strip along Broadway in Bushwick — that could determine what the next stage in Brooklyn’s transformation looks like.

Economy

As Land of Opportunity, New York Is No Denmark

Neil deMause | July 23, 2013

Income mobility in New York compares well to other American cities—but not to our European counterparts.

Citywide

Why Do Some Parks Suffer? It’s Complicated

Neil deMause | July 15, 2013

Inequities in city green space result from more than just outer-borough bias. A tight budget that affects everybody and private donations that benefit some areas over others are part of the picture.

Economy

Congress's War on Food Stamps Could Worsen NYC Inequality

Neil deMause | July 12, 2013

The House votes to strip Food Stamps from a Farm Bill. The Senate looks to tighten eligibility. What will it mean for a city with 1.9 million people receiving that benefit?

Economy

FreshDirect Job Vows: At Odds with Environmental Claims?

Neil deMause | May 16, 2013

The grocery deliverer says it will create thousands of jobs in the South Bronx, but that expansion disappears when the firm analyzes its environmental impact.

Economy

As Sandy Relief Efforts Fade, Crisis Far From Over

Neil deMause | January 31, 2013

Worries about 40,000 displaced people have ebbed. But in buildings where garbage services are still scattered, or where mold remains a menace, the Sandy saga continues.

Brooklyn

Grassroots Groups Have Taken Over Sandy Relief

Neil deMause | November 13, 2012

From Gerritsen to Coney, trusted local organizations and ad-hoc operations have stepped into a void left by overstretched city departments and low-profile federal agencies.

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