Neil deMause, Author at City Limits

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If Industry City’s new owners are hoping to paint themselves as the saviors of Sunset Park, it’s a message that has backfired with some of its neighbors.

ByNeil deMause 16 minRead time

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Sep 2015

Housing and Homelessness

Bushwick Developer Sells Out, Takes Housing Promises With Him

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.

ByNeil deMause 13 minRead time

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Sep 2015

Housing and Homelessness Investigations

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

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

ByNeil deMause 7 minRead time

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May 2015

Housing and Homelessness

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

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.

ByNeil deMause 17 minRead time

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Oct 2014

Housing and Homelessness

Wary Optimism Greets De Blasio’s Brooklyn Redevelopment Plans

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 —…

ByNeil deMause 23 minRead time

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Jul 2013

Economy

As Land of Opportunity, New York Is No Denmark

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

ByNeil deMause 2 minRead time

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Jul 2013

Uncategorized

Why Do Some Parks Suffer? It’s Complicated

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…

ByNeil deMause 14 minRead time

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Jul 2013

Economy In Depth

Congress's War on Food Stamps Could Worsen NYC Inequality

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…

ByNeil deMause 4 minRead time

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May 2013

Economy Investigations

FreshDirect Job Vows: At Odds with Environmental Claims?

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.

ByNeil deMause 8 minRead time

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Jan 2013

Economy

As Sandy Relief Efforts Fade, Crisis Far From Over

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.

ByNeil deMause 16 minRead time

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As Industry City Promises a New Sunset Park, Some Residents Fight to Maintain the Old One

Bushwick Developer Sells Out, Takes Housing Promises With Him

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

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

Wary Optimism Greets De Blasio’s Brooklyn Redevelopment Plans

As Land of Opportunity, New York Is No Denmark

Why Do Some Parks Suffer? It’s Complicated

Congress's War on Food Stamps Could Worsen NYC Inequality

FreshDirect Job Vows: At Odds with Environmental Claims?

As Sandy Relief Efforts Fade, Crisis Far From Over

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