Shekar Krishnan, Author at City Limits

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Shekar Krishnan

Shekar Krishnan is an attorney at Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A.

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Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion Politics

Opinion: New York Can Build More Housing Without Shutting Community Out

“Planning cannot be something government does to communities instead of with them. Local residents carry valuable knowledge that can’t be matched by planners sitting in a central office.”

ByShekar Krishnan 10 minRead time

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Climate and Environment Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion Politics

Opinion: A Storm is Coming. The State Must Act Now to Make Basement Apartments Safe.

“By refusing to include the hardest-hit neighborhoods in the revamped pilot, New York State is complicit in the ongoing danger facing these residents. Basement safety is not a luxury, it’s…

ByShekar Krishnan 4 minRead time

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Economy Government Opinion Politics

Opinion: Mayor’s Budget Dance Leaves Nonprofits–and New Yorkers–in the Lurch

“Too many nonprofits are waiting on money owed by the same city that tells nonprofits to prepare to do more with less, again and again.”

ByShekar Krishnan

ByChai Jindasurat-Yasui 7 minRead time

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CityViews: Amazon Will Deliver More Displacement to NYC’s Working Class

‘De Blasio and Cuomo are introducing a giant mechanism for displacement into communities that government already fails so shamefully.’

ByShekar Krishnan

ByGregory Louis 7 minRead time