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It will be up to advocates and the de Blasio administration to make the upcoming fair housing assessment into a meaningful discussion on the city’s racial history and future policy.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 6Comments

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Nov 2017

Housing and Homelessness News

How Advocacy Has, and Hasn’t, Shaped De Blasio’s Housing Plan 2.0

The revamped housing plan includes steps to implement many of the policy ideas proposed by advocates within the last couple years, though clear disagreements remain between the administration and critics.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 14Comments

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Oct 2017

Housing and Homelessness News

Displaced to Where? New Report Shows Moving Patterns of Some East New York Homeowners

The Center for NYC Neighborhoods looked at factors increasing the vulnerability of East New York homeowners to displacement—and tracked where they go if they lose their homes.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 4Comments

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Sep 2017

Opinion

CityViews: Racializing Inwood’s Rezoning Debate Won’t End the Risk of Gentrification

‘To racialize community concerns about the future is to create a toxic straw horse. It will divert residents’ attention from fighting against the social and economic violence that accompanies gentrification.…

ByAdele Oltman 13Comments

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Sep 2017

Housing and Homelessness

Mixed Feelings as Board Takes up Mayor’s Jerome Avenue Rezoning Bid

Community Board 4 has in the past expressed support for a rezoning with the right investments, but at a meeting on Monday evening it was clear some members still have…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 0Comments

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Jul 2017

Economy News

In Upper Manhattan, Visions of a Tech Economy

Some entrepreneurs and elected officials are striving to develop a tech economy in Harlem and Inwood—and discussing how to ensure that it leads to inclusive prosperity, not displacement.

ByAmelia Spittal 8Comments

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Jun 2017

Housing and Homelessness

East Harlem Board To Discuss Last Week’s Hectic Rezoning Vote

What exactly did the board vote on? And was the vote even valid? To the best of our knowledge, here’s where things stand.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 2Comments

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Jun 2017

Housing and Homelessness

Data: Deep Housing Risks in Neighborhoods Facing Rezonings

A new chart shows the kind of factors that can undermine a neighborhood’s affordability, and many of the neighborhoods facing a rezoning already suffer the most risks.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 1Comment

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May 2017

Opinion