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The CRA, a crucial but flawed tool intended to give communities leverage over banks, is up for reform—and though community advocates have long advocated for substantive changes to the law,…

ByEmily Lever 1Comment

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Jan 2020

Housing and Homelessness Podcasts Uncategorized

Listen: Gentrification’s Winners, Losers and Questions

Three experts on neighborhood change discuss what the G word has meant for New York City, its neighborhoods and their people.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Nov 2019

ARTS and CULTURE Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Books: When Gentrification Came to Greenpoint

In an excerpt from a new book, Newcomers: Gentrification and Its Discontents, an up-close look at one tenant-landlord dispute shows what’s really happening around the city.

ByMatthew Schuerman 0Comments

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Aug 2019

Economy Housing and Homelessness

Many Reasons Drive City’s Storefront Vacancies, Report Says

A Department of City Planning report that examined 24 commercial neighborhoods across the five boroughs found a small increase in storefront vacancies over the last decade — but says the…

BySadef Ali Kully 2Comments

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Aug 2019

Justice

Crime and Punishment Have Both Plummeted in Bushwick

In the 83rd precinct that covers Bushwick, there were 77 murders in 1990, 44 in 1993 and 20 as recently as 2004. Last year, there were eight. This year the…

ByJarrett Murphy 3Comments

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Aug 2019

Housing and Homelessness

The Battle of the Boobie Trap: Retail Tensions in Bushwick

Bushwick feels like it’s changing by the minute, and storefronts that seem to herald demographic change are a point of increasing friction.

ByJarrett Murphy 5Comments

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Jul 2019

Opinion

Opinion: To Save the Climate, NYC Neighborhoods Will Have to Accept Density

‘The climate emergency demands densification. The Left must put forward a vision for maximizing density as part of its commitment to social justice.’

ByJonathan Flothow 1Comment

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Jul 2019

Opinion Video

Opinion: A Film About Bushwick Has a Simple Message—’See Us’

‘How do you reconcile 30 years of change within the Bushwick community? How do you make sense of development and the subsequent displacement that occurs?’

ByStefanie Joshua 2Comments

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Jun 2019

Opinion

Opinion: To Combat Gentrification, NYC Needs Simpler & Speedier Policies

‘To compete in this environment, the city must offer an attractive affordable housing alternative, define the neighborhoods where it is available, and implement individual deals on a timely fashion.’

ByMichael Lappin 4Comments

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Nov 2018

Opinion