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Residents of low- to middle-income communities of color have resisted various neighborhood-level land use applications which they say will fuel gentrification and increase rents.

ByDavid Brand 6Comments

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Jan 2021

Housing and Homelessness

Defensores esperan que legisladores aprueben esta primavera una ley sobre impacto racial en rezonificaciones

Los defensores esperan que la legislación se someta a votación en el pleno del Ayuntamiento en abril de este año.

BySadef Ali Kully 0Comments

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Jan 2021

Government Housing and Homelessness

Advocates, Lawmakers Hope to Pass Racial Impact Rezoning Legislation This Spring

‘The way in which land is rezoned in this city has subsequently made it difficult for many New Yorkers to find a home, let alone stay in their homes,’ Public…

BySadef Ali Kully 4Comments

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Jan 2021

Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: City Council Should Approve Cea Weaver’s Nomination to the City Planning Commission

‘Time and time again, we have seen the concerns of community members come to fruition, as rezonings have led to rampant gentrification and displacement in working class communities of color…

ByKatelin Penner 4Comments

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Jul 2020

Podcasts

Public Advocate Says Cops & ‘Cure Violence’ are Both Part of the Solution to Shootings

Jumaane Williams blames the rise in bloodshed not on criminal-justice reform or a slowed court system but on the devastation wrought by COVID-19.

ByAnika Chowdhury

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Mar 2020

Justice

City Pressured to Reduce Jail Population Amid Coronavirus Crisis

A Brooklyn Councilmember believes the de Blasio administration is moving towards a policy of temporarily releasing medically vulnerable inmates, as advocates demand the city pull back on low-level enforcement.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Dec 2019

Government Housing and Homelessness

Council Could Force the City to Study the Racial Impact of Rezonings

‘The legislation is about actual displacement of longtime residents that’s been compounded by rezonings that government has allowed.’

BySadef Ali Kully 4Comments

12

Jun 2019

Video

Video: Talking Rezonings, Rent Regs, Retail and Running for President

City Limits’ editor appeared on BRIC-TVs 112BK to discusses the Gowanus rezoning, combined sewer overflows, the Queens DA race and Bill de Blasio’s run for president, among other things. Somehow,…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Feb 2019

Podcasts

Max & Murphy: Public Advocate-Elect Jumaane Williams on His Win, His Past and the Mayor

The WBAI hosts break down the results from the special election for public advocate and speak to winner Jumaane Williams about his victory and his next steps.

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

27

Feb 2019

Government

Nine Takeaways from the Special Election for Public Advocate

Because only a regular election deserves a full Top Ten list.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

Council Votes to Make Racial Impact Studies Part of NYC Land Use Process

Defensores esperan que legisladores aprueben esta primavera una ley sobre impacto racial en rezonificaciones

Advocates, Lawmakers Hope to Pass Racial Impact Rezoning Legislation This Spring

Opinion: City Council Should Approve Cea Weaver’s Nomination to the City Planning Commission

Public Advocate Says Cops & ‘Cure Violence’ are Both Part of the Solution to Shootings

City Pressured to Reduce Jail Population Amid Coronavirus Crisis

Council Could Force the City to Study the Racial Impact of Rezonings

Video: Talking Rezonings, Rent Regs, Retail and Running for President

Max & Murphy: Public Advocate-Elect Jumaane Williams on His Win, His Past and the Mayor

Nine Takeaways from the Special Election for Public Advocate

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