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Closing Rikers will mean new or bigger jails in at least four neighborhoods. New York City already has 14 correctional Institutions besides those on the notorious Island. Most are barely…

ByHarry DiPrinzio 5Comments

09

Jul 2018

Opinion

CityViews: Tackling Vacancy is Key to Saving NYC’s Small Business

‘The city must adopt a penalty on commercial vacancies to hold unscrupulous landlords accountable … and discourage further displacement of neighborhood small businesses.’

ByArmando Moritz-Chapelliquen 4Comments

09

Jun 2017

News

Report: Rents Rose, But So Did Poverty

Rates of poverty and poverty concentration have increased in New York City after an earlier decline, according to the Furman Center—and some neighborhoods considering a rezoning experienced increased poverty and…

ByAmelia Spittal

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 5Comments

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Apr 2017

ARTS and CULTURE Video

Video: Program Helps Artists Make Their Work a Tool for Social Change

Artists are hoping to produce work relevant to the issues facing neighborhoods and connect with people leading the fight for change.

ByMelissa Rose Cooper 0Comments

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Jan 2017

Health

Residents’ Resiliency Offers Hope for Better Health in Brownsville

Surveys show people in neighborhoods hit hard by health disparities are full of ideas of how to solve them—at a time when the healthcare system is embracing some experimentation. Will…

ByRuth Ford 1Comment

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Oct 2016

Uncategorized

CityViews: The Intrinsic Value in Neighborhoods Targeted for Gentrification

‘People in the Bronx are looking to be at the real table of envisioning what happens in their neighborhoods. They are open and ready for ideas that can get them…

ByWanda Salaman

ByAlicia Grullon 1Comment

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Sep 2016

Opinion

Building Justice: How Community Preferences Enforce Racial Segregation in NYC

The man aiming to stop the city’s practice of reserving half of new affordable apartments for community residents says the policy creates divisions and limits mobility, doubling down on mistakes…

ByCraig Gurian 1Comment

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Aug 2016

Opinion

Building Justice: New York City’s Separate and Unequal Neighborhoods

Ethnic concentration is not inherently harmful, but segregation can affect individual outcomes by constraining residential options and shaping the resources and services available in the neighborhoods in which different groups…

ByIngrid Gould Ellen 1Comment

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Feb 2016

Uncategorized

CityViews:
Four Wrong Ideas Driving de Blasio’s Housing Plan

“The battle for a more just and equitable society isn’t just a battle about land and resources. It is also a battle of ideas.”

BySusanna Blankley 0Comments

06

Jan 2016

Uncategorized

Can the Bronx Develop Without Displacement?

This weekend, City Limits will moderate a panel discussion featuring a tenant leader, artists and the commissioner of the Department of Housing Preservation and Development to try to answer that…

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

The Jail Next Door: A Look at the 14 Correctional Facilities in New York’s Neighborhoods

CityViews: Tackling Vacancy is Key to Saving NYC’s Small Business

Report: Rents Rose, But So Did Poverty

Video: Program Helps Artists Make Their Work a Tool for Social Change

Residents’ Resiliency Offers Hope for Better Health in Brownsville

CityViews: The Intrinsic Value in Neighborhoods Targeted for Gentrification

Building Justice: How Community Preferences Enforce Racial Segregation in NYC

Building Justice: New York City’s Separate and Unequal Neighborhoods

CityViews:
Four Wrong Ideas Driving de Blasio’s Housing Plan

Can the Bronx Develop Without Displacement?

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