housing
Rezoning plan will cause more displacement in New York
November 19, 2015The plan is generating resistance from community members, who say that it will usher in more displacement than truly affordable housing.
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A people’s agenda: Reflections of a progressive’s first year in office
October 26, 2015At City Hall the voice of the people, and the engagement of the public, is often an afterthought: We need to get our priorities straight.
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NYC union pension systems to invest $150m in affordable city housing
October 23, 2015Union labor will build the housing in an economically targeted investment program in all five boroughs.
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How redlining led to rioting: Police and segregation
September 29, 2015A hundred years ago, St. Louis and Baltimore adopted ordinances prohibiting African Americans from moving to blocks where whites predominated.
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The fight for affordable housing rages in New York
June 23, 2015The rent stabilization program was allowed to expire and over 1 million households are now at risk of being priced out when their leases go up for renewal.
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