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Video Op-Ed: Policy and Developers Threaten Rent-Stabilized Housing
By Jennifer Levy and Kat Meyers.
Legal Aid
Lyris Ming, a rent-stabilized tenant in Crown Heights.
In this short piece, the Legal Aid Society discusses the rezoning and development plans that are re-shaping the neighborhoods of Crown Heights and East Harlem, and reveals the impact of those plans on some of New York City’s most vulnerable residents: rent stabilized tenants.
Jennifer Levy is the supervising attorney and Kat Meyers is a staff attorney in the Civil Law Reform Unit at The Legal Aid Society.
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