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Six of the seven parcels auctioned by the city this week.
The de Blasio administration says the parcels sold off this week wouldn’t work for affordable housing, but some advocacy groups believe the city is shedding potentially valuable assets. Watch a video report.
The question isn’t whether to aim to improve low-income neighborhoods or move the poor to more affluent areas. It’s how to do both. The answer lies in strengthening an array of policies—and scaling back mortgage-interest tax deductions to do it.
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