August 30, 2023: New York State Assembly Member Latrice M. Walker on Saratoga Avenue in the Brooklyn neighborhood that she grew up in.
There are several key differences between PACT and Hope VI, the now-defunct federal program that facilitated demolition and displacement in Brooklyn decades ago. But, despite contemporary safeguards, advocates say they’ll be keeping a close eye as plans to raze and rebuild the Fulton and Elliott-Chelsea Houses move forward.
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