Adi Talwar
On the corner of Melrose Street and Evergreen Avenue, Denizen Bushwick, a new rental development in Bushwick, Brooklyn. The luxury housing rental complex sits on part of the former Rheingold Brewery site.
“We’re long past the point where we can squabble over one solution versus another. We have so many tools at our disposal—far too many of them sitting around gathering dust. It’s time we treat the housing problem like the crisis it is.”
“Area Median Income plays an integral role in determining affordability. But communities across the five boroughs faced with potential affordable housing development routinely ask, ‘affordable for whom?’ as lower-income communities are held to the economic median of wealthy suburbs outside of the city.”
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