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Policies Shift, Neighborhoods Change, but Elementary School Segregation Holds On
Gail Robinson |
Many argue that policy choices helped segregate our schools, and new and different policy choices are needed to integrate them.
Brooklyn
Gowanus Groups Unite to Highlight Hopes and Fears Around Proposed Rezoning
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
Previous zoning changes in the Gowanus area have triggered significant social change, the groups say, but the transformation has driven out all low-income people of color—making them vulnerable to a new wave of displacement.
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Video: Rezonings and Gentrification in East New York and Beyond
Jarrett Murphy |
Some wonder if rezonings cause the very rent hikes, evictions and neighborhood change the mayor says he’s trying to prevent. What does the evidence say?
Art at the Limits
Gentrification and Homelessness: A One-Man Drama
Melissa Rose Cooper |
In a span of three weeks, Kilusan Bautista experienced the fear and rejection of being evicted, living on the street and being denied for new places to live. From that dark place, he created a one-man show exploring the human impact of gentrification and displacement. A video story by Melissa Cooper.
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Will Rezoning Cause or Resist Displacement? Data Paints an Incomplete Picture
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
Some community groups fear that rezonings will force low-income residents out. City Hall says rezonings are needed to prevent further loss of affordability. Amid a lack of clear evidence, any risks of the de Blasio rezonings will be borne primarily by low-income communities of color.
Brooklyn
Call for Halt to Aggressive Real-Estate Tactics in East New York
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
Elected officials and community groups—some of whom blame the recent rezoning for what they say is an uptick in harassment of homeowners and renters—want the area declared a ‘cease and desist’ zone.
Bronx
CityViews: The Intrinsic Value in Neighborhoods Targeted for Gentrification
Wanda Salaman and Alicia Grullon |
‘People in the Bronx are looking to be at the real table of envisioning what happens in their neighborhoods. They are open and ready for ideas that can get them out of poverty or allow them to stay where they are already invested.’
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City Agrees Displacement is a Worry, Disputes That Investment is the Cause
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
At a conference on displacement, the city and advocates split over whether public and private development is a cause of residential displacement, or a potential antidote to it.
Brooklyn
Riot Anniversary Finds Jews and Blacks of Crown Heights Facing Common Threat: Displacement
Maura Ewing |
In the quarter-century since a three-day explosion of violence there, steady effort has produced a more cooperative relationship in the neighborhood. Worries about gentrification and displacement now worry both communities.
Brooklyn
Video: Crown Heights, 25 Years Later
Jarrett Murphy |
Amid preparations for events to commemorate the three days of rioting that shook Brooklyn a quarter century ago, Bk Live hosted people who’ve managed reconciliation and observed the neighborhood’s change.
