I noticed while reading the fact sheets how in New York City the rent guidelines tend to favor tenants over owners rights. While I think its necessary for harassment issues among others; when it comes to eviction owners are put… Continue Reading →
While reading this article about segregation in New York City schools today, I began to reflect on my own education experiences. I grew up in a very white neighborhood on Staten Island, so when I began school in P.S.6 practically… Continue Reading →
After living in my home in Tottenville for as long as I can remember, I cannot possibly imagine being priced out of where I grew up. My whole life is tied to that neighborhood; my grammar school is there, the… Continue Reading →
In past readings and class discussions we’ve spoken about the housing system over and over again. We’ve learned about different housing policies that shaped neighborhoods, housing projects like Pruitt Igoe, the rent regulation system, etc. but I felt this was… Continue Reading →
While I was reading the Rent Stabilization Fact Brief, I could help but think how New Yorkers have become obsessed with a sector of housing that only takes up about 1.8% of the market, rent-controlled apartments. It is by far… Continue Reading →
What struck me most about this article is how history repeats itself in so many ways. It happened so many years ago and it still happens today that our bipartisan system is unable to find solutions to major problems. The… Continue Reading →
When reading “Towers of Dreams: One Ended in Nightmare” I thought about the pros and cons of tearing down Pruitt-Igoe and if it really is comparable to Penn South. While architecturally similar, these two housing projects were in very different… Continue Reading →
As diverse as New York City is, we still see pretty defined borders to “ethnic” neighborhoods. HOLC pushed minorities away from “white neighborhoods” with a clearly racist rating system, and the remnants of that can still be seen in the… Continue Reading →
When I was reading Jelani Cobb’s article Class Notes I couldn’t help but think of my cousin. Christina works in a school in Sunset Park, and the demographic of the school is almost entirely students that need more help than they are… Continue Reading →
I was moved by the first part of E.B White’s Here is New York because of the way he personifies New York City. Though the city is comprised of the five boroughs, White, like many of us, focuses on Manhattan as The… Continue Reading →
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