A plan to expand a recreational pathway along Staten Island’s waterfront was recently announced. This plan seems to exemplify both Greenberg and Checker’s argument that economic interests take priority over genuine environmental remediation and preservation and resident needs, despite being framed otherwise. According to the proposal, the path would create a “continuous greenway from the …
According to an NYU Furman Center report, most of NYC’s low-income households depend on low-rent unsubsidized buildings for housing. As the availability of these buildings continues to decline due to rising rents, it is unsurprising that providing affordable housing becomes a pressing need for the New York City government (NYU Furman Center 2015). The MIH/ZQA law …
*I am responding to Emillee Carratala’s blog post in this format because the reply box does not appear in her post* Emillee argues that parks, both past and contemporary, became “symbols of social elitism,” due to the use of rules and measures that seem to target and hinder the lower socioeconomic classes (Carratala 2018). I …
