This week’s reading continued to discuss the topic of quality of life specifically focusing on the Greenwich Village area and touches upon Times Square. In this reading the author automatically expresses a negative point of view on Neoliberalism. Also, police brutality is brought up once again. In comparison to last week’s readings, this article could’ve included some personal accounts regarding the issue of police brutality to make the argument stronger. However, unlike the last reading, this article seems to have a slightly different perspective and actually requested more police presence and quality of life responsiveness. Community board two supported the police and blamed prostitution for resident discomfort and for attracting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth. They believe that Greenwich Village attracts the LGBT population and as a result, they get mixed up in activities such as drugs and prostitution. In reality those activities attract police violence, resident vigilance and anti LGBT threats. In response the LGBT community has formed groups such as Fierce to promote change and fight against discrimination. Unfortunately, they still face hard times when youth of color get ignored at meetings and aren’t taken seriously. This effects community planning and promotes discrimination.

How do we insure that community planning is fair when not everyone’s voice is being heard?