Wealth & Economic Inequality Angelinna, Christine, Cristobal, Fawzia
New York City is one of America’s most exceptional cities, but also one of the most unequal. The growing disparity…
Lessons Learned from Brooklyn and Queen’s Contested Turfs We reflect on the greater issues of boiling tensions in NYC.
At the surface, various racial tensions of New York City in the past may appear to have been fragmented…
Tensions Boil in Brooklyn’s Bensonhurst It's 1989: a murder sheds a troubling light on the community.
Bensonhurst in 1989 was a town dominated by white Italians. Yusuf Hawkins was 16 years old and was new to…
The Summer of ’91: The Crown Heights Riots Making sense of the three most violent, racially-charged days
“It was the city’s worst racial violence since the outbreak that followed Martin Luther King’s assassination in 1968.” – Time Magazine…
We Begin Our Story on Contested NYC in Howard Beach Examining the issue of contested turf through acts of racial discrimination.
New York City has often been celebrated as the melting pot of the world: the place of coexistence between peoples…
Homelessness and Affordable Housing By: Dahlia, Emerald, Rachel, Sarah
Table of Contents The New Face of Homelessness Demographics of NYC’s Homeless: Then and Now Affordable Housing Mayoral Response to…
A Closer Look at Wealth & Economic Inequality Angelinna, Christine, Cristobal, Fawzia
The bottom 90% versus the top 1% A movement against social and economic inequality worldwide that was established on the 17th…
Racial/Ethnic Discrimination Ariella, Maria, Rahat, Ryan
This is a twitter timeline for a twitter bot that posts a tweet every ten minutes for each of the…
Gentrification Through Time Looking at Bedford-Stuyvesant, New York
(Ilana and Yadira) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q81_bY6CMJU A humorous look at a serious issue Colloquially known as Bed–Stuy, in the north central portion of…
Resources for NYC homeless Soup kitchens, showers, clothing, etc.
Resources in NYC for the homeless: Soup Kitchens: East Side Program Address Day(s) Tickets Meal Served Lenox Hill Outreach: Meatloaf…
