Spring 2016: The Peopling of New York City A Macaulay Honors Seminar taught by Prof. Karen Williams at Brooklyn College

Spring 2016: The Peopling of New York City
Posts Tagged ‘gentrification’
Guns vs. Turnstiles: Apparently That’s a Hard Decision to Make.

As much as I respect the NYPD and their authority, it always bewilders me why non-violent crimes seem to get more attention than the more serious and violent ones. For example, why are their always two or three police cars on the highway on Saturday nights trying to catch someone speeding? Why are their so […]

The Rippling Effect of Gentrification

I always hear about gentrification, but I never really understood the catastrophic impact it has aside from people being forced to move. The fact that low-income citizens are forced out of their homes, whether explicitly or implicitly, is awful. Gentrification is chaotic and destructive when low-income families are forced to move because their landlords increase the rent […]