De Blasio Gets an Earful at Queens Town Hall
Amid protests and a police presence that turned Astoria’s P.S. 70 into a fortress, locals pressed Mayor Bill de…
The Indypendent
Gentrification
A Cinematic Look Back at New York Before Gentrification
This July, Film Forum invites us to look back at New York’s ungentrified heyday with the series “Ford to…
Rent Board Rewards the ‘Draculas that are Sucking the Blood of the People’
On Tuesday, June 27, the New York City Rent Guidelines Board (RGB) voted to increase stabilized rents by 1.25…
Rents for Thousands of New Yorkers Could Skyrocket Thanks To Legal Loophole
Find out which neighborhoods are most at risk.
New York City Tenants Push Back Against Rent Hikes
After receiving public testimony this month, the New York City Rent Guidelines Board (RGB) will finalize plans to raise…
Fighting Gentrification on Brooklyn’s Waterfront
Underneath the hum of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, crowds file past Third Avenue towards Sunset Park’s repurposed waterfront factories. No,…
A new documentary unpacks the trendy new names gentrifying realtors have given a longstanding Caribbean bastion in Brooklyn.
‘Not For Sale’ — The Chinatown Arts Brigade is Taking on Gentrification Wall by Wall
Overrun with art galleries, luxury condos, bars and hotels — Chinatown has lost approximately one fifth of its Asian…
When Will the Senate Do its Job and Investigate Trump?
To special counsel, independent prosecute, special commission, select committee or regular investigate, that is the question. As the constitutional…