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When @NYCHousing’s plan comes out, let’s see if it says for once that #HousingSegregation is BAD & that all our neighbs belong to all of us (or sticks w faux-progressive, retrograde “it’s nuanced,” “it’s complicated,” etc.) 1/4
crainsnewyork.com/politics/housi… @brianpascus @brigidbergin
crainsnewyork.com/politics/housi… @brianpascus @brigidbergin
Let’s also see if plan breaks any new ground by leveraging City’s ability maximize value by acting as acquirer & developer of mixed-income development (including mixing market-rate condo w affordable rental & thus grabbing ALL the considerable cross-subsidy).
@AdolfoCarrion 2/4
@AdolfoCarrion 2/4
Or if it breaks new ground by imagining a a #CitywideHousingTrust (as opposed to community housing trusts that risk perpetuating segregation & failing to heed citywide needs). @alexschief @JerusalemDemsas @TweetBenMax 3/4
Currently watching this briefing that is focusing on how Climate Change and Extreme Heat is an environmental justice issue. Working class and low income people of color are most vulnerable. Especially farm workers and warehouse workers.
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@NPRCodeSwitch Krisitina Dahl, Senior Climate Scientist from the Union of Concerned Scientists says by the end of this century if nothing is done to reduce emissions, 60% of the U.S. will experience heat that is so extreme there is no way to quantify it on the current heat index.
