Razing NYC: The Disappearance of Affordable Housing

By , Global Action Project
Posted on April 1, 2008, Printed on May 16, 2008
http://www.wiretapmag.org/stories/43516/

Gentrification wears different masks: in San Francisco's Bay View, it's "Community Redevelopment," in Downtown Los Angeles it's "rejuvenation." Yet no matter what fancy name it's given, the results are the same: the systemic removal of low-income communities and people of color. In this video from the Global Action Project, one community in Brooklyn, New York examines their plight -- from media rumors to strategic campaigns for affordable housing.

(Produced by Global Action Project)

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