A developer sought to build a multimillion-dollar housing complex in Harlem, with some units set aside at below-market rates. A city councilmember objected, arguing it would worsen gentrification. Now the lot is a truck depot…that almost no one wants.
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about the controversy together with Mihir Zaveri. Their conversation has been lightly edited for content.Emma G. Fitzsimmons: She thinks that the units wouldn't be affordable enough for people who live in the neighborhood, and she wants to see those units really targeted toward working-class New Yorkers, homeless New Yorkers. She's left-leaning. She identifies as a Black socialist and she really wants to represent her neighborhood for working-class residents, so she's at odds with the developer here.It's really interesting.
But recently there's been a lot of approvals. The City Council has been very favorable toward affordable housing projects because they realize the city's in an affordability crisis and they really need to get these built as soon as possible.
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