This week New York Magazine takes a view on gentrification that is, if not contrarian, at least a little controversial. (The article follows a similar one in the semi-annual magazine n+1). As will ...

Sarah Schulman has always had to fight for her ideas. Sometimes this meant literally taking to the streets during her years working with the AIDS Coalition To Unleash Power (ACT UP) in the late ’80s ...

The New York City Council recently adopted rezoning plans for the East New York neighborhood in Brooklyn. A New York Times’ editorial has characterized the legislative action as “saving a New York ...

It's hypocrisy to speak of equity and advocacy yet remain silent about the changes within that privilege affluent communities ...

If you've lived in New York City for any period of time, you've likely seen the place change. People move in and out of the city, as if walking through a revolving door. Similarly, restaurants open to ...

As New York City heads toward one of its most anticipated mayoral elections on Nov. 4, the issues most pressing to Black voters—including housing affordability, public safety, and political ...

“Gentrification Is Inevitable And Other Lies,” by feminist and urbanist scholar Leslie Kern. This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited ...

This summer, I participated in an advocacy internship sponsored by the Pace Center for Civic Engagement. At the same time, my stay in an Airbnb there contributed to the continuing gentrification of ...

An interactive map newly developed by the Whitney Museum of American Art pairs present-day pictures of New York cityscapes with paintings by the artist Edward Hopper. The Whitney created the map to ...

Surrounded by supporters in Foley Square last month, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio celebrated the passage of a potentially groundbreaking zoning change that requires larger residential projects ...

New York City, once heralded as the “city of dreams,” where grit alone was enough to make it, is now a place like any other major American city, increasingly made from steel and glass — and also ...

Loren Goldner goes on to say..... Jeremiah Moss came as a young man to New York City in 1993, in search of the Bohemia of which he had dreamed, growing up in a small, sleepy town in New England.