Queens author Joe DiStefano on where New Yorkers can go to be a tourist in their own city

… Ive been living in Queens since 1998 so going on 20 years I live in Rego Park right by the border of Forest Hills … What do you like about the neighborhood … Its very affordable and its only a short …   … You Might Also Like … viewbublogpanes=ymalinline     … Live … Astoria … Flushing … gentrification … history … …

By Alanna Schubach |February 8, 2018 - 2:00PM
Junk bonds: How losing a massive apartment forced me to face a mountain of stuff I didn't know I had

… Id lived in for seven years at the intersection of Fort Greene Boerum Hill and Park Slope an area one of my … running out on Friday We all desperately needed our full security deposits to be able to slide that giant lump of cash from …

By Tim Donnelly |January 19, 2018 - 9:00AM
Is gentrification on a fast track toward "killing" cities?

… Lehrer  Show last week  Lehrer spoke with Peter Moskowitz author of  How to Kill a City Gentrification Inequality and …

By Virginia K. Smith |March 15, 2017 - 1:59PM
Redlining: How one racist, Depression-era policy still shapes New York real estate

… published an article that found biased lending practices alive and well throughout the East Coast One New Jersey bank … which was coined in the 1960s Although redlining is no longer enforced by the government many of those … Park Dumbo Fort Greene Bed Stuy East New York and Coney Island were redlined In Manhattan it was parts of Chinatown …

By Emily Nonko |December 29, 2016 - 9:36AM