What to know about the ongoing discriminatory practice of redlining in NYC

… creating lasting disparity … Not just in the past … Getting financing to buy a house or apartment is a crucial … studies have found evidence of racial discrimination by banks against home loan applicants in dozens of cities Bias … you are being denied a loan based on your race the best starting point is to contact the  Fair Housing …

By Emily Myers |January 20, 2025 - 10:30AM
Where were you during the 2003 blackout? New Yorkers share their stories

… the Eastern seaboard in the largest power outage in US history  In 2017 contributor  Mimi OConnor asked New Yorkers … on the corner of Union Street and Fifth Avenue was giving away ice cream so it wouldnt melt And the only food available … they had gaspowered brick ovens I loved it NYC is at its best in a crisis Amy Keyishian Park Slope I was at work fing

By Mimi OConnor |August 14, 2023 - 12:30PM
Chinatown: The insider's guide to living there

… of The New Chinatown attributes to a violent antiChinese movement in the West and the completion of the … post was published in April 2019 We are presenting it again with updated information for July 2022 Karlin Chan a … latest challengegentrification Chan who still lives in the apartment he grew up in and has been on the local Community …

By Marjorie Cohen |July 25, 2022 - 2:30PM