Who Are The Heroes, And Villains, Of New York's Housing Crisis?

"The question comes back to who the city is for. ... Today, the measure of 'success' in urban development should be the rate at which democracy rather than money predominates in determining what a city is and what it should become. Activist groups around New York meet on a regular basis to insist on this. But mainstream newspaper accounts cynically reduce real estate coverage to tales about treasure hunts by a lucky few."

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