Buildings and neighborhoods and nations are insinuated into us by life;
we are not, as we like to think, independent of them.
- Dr. Mindy Fullilove
TOWARDS...
MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
Prior to Covid-19, New York City faced a devastating housing crisis. With over a million New Yorkers now facing unemployment, facing severe housing cost burdens, and without sufficient local, state or federal support, many will struggle to pay rent as the first of the month approaches. For some New Yorkers, overcrowded shelters and short-term hotel accommodations will continue to be the reality for the City’s large, and growing, houseless population.
As Professor Alex Schwartz asks, “What happens when, after emergency orders are lifted, all the back rent comes due?”
Remaking NYC considers the inequities of housing, the dire need for rental assistance, and what this pandemic has laid bare about the precariousness of housing in New York City.
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Housing
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The Senate Must Act Now to Save Millions from Eviction/Homelessness (July 2020); Alex Schwartz
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The Case for Universal Rent Assistance (May 2020); Alex Schwartz
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Covid-19 and Housing Precarity? (May 2020); Zef Egan, Zbigniew Grabowski; Veronica Olivotto
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Renters Remain Left Out in the Cold (April 2020); Alex Schwartz
Infrastructure
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Revisiting Bronx’s Decade of Fire as Fault Lines Reemerge Pandemic (May 2020); Neyda Martinez
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The City is Resilient: MTA & Covid-19 (May 2020); Urban Matters
Climate Change and Environmental Justice
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Who Has Access to Nature During the Pandemic (February, 2021); Timon McPhearson, et al.
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Extreme Heat’s Risk Swells in the Summer of Covid-19 (July 2020); Mike Harrington
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Can Companies Move Beyond “Sustainability-as-Usual” in their Response to the Protests? (June 2020); Raz Godelnik
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Covid-19 Social Distancing and Air Pollution in NYC (May 2020); Ahmed Mustafa, Timon McPhearson
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Coronavirus Crisis Demands Environmental Justice Response (May 2020); Ana Baptista
Public Space/Urban Design
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More Democracy: Considering Mechanism to Augment Civic Life (January, 2021); Urban Systems Lab
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Injustice by Design (June 2020); Timon McPhearson, Bart Orr, Veronica Olivotto
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Urban Parks as Critical Infrastructure: Equity and Access during Covid-19 (June 2020); Zef Egan, Zbigniew Grabowski, Timon McPhearson, Christopher Kennedy, Bianca Lopez
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How Design Plays a Role in Responding to the Covid Pandemic (March 2020); Manuel Hernandez