Tuesday, March 19, 2013
City pensions commit $500M to Sandy rebuilding | Crain's New York Business
Why? This is frighteningly vague. Who is the housing for? "affordable" on what measure, the usual state one? Why add more housing to zone A!!??
Gov. Andrew Cuomo announces first purchase of storm-ravaged city land to give it 'back to Mother Nature' - NY Daily News
This is an example of "managed" or strategic retreat.
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
| Brooklyn Daily Eagle
The city continues to sell more of its valuable properties for hi end real estate development when there is no shortage of luxury apartments and a incredible shortage of affordable housing, community space, and green space. Not to mention my students yesterday were complaining about the lack of libraries of adequate size in their neighborhoods!
Sunday, March 3, 2013
| Brooklyn Daily Eagle
The closing of LICH Hospital by SUNY Downstate after they bought it from Continuum (after they siold all the high value assets!) is really emblematic of a transformation in Brooklyn which is gonna majorly displace people in terms of both real estate and space as well as essential services. There needs to be a very different model for partnerships among the city, hospitals and health care providers with respect to the neighborhoods they operate in. Mondragon Spain would be a great model. There worker coop's and the local state operate the hospitals and the provide the insurance and healthcare. Better quality and more efficient/inclusive.
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