Immigrant Groups Fight Sunset Park Rezoning
Rezoning seems to be the issue du jour here in Brooklyn. First, Carroll Gardeners raise their hackles over the planned R6A designation for some streets, and now the blog Best View in Brooklyn points out that a coalition of residents, churches, and a community organization in Sunset Park have filed a lawsuit challenging the city’s…
Rezoning seems to be the issue du jour here in Brooklyn. First, Carroll Gardeners raise their hackles over the planned R6A designation for some streets, and now the blog Best View in Brooklyn points out that a coalition of residents, churches, and a community organization in Sunset Park have filed a lawsuit challenging the city’s rezoning plan of 128 blocks in their neighborhood. According to the press release published on Legal Services NYC’s website, “They claim that the rezoning plan will encourage more luxury development and large chain stores, resulting in widespread residential and commercial displacement and gentrification among Sunset Park’s low-income Asian and Latino communities.” Any readers care to weigh in?
Press Conference Announces Lawsuit about Rezoning [BVIB]
Immigrant Groups File Lawsuit [Legal Services]
Photo by Sonja Shield/Legal Services NYC
I don’t know why latinos and asians are fighting it, its not like white people wants to move into those areas.
it would bring more affordable housing to the area. density would bring more housing, mostly asians and latinos would want to rent in the area.
right now many folks are moving out due to limited supply in the area, with limited supply you could charge more.
Slick, funny when we turn the whole thing around and potentially look at the Chinese and Latino residents as the actual leaders of any gentrification…
The claiming of a neighborhood as someone’s permanent ethnic territory is something of a new phenomenon. Now, many areas of the city are very unwelcoming of inevitable changes that will occur. There are lots of former enclaves that have disappeared entirely. (Anyone know where Swedish Broadway was?)
I think the What’s arguments as relates to gentrification as very cogent. That some people don’t agree with his points don’t make the arguments less valid, as much as some would like to think. Quibbling about typos is pretty ridiculous.
Not all of the people complaining are immigrants (I, for example, am Latino, but not an immigrant.) Not that it should make any difference whatsoever.
Sorry – my last comment at 1:55 was directed at the What – not to any of the posters immediately before mine.
Just because you were born and raised here (as were many of us, despite what you like to believe)doesn’t make you an expert. And yes, sometimes things that happened in 1913 are more relevent to a current situation than things that happened in 1974. And finally, just because noone ever taught you how to form a cogent argument or how to communicate effectively, doesn’t make it my responsibility.
I believe it was immigrant displacement in SoHo. One may Google the “SoHo Effect” of gentrification for what happened there. Possibly it was Polish immigrants. Sorry I don’t have time to research this further or if this is slightly off-topic (not Brooklyn, etc, and it was more about art).
I actually agree with WHAT on this-
People seem to be reaching in all directions for something that’s not there.
Rob- really? immigrants have been one of New York City’s most discernible groups throughout history.
This board is plagued by furtive attitudes and poorly concealed feelings towards certain groups. A flawed discern for wealth and privilege.
Still- the beauty of our country is the freedoms it affords to everyone, cowards and poseurs alike.
WonTon, I’m not saying the Chinese landlord is a bad guy. I’m saying I understand why he wouldn’t want to rent to someone who doesn’t speak Chinese.
But my point is that there’s no why in discrimination. It’s not about casting people as good or bad or having misapprehensions about their justifications, it’s simply was a specific individual ruled against (by company, landlord, boss etc.) on the basis of their race, class, language etc.
While I wouldn’t judge the Chinese landlord individually for preferring a Chinese speaking landlord, it’s the job of the government to prevent him from denying access to someone from another group.