ACORN Protesters Storm The Beacon Tower
The anti-gentrification movement stepped it up a notch yesterday with ACORN protesters storming the open house at the Beacon Tower, Shaya Boymelgreen’s 23-story condo development at 85 Adams in Dumbo. What a shame! What a pity! We can’t live in New York City, the 50-odd protesters chanted while blanketing the sales office with flyers that…
The anti-gentrification movement stepped it up a notch yesterday with ACORN protesters storming the open house at the Beacon Tower, Shaya Boymelgreen’s 23-story condo development at 85 Adams in Dumbo. What a shame! What a pity! We can’t live in New York City, the 50-odd protesters chanted while blanketing the sales office with flyers that read, Beacon Tower developers get rich off the backs of working families.” The protesters main gripe? That luxury projects like the Beacon still receive tax breaks in a holdover from a program started in the 1970s to stimulated development. The ambushed Corcoran agents manning the open house called in the cops who removed the protesters. Prospective buyers didn’t appear to be too sympathetic to the cause. “Tell them to get jobs and go live in the projects,” said Jenny Malone, who was there checking out apartments. “People just want something for nothing.”
Activists Protest Dumbo Condos [Metro]
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The facts of the matter are that wealth needs and creates poverty, privilege needs and creates discrimination, and the whole system of circulation requires a shakedown of the poor and a shroud of ignorance hiding the brutal realities from the wealthy. Surplus value must be extracted in order to create profit. THAT is Economics 101″
Yes at Karl Marx University
Glad I sat this one out…VDH seems to be the only one getting that the issue is tax policy.
Get real folks!
Nobody is reading this crap!
I believe that PBMYF was out of line with his language and the way he addressed BrownBomber. However, although I agree with what Brownbomber said in his eloquent postings from this afternoon, I believe he’s only capturing one side of the coin. The other side is a tad dark and, I fear, is accurately captured by PBMYF. And I say this as an African American man. The truth lies somewhere in between PBMYF and Brownbomber. African Americans are responsible for a portion of their plight, but part of their plight is systemic and out of their control. Just my opinion. I hope now that we can put this to bed.
In 2 simple words, anon at 6:52- prejudice and stereotyping. And no matter how hard we’ve tried, there is always some arrogant, overprivileged, know-it-all who uses all the bad code words and gets it started. “Adult” wondered about my age and maturity- wonder what his take is on people like Jenny Malone and PBMYLF?
JoshK- there is no amnesia involved with remembering pre-tax cut days. Look around you, read the reports- there is a huge economic gap- the middle class is disappearing. The poor are getting poorer and the rich richer. Show me where trickle down economics had any real effect. Trickle down economics was always a political pipe dream. Great on paper, zilch in real life.
6:52 My post was in response to “pbmyf”. who I would bet a whole lot isn’t Black.
I think you should be getting at “pbmyf” for his vile Al Jolson routine.
I’m not concerned about White people holding me down, because they can’t. Like Brown Bomber said “…Compete” Compete. Compete. Compete. That’s the name of the game. And even though the odds have been stacked against me, I’ve definetly left a lot of White people scratching their heads.
True anon at 6:16- it is real. Hopefully, CHP Mr. B will simply edit him out.
6:45 I’d be much more interested in someone who could turn Black people’s preconceived ideas of Black insuperiority to mush.
This thread had nothing to do with race but as always any discussion on brownstoner regarding economics devolves into why do whites hate blacks and do so much to put them down?
It’s highly unlikey that “pbmyf” is actually Black. White folks aren’t scared of “idiotic hyper agressive lathering types” they just call the cops.
White folks are scared of Black people who turn their preconceived ideas of White Superiority to mush.
By the way Black representation in Dumbo is quite healthy.
I am all about change in a neighborhood, am not opposed to revitalization in small doses, but as a resident of DUMBO, I do have to say that the newest crop of luxury residents really are young, priveleged snot-noses who look down on “those below them.” Jenny, unfortunately, really does represent the “new” Dumbo influx. Take a walk through the streets and it really does feel like the Upper East Side, not even Tribeca… It’s snotty self-absorbed look-the-other-way when a neighbor approaches… Sooooo the Upper Eastside, not what Brooklyn is all about. That is really unfortunate.