Protest Over 'Economic Segregation' in Downtown
According to The Eagle, there was a protest last week organized by Families United for Racial & Economic Equality (FUREE) to bring attention to the “the unmet needs of low-income residents” in Downtown Brooklyn. The group says the Downtown rezoning has resulted in plenty of high-end residential construction but not the affordable housing and supermarket…
According to The Eagle, there was a protest last week organized by Families United for Racial & Economic Equality (FUREE) to bring attention to the “the unmet needs of low-income residents” in Downtown Brooklyn. The group says the Downtown rezoning has resulted in plenty of high-end residential construction but not the affordable housing and supermarket that was supposed to come with it, thus resulting in “economic segregation.” Lillian Green, a member of FUREE, is quoted as follows: ‘Businesses along Willoughby Street have been closed for three years; public housing residents have been without a nearby affordable supermarket for four years; and the only affordable housing in Downtown Brooklyn [on Albee Square] is slated for demolition to make way for a parking lot and a park with possibly a dog run.” The protest was attended by around 75 people.
75 Protest Unmet Promises of Downtown Brooklyn Rezoning [Eagle]
people are stupid.
I thought trader joe’s took food stamps?
Rob:
a) the world actually owes you a living
b) you think the world owes you a living but actually it doesn’t
c) all of the above, as per m4l.
Which one?
Rob, why choose, take both / all-of-the-above
Yeah, let’s hear more about the dog run.
quote:
I think people are complaining about self-entitled poor, not the entitled poor.
which one of those am I?
*rob*
I don’t know, I just get my knickers in a twist when people say “entitled” when they actually mean “self-entitled”, which is the complete opposite.
So, there’s a dog run planned??
So… some poor people are more equal than others?
Does that apply to everyone, ditto? Or just them?