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1987 Village Voice package, BLACK METROPOLIS, looks at "encounters five black writers had with people in several of New York's black communities"

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Black Metropolis: In Search of the Underclass

“A lot of people around here going off the deep end with all these epidemics going around, like the crack epidemic”

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1987 Village Voice package, BLACK METROPOLIS, looks at "encounters five black writers had with people in several of New York's black communities"

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Black Metropolis: Strangers in Paradise

Of Homeboys, Homelands, and the Island

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After Seven Months in Exile, Victorious Chinatown Residents Finally Return Home

‘All the family members get new homes,’ says one Fujianese immigrant. ‘We’re very excited.’

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Cuomo Lets Scofflaw Landlords Make Good — by Raising Rents

Under ‘scheme swapping,’ NYC building owners keep raking in tax benefits without lowering prices

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Housing

Will New York’s New Airbnb Law Stop Illegal Listings?

Legislation signed Monday by Mayor de Blasio will give the city the power — but not the obligation — to fine those who rent out illicit short-term stays

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Saving Mitchell-Lama

New York City is putting $250 million into subsidized co-ops in the Mitchell-Lama program, but tenants may still be out in the cold

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What de Blasio’s ‘Paying the Homeless to Leave Town’ Program Is Really About

In a city with less and less affordable housing, low-income New Yorkers say it’s any port in a storm

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How Forcing Tenants to Move Became a Business Model for NYC Landlords

Changes in state law and the rise of "predatory equity" companies made eviction a growth business

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Chinatown Tenants: Landlord’s Mass Eviction Attempt Based on Lies

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Plug-In Promises to Show You How Crappy That StreetEasy Apartment Listing Really Is

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