Claudia Prat discusses Studio 20’s interactive documentary, New York Tenants Project, on tenant rights, landlord harassment, and community organizing… Continue reading “The Making of New York Tenants Project: An Interview with Claudia Prat”
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Visualizing Tenant Activism: A Report from Our March 10 Event
The issues of tenants’ rights and affordable housing in New York City have become more visible in the past few years as rents have skyrocketed and long-term renters have been displaced. Chris Hendrick, an MFA candidate at Parsons, The New School for Design, and Claudia Prat, an M.A. candidate at the Studio 20 Journalism program at NYU, have taken that visibility to a new level. Continue reading “Visualizing Tenant Activism: A Report from Our March 10 Event”
Telling a People's History of New York City
New York City and its long history have many facets from activism to tourism. A People’s Guide to New York City (forthcoming from University of California Press) seeks to combine those two aspects of the city by shining a light on the City’s politically, historically, and sociologically salient locations in a way that traditional tourist guides do not. Continue reading “Telling a People's History of New York City”
Why Students Should Better Understand Gentrification: Serena Adlerstein of Know Your City Guest-Blogs
Know Your City is a new Gallatin club that seeks to engage the NYU community in critical conversations about gentrification and explore ways to mitigate its effects. Continue reading “Why Students Should Better Understand Gentrification: Serena Adlerstein of Know Your City Guest-Blogs”
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