Fordham University Urban Studies Program

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[Fordham University Urban Studies Program @FordhamUrban]

Venezuelan Migrants Could Soon Create New York’s First ‘Little Caracas’ https://t.co/gpLLW1Dgf4

[NYT Metro @NYTMetro]

Hip-hop got its start in a Bronx apartment building 50 years ago. The concept of home has been at the center of the genre ever since. https://t.co/DptxAsWVAY

[Andrés Rodríguez-Pose @rodriguez_pose]

"The #GreenTransition and it potential territorial discontents," with @f_bartalucci, just out in the @CamJRES.
https://t.co/zZ4gurOAn6
Or how the uneven distribution of the benefits and costs of the #European #Green Deal might ultimately frustrate its success.
#OpenAccess

[Gothamist @Gothamist]

New York City plans to reduce parking spots at 1,000 intersections every year to protect pedestrians from drivers, Mayor Adams announced as he faces mounting criticism for abandoning his ambitious campaign pledges to improve street safety. https://t.co/MNr1Wly0aW

[Gothamist @Gothamist]

NYC officials have told about 1,500 migrant families with children living in homeless shelters that they have 60 days to leave or reapply for emergency housing — ramping up enforcement of a new policy City Hall says is meant to alleviate a crowded system. https://t.co/EHdO9N86Sy

[Gothamist @Gothamist]

Gov. Hochul is getting a hard lesson on the MTA as she pushes her plan for a light rail between Bay Ridge, Brooklyn and Jackson Heights, Queens: That promising a new train line only to divert the money to maintenance is a tale as old as the MTA.
https://t.co/wvPcT36J5C

[NYT Metro @NYTMetro]

Citi Bike riders in New York City are getting bad service, and the problem is worse in low-income neighborhoods, the city comptroller said in a report released on Wednesday. https://t.co/AXpvS5R2NR

[NYT Metro @NYTMetro]

Gov. Kathy Hochul said the Clean Slate Act - legislation that could make as many as two million people eligible to have their criminal records sealed - would provide economic opportunities to millions of people without harming public safety.
https://t.co/6SEbpZ65n1

[Gothamist @Gothamist]

The Javits Center hosts an under the radar convention year-round, and the guest list includes five species of native bats, more than 60 species of birds and thousands of insects. https://t.co/GhQ7Bce6cm

[NYT Metro @NYTMetro]

Instead of gathering momentum, the wind power industry is confronting obstacles that could hinder its ability to realize the renewable resource’s promised benefits. https://t.co/LPxehCMRxh

[Christina Greer @Dr_CMGreer]

New Yorkers @THECITYNY has a great guide to voting. Lots of information and resources available. #Election day is Nov 7, but early voting has already begun. https://t.co/SPWEm9Tt9Q

[Segregation_by_Design @SegByDesign]

Sugar Hill, once home to LA’s Black elite, before-and-after construction of I-10. Previously the wealthiest Black neighborhood in Los Angeles, construction of the 10 cut Sugar Hill in half in the 1960s. Despite residents’ protest, the highway took hundreds of homes with it.

[Brookings Metro @BrookingsMetro]

Using the latest data drawn from analyses by @BrookingsInst’s William Frey and @MarkMuro1, @amy_liuw shows that big tech cities such as San Francisco, Seattle, and New York are significantly rebounding from pandemic-era population losses. https://t.co/3rVdF3Pf6O @PostOpinions

[Gothamist @Gothamist]

The daily per-person cost to house and care for migrants is now $394, up from $363 earlier this year. Officials attributed the cost increase to rising rents for hotel and shelter space, and the accelerating number of migrants seeking shelter in the city. https://t.co/l0CWhGTS9z

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

WATCH: If you STILL don’t understand how car-dependent suburbia is HEAVILY SUBSIDIZED by downtown & all the urban parts of your city, watch this excellent video by @notjustbikes with @UrbanThree & @StrongTowns. And then please SHARE it as much as possible. https://t.co/KLeGHvtFO2

[Hayden @the_transit_guy]

Here’s a compromise: keep all highways but build fast and frequent autonomous rail down every median. (@oranv)

[Gothamist @Gothamist]

A new report has found that one in three households in New York City are spending at least half their income on rent.
https://t.co/9I0g03PmZK

[Fordham University Urban Studies Program @FordhamUrban]

New York Times: In an Expensive City, Who Should Get Free Preschool?

https://t.co/oNQOyZU7Cl

[Fordham University Urban Studies Program @FordhamUrban]

Save the date for our upcoming Urban Consortium October 30th | 12:30pm - 2:00pm! We will be joined by Erik Brown from @BetaNYC. Check out Erik's full bio here: https://t.co/wwARTQ0D8o.

[Gothamist @Gothamist]

Brooklyn residents have until Oct. 13 to order a brown bin from the sanitation department to store their compost.

Full story: https://t.co/WMaYcLqgD5