Right to the City is a member of the Green New Deal Network, a coalition of organizations across the country dedicated to building grassroots movements that push for climate and environmental justice at a governmental level. It is also concerned with creating sustainable union jobs that address the damages historically done to Black, Indigenous, Brown,…
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Week 3: My sources
So far in my research, I’ve mostly relied on reports of the Open Streets program by big and small media outlets that have a focus on urban issues, such as The New York Times, Gothamist, Grubstreet, StreetsblogNYC, and City Limits. Another valuable resource is the Open Streets Progress Report published by Transportation Alternatives, an organization…
Week 2: Context
The Covid-19 pandemic brought about a level of physical isolation that has no comparison in recent memory. New York City’s long, narrow streets, once bustling with pedestrians, drivers, cyclists, vendors, skaters and more, became empty over the course of a few weeks. At the height of the pandemic, even the MTA—the best public transit system…
Week 1
Today marks one week that my work with Right to the City has started. The amount of new information that I have processed in this short span of time is astounding, thrilling, and rewarding. Even though I have only been assigned one task so far, the work required to familiarize myself with its context and…
