Residential Demographic Data
It was estimated that there are approximately 4,100 unregulated apartments· in the defined displacement study area. This represents more than 40 percent of the study area's 9,700 private, renter-occupied housing units including owner-occupied, regulated rental units, and public and publicly-assisted units.
Non-Inclusive Decision Making
According to the NYC Inclusive Growth Initiative Blueprint, while New York City has implemented planning, land use, and budgeting processes that solicit community input, these efforts have largely failed to ultimately build sufficient access to good-paying jobs, truly affordable housing, and economic opportunity for low-income communities of color. And when these communities engage and organize, they are often historically excluded by government structures uninterested in these communities’ concerns and positions, with independent efforts for neighborhood-based plans from these communities being continually shelved or greatly altered by successive administrations. This means important decisions about the future of New York City, ones that could potentially even the playing field for the next generation, are more likely to be influenced by people who have historically had influence and access, especially wealthy, white residents.
Since 2000, costs have increased 87% on average across all New York City
boroughs, while median wages have increased only 31%.
Source: Inclusive Growth Blueprint
https://inclusivegrowth.nyc/documents/New-York-City-Inclusive-Growth-Initiative-Inclusive-Growth-Blueprint.pdf