NYC gives the green light to the building of apartments with a 'poor door' for low income tenants

Re: NYC gives the green light to the building of apartments with a 'poor door' for low income tenants

• theseaword member

  July 2014

  I had heard about this. It makes me sad. NY is supposed to be a melting pot. I hope this building tanks.

  
  

  
  

   

  

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• [Deleted User] member

  July 2014

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• RondackHiker member

  July 2014

  That's gross.
  
  What, are the rich worried that they're going to be contaminated if they share a door with someone poorer?

  
  

  
  

   

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• jorkz821 member

  July 2014

  Didn't read the article but that quote is gross.

  SQUIRREL!!!
  
  
  
   

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• pepperedmoth member

  July 2014

  C'mon u guise, separate but equal, amirite?!!!??? This worked out sooooo well for us in the past!!11!!1!!1
  
  

  

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• billybumbler member

  July 2014

  Jesus. And LOL at "inclusionary housing".

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• [Deleted User] member

  July 2014

  Often builders have to build x number of affordable housing units per y number of other (costlier) housing units.  So this allows Toll Brothers to build their required affordable housing without investing in another building all together.  

  
  

  Would you rather builders make a separate building in a less desirable part of town for low income or gentrify?  These are really the two options here.  

  
  

  The $3 million condo owner wants elite luxuries not available to the masses. This is the market force behind this.  Toll Brothers is simply delivering what their buyers want.  They had a shitty way of expressing that though. 

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• [Deleted User] member

  July 2014

  I'm not condoning. Just pointing out it is market driven.

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• aglenn member

  July 2014

  I can sort of understand not having access to the building amenities, and maybe the lobby if that is such a big deal for the super special residents, but making the low income residents enter the building through a back alley has a shame factor that is disrespectful.  If you want them to have a different address and a different lobby or whatever, fine, but there are ways to go about that without insulting them.

  

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