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Changing Narratives and Engaging Communities Toward Better Policy: New York City’s Low-Density Neighborhoods Event Recap

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

What’s more, the research finds that the lowest-density community districts added housing at only half the rate of the city overall between 2010 and 2020. Watch the full event below: NYU Furman Center State of the City 2022 from Furman Center on Vimeo. percent of the total land across the five boroughs but contain just 28.4

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Summit County (Utah) Community Planning Lab as an example of civic engagement and best practice technical assistance

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

To me, a classic failure to do this kind of work to result in significant improvements in civic participation are DC's Advisory Neighborhood Commissions , which get little in the way of help. -- " Setting up DC's Advisory Neighborhood Commissions for success ," 2022 There are 46 bodies, set up to cover part of a Ward.

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Do Lawyers Matter? Early Evidence on Eviction Patterns After the Rollout of Universal Access to Counsel in New York City

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

During the study period, answering rates—or the rate at which tenants appeared in response to court filing—increased dramatically throughout the city, likely due to citywide outreach and tenant engagement. Data from the 2010-2014 American Community Survey also provided insight into resident demographics and housing conditions.

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