REMARKS
Housing and economic challenges facing Black New Yorkers
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Public Advocate Williams outlines the severe housing and economic challenges facing Black New Yorkers, emphasizing the disproportionate impact of rising costs and displacement on Black communities.
- He highlights issues such as skyrocketing rent, predatory lending, and increasing evictions affecting Black residents.
- Williams notes a significant decrease in the city's Black population, particularly among children and teenagers.
- He argues that Black families are leaving the city due to inability to afford housing, not because of issues like congestion pricing.
Jumaane Williams
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They suffer disproportionately from skyrocketing rent, predatory lending, and increasing evictions.
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As the cost of basic necessities and rent rapidly increase, we can expect even more New Yorkers facing eviction.
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In the past two decades, the city's black population has decreased by almost 200 people.
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Among black children and teenagers living in the city, the number declined by 19% from 2010 to 2020.
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Black families are not leaving because of congestion pricing but rather they cannot keep up with the cost of what it takes to find decent housing in this city.
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In light of what's happening in Washington DC, with, our president and mayor, guess, executive orders, we should focus on what we can do here in New York City and hold our mayor accountable to the needs of our neighbors.