Saving Stuyvesant Town - How One Community Defeated the Worst Real Estate Deal in History

Informationen zum Autor Daniel R. Garodnick is the former New York City Council Member representing the East Side of Manhattan. He now serves as President & CEO of Riverside Park Conservancy. Follow him on X @dangarodnick. Klappentext "The story of the 2006 to 2015 efforts by residents of Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village on Manhattan's East Side, and New York City Council Member Dan Garodnick, as they fought to preserve the United States' largest rental community as middle class housing"-- Inhaltsverzeichnis Prologue: Middle Class on the Brink 1. Activism from the Start 2. Time for a Tenants Association 3. An Unexpected Challenge 4. Making a Bid 5. Regrouping after the Loss 6. Pushing Back against a New Owner 7. Preparing for an Uncertain Future 8. Suddenly the "Prettiest Girl at the Dance" 9. Finding a Partner 10. Challenged from the Outside 11. Under Water, Actual Water 12. A New Start 13. The Mayor Comes Over for Cannoli 14. Closing the Deal Epilogue: Loopholes Closed

Product details

• Authors: Daniel R Garodnick, Daniel R. Garodnick
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2021
• EAN: 9781501754371
• ISBN: 978-1-5017-5437-1
• No. of pages: 277
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Urban, spatial and country planning; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches