East New York, Did It Work?

There Goes the Neighborhood by WNYC Studios and KCRW

Sep 20, 201700:16:45Society & Culture

Mayor de Blasio is running for re-election and affordable housing remains one of his signature issues. If his plan for East New York is a measure of the merits of his approach, how's it working out? Kai Wright brings us...

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