More than 50 years after the passage of the federal Fair Housing Act, New York City consistently ranks among the most segregated metro regions in the country — the long-tail effects of racially discriminatory covenants and official government policies.
Under community preference, as the contested rule is known, locals have significantly better chances of prevailing in lotteries for buildings in their own community district. The plaintiffs contend that unlawfully restricts their housing choices.
City Hall spokesperson Charles Lutvak declined to respond about the community preference policy but said, “at the heart of Mayor Adams’ strategy to make our city more affordable is building new housing in every corner of the city – especially in neighborhoods with access to jobs, transit, and economic opportunity.”
Elsewhere, in the “fine high-end luxury building” at 54-56 Fulton St. in Downtown Manhattan, nine two-bedroom apartments were listed on the housing lottery website at $1,082, for those at 60% of area mean income, with two-person household incomes of $41,932 to $67,800. Six one-bedroom units were listed at $659, for those at 40% area mean income, earning $26,435 to $45,200 for two people. Market rents on average are several times higher.
Despite New York’s inclusionary aims, residency preferences have historically been used in furtherance of segregation. While many housing advocates have criticized the community preference policy, some say they worry that entirely gutting the policy will leave the city with few, if any, alternative programs that directly tackle displacement.
“Segregation in New York [for many decades] was not only widespread and lawful, but government and public policy sanctioned it and helped to create it: there were whites-only signs in Manhattan apartment buildings, racially restrictive covenants in property across the region, whites-only classified job advertisements, whites-only hotels and restaurants in the heart of Manhattan, and segregated seat assignments by American Airlines at LaGuardia,” wrote Martha Biondi, a scholar of African...
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