New York apartment planned with separate entrances for rich, poor people

Date: 19-08-2013 4:02 pm (10 years ago) | Author: Olusola Agbaje
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There’s a new luxury condo being planned on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, and the developer is seeking a ton of tax breaks by building 55 low-income units in the same building. The catch? Those for the poor are going to face away from the Hudson River (maybe expected), and oh, yeah, they’ll also have a separate entrance, elevator and maintenance company. Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal, a Democrat who represents the Upper West Side, said the developer’s plans “smack of classism” and is urging the city’s Department of Housing Preservation and Develop to deny the company its tax breaks.

Posted: at 19-08-2013 04:02 PM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac