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Articles by Fred Freiberg
Press 'Record' To Catch Fair Housing Violators-If You Can
In Spike Lee’s 2018 film, BlackkKlansman, there is a scene where a white racist cop, Officer Landers, meets up with African American Officer Ron Stallworth’s character and his female friend, Patrice Dumas. The bigoted Landers brags that he harassed and sexually assaulted Ms. Dumas and that he can do anything he wants to Black people without consequence. “Get it?” he utters with a malicious smirk.
Press 'Record' To Catch Fair Housing Violators-If You Can
In Spike Lee’s 2018 film, BlackkKlansman, there is a scene where a white racist cop, Officer Landers, meets up with African American Officer Ron Stallworth’s character and his female friend, Patrice Dumas. The bigoted Landers brags that he harassed and sexually assaulted Ms. Dumas and that he can do anything he wants to Black people without consequence. “Get it?” he utters with a malicious smirk.
Eradicating Visible and Invisible Racism in Housing
(photo: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office) “Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, and segregation forever,” declared Alabama Governor George Wallace in 1963. This racist trope pandered to white voters and could not have been clearer, just as recent remarks by President Donald Trump were to white suburban voters.
5 Steps to Properly Combat Housing Discrimination in New York
The Place for New York Policy and politics Developed in conjunction with Joomla extensions. (photo: Edwin J. Torres/ Mayoral Photography Office) The landmark report on housing discrimination on Long Island recently published by Newsday requires action by government and the real estate industry in the region but also in Albany and statewide. The rampant discrimination revealed is not limited to Long Island and displays a dramatic failure by New York State government that must be corrected.
Segregation is Not an Excuse, Mr. Mayor; It’s Opportunity to Lead
(Photo via Ed Reed/Mayor's Office) Curbed NY recently reported that the vast majority of the affordable-housing units created under Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Housing New York plan are unaffordable to large swaths of the population. The ironic response from New York City’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) was that the policy promotes “diverse and integrated neighborhoods.” This explanation is puzzling, to say the least, for integration advocates.
Housing Discrimination Doesn’t Begin or End with ‘Poor Doors’
Last year, a widely publicized "poor door" at a mixed income development in New York City captured the public’s imagination as a visible symbol of an unfair housing practice. A developer constructing a residential building in Manhattan with 219 high-end condominiums and 55 affordable rental units adopted a design, with approval from New York City, which includes separate entrances to the building.
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