Tag: Parks

  • Opportunity Hoarding and Segregation in 21st Century America

    Opportunity Hoarding and Segregation in 21st Century America

    Residential segregation manages to color just about every facet of US life. It fuels the country’s sprawling suburban development and the massive carbon footprint that lifestyle demands. It underpins struggling public schools and the increasingly toxic politics around them. It turns would-be neighbors into feared strangers by politicians like Kristin Jordan who oppose the vision of…

  • How Long Does It Take To Build In NYC?

    How Long Does It Take To Build In NYC?

    Between 2016 and this year, it took an average of 545 business days, or roughly two calendar years, for a developer to go from initially filing a project proposal with the DOB to receiving the first certificate of occupancy, the department said. The process took the longest time in Manhattan, about three years, and the…

  • Walking Distance to a Park

    Walking Distance to a Park

    How Calculated:  A map of “walk-to-a-park service areas” from the NYC Parks Department was overlayed onto a map of 2017 population estimates by census tract to calculate the percentage of the population that potentially live within the service area. These percentages were aggregated up to a neighborhood level. Source: New York City Department of Parks and Recreation,New…

  • Numbers of Opioid Commuters

    The map below shows not only which zip codes are the home zip codes of men and women who commute into Harlem and East Harlem for opioid treatment, but the numbers of them. The darker the green, the more residents of that zip code commute into our community (typically daily) for their treatment. Hover over…

  • Ask The 2021 Mayoral Candidates Your Questions

    While the most important election of our lifetime is now only 47 days away, our city will also be reshaped by the 2021 elections which include electing a new mayor. The City (an online NYC new organization) is soliciting your questions for mayoral hopefuls.  Please take a moment and go to:   https://www.thecity.nyc/politics/2020/9/14/21437265/ask-the-next-mayor-new-york-city-2021-city-hall and (among other things)…