A brief history into why minority neighborhoods such as the area west of 21stStreet on the Astoria Waterfront experienced discrimination and neglect. The dark side of the New Deal…..How the New Deal perpetuated economic and ethnic segregation in NYC.
Also, thoughts towards the future, especially Housing
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PRESENTED BY Braden Crooks
Panelists Bishop Mitchel Taylor, Urban Upbound Stacy Andreakakis, M.Sc Memo Salazar, Western Queens Community Land Trust Richard Khuzami, Old Astoria Neighborhood Association
Mr. Khuzami has been a member of Community Board 1 in Astoria, NY for the last 20 years. He sits on the Zoning and parks Committees and is on the Executive Board. Previously, he served as Parks and Culture chair of Community Board 1 for eleven years and also chaired Capital and Expense priority Committee. He is a member of the Queens General Assembly and had been a panelist for grant submissions for the Queens Council on the Arts (QCA). Richard also is an officer of The Eastern Mediterranean Business Culture Alliance (EMBCA) and President of OANA.