This afternoon on All Things Consisdered there was an audio segement by the
son of one of the Esperanza gardeners . He gave the community point of
view towards the garden destroyed by Mayor Guiliani. Tucked away as part
of the background of an interview was a local radio or TV report on the
incident. The newcaster reported that the garden was cleared for 75 units
of Luxury Housing. Oops, the Mayor said :
Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, who hopes to sell the lot to BFC
> Properties, a developer, says this lot and hundreds of others
> like it can be used to ease a housing shortage. The lots will create housing
> for people who can least afford it, he said, and the city's plans are
> legal and sound.
>
> "If you live in an unrealistic world then you can say
> everything should be a community garden," Mr. Giuliani said. "Then where
would people
> live where they are able to get affordable housing?"
One of these two people resembles a prevaricating sack of unfinished
compost. I guess the less well heeled people of New York City are going to
have to find "affordable housing" in someplace other than New York City.
It is easier for the Mayor to get rid of those pesky poor and minority
people from the city with this type of "affordable housing" development
and saves bullets too. ;>) Mike Miller
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