
DAY 2 | October 14, 2011 | 3.00pm
Confirmed to Speak: Enid Beal, Rosanne Haggerty, George McCarthy, John Rhea, Mary Rowe
The New York City Housing Authority is one of the largest public housing agencies in the world, home to thousands of the city’s working-class people and occupying significant blocks of land in prime areas across the five boroughs. How can public housing benefit the surrounding neighborhoods and the city of which they are a part? What are the issues and opportunities in public housing communities? Who are the city builders we need to engage to make these areas more livable, vibrant, and economically diverse contributors to their neighborhoods? How can institutions like NYCHA develop partnerships and approaches to increase the potential of these places?
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