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Harlem Residents to Protest Rezoning Plans

HeadlineJun 20, 2008

Here in New York, residents of Harlem are staging a protest Saturday to protest plans to rezone the 125th Street area. Critics say the rezoning will permanently change the character of Harlem and pave the way for greater gentrification. Nellie Bailey of the Harlem Tenants Council is a lead organizer of Saturday’s march.

Nellie Bailey: “All of this is tied in; this isn’t just random. This is tied into to the way the city and the Bloomberg administration is determined to redefine these neighborhoods, and these neighborhoods where the message, I believe, is very, very clear: low-income and poor people cannot live on expensive real estate here in New York City.”

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