In the current NYC housing market, it can get a depressing if you don't have
a house-not to mention the deep savings to get a down payment on one. And
the prices just keep inching up and up.
www.nytimes.com/2007/04/03/nyreg . . . rty.html?_r=1&oref=sloginwww.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/04/ . . . h-Firm-Harlem-Housing.php
With real estate serving as more of an investment (thanks Wall st. bonuses!)
than the makings of a home, housing has become (much more) privilege than
right. This is especially true for the poorest of New Yorkers, struggling to
make rent a manageable part of their meager paychecks-in a market that has
forgotten their needs.
So when the...
When the PATH train rolled into the Harrison stop yesterday on my way home, this man got on, wearing purple sunglasses, carrying a walking-stick and hefting a rather large sandwich.
He ate the sandwich quickly, finishing it in one dramatic gulp.
I...