Black homeownership has declined in the city and nationally in the last 20 years, hindered by gentrification and inequitable lending policies. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Black People”
Vaccination Rates in N.Y.C., and One Major Disparity
By Gotham Rex on August 13, 2021
Only 28 percent of Black New Yorkers ages 18 to 44 are fully vaccinated — a number that worries health experts as the Delta variant spreads. Source: New York Times
Overlooked No More: Hettie Anderson, Sculptors’ Model Who Evaded Fame
By Gotham Rex on August 12, 2021
Her image has been rendered on gold coins and monuments around the United States. But little is known about this Gilded Age model. Source: New York Times
Restaurant Review: Cadence, Vegan Soul Food in the East Village
By Gotham Rex on August 3, 2021
At Cadence, the chef Shenarri Freeman remakes dishes from her Black Southern heritage without animal products. Source: New York Times
Williamstown Theater Festival Tries to Weather the Storms
By Gotham Rex on July 26, 2021
The annual summer festival in Massachusetts has tried to adapt amid the pandemic and calls for more diversity onstage. Source: New York Times
Why Top Democrats Are Listening to Eric Adams Right Now
By Gotham Rex on July 26, 2021
Some prominent Democrats think their party’s nominee for mayor of New York offers a template for how to address issues of public safety. Source: New York Times
Hart Island’s Last Stand
By Gotham Rex on July 16, 2021
After years of study, the city has declared an emergency to bulldoze most of the buildings on the city’s potter’s field, without following the usual environmental review process. Source: New York Times
Eric Adams’s Win Is a ‘Watershed Moment’ for Black Leaders in New York
By Gotham Rex on July 13, 2021
Black candidates are poised to occupy some of New York’s top elected offices, including those of mayor, public advocate and two of the city’s five district attorneys. Source: New York Times
Covid Didn’t Kill Cities. Why Was That Prophecy So Alluring?
By Gotham Rex on July 12, 2021
A distrust of urban life has persisted in America, finding expression in different ways over time. Source: New York Times
Critic's Pick: 'Seize the King,' Harlem Theater's 'Richard III'
By Gotham Rex on July 11, 2021
It’s a tale that Will Power intends as cautionary, with cycles of history and human violence in mind. Source: New York Times
Eric Adams, Once a Political Outsider, Conquers the Inside Game
By Gotham Rex on July 7, 2021
Mr. Adams won the Democratic primary for mayor of New York City by portraying himself as a working-class politician who understood the concerns of average New Yorkers. Source: New York Times
Eric Adams Wins Democratic Primary for NYC Mayor
By Gotham Rex on July 6, 2021
Mr. Adams held off Kathryn Garcia after a count of 118,000 absentee ballots saw his substantial lead on primary night narrow to a single percentage point. Source: New York Times
What Happens to the ‘Weed Spot’ Now That Weed Is Legal?
By Gotham Rex on July 1, 2021
New Yorkers on not having to sneak off to smoke marijuana. Source: New York Times
Review: Martha Washington, Hilariously Haunted by Her Slaves
By Gotham Rex on June 28, 2021
James Ijames’s amusingly cynical and eclectic new play, “The Most Spectacularly Lamentable Trial of Miz Martha Washington,” is at the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival through July 30. Source: New York Times
They Came to Slay: L.G.B.T.Q. Trailblazers
By Gotham Rex on June 26, 2021
These artists, activists, entrepreneurs and mentors have been leading the way and opening doors for other L.G.B.T.Q. people of color for more than 30 years. And they have no plans to stop. Source: New York Times