The Promise—and Pushback—on NYC's Racial Impact Studies - City Limits

The Promise—and Pushback—on NYC's Racial Impact Studies - City Limits

“Racial impact studies don’t block or delay rezonings. They simply pull together data that’s already publicly available,” the authors write. “What the backlash reveals is how uncomfortable some developers are with giving communities the tools to demand more from a broken status quo.” A Manhattan community board meeting in 2018. The authors are calling for better trainings for boards across the city around how to evaluate racial impact studies wh…