Gregory Smith Simon

“Director of the Center for the Study of Brooklyn and Professor of Sociology at Brooklyn College”

“when eleven New Yorkers died in basement apartments during Hurricane Ida, none of them lived in coastal flood zones”

“current City of Yes proposals would legalize apartments in cellars and basements that would put the most vulnerable families at deadly risk”

“Burying poor New Yorkers in basement and cellar apartments during climate change is a well-intentioned”