High-Cost Condos, Low-Cost Labor—and Threats of Violence to Union Organizers
Summary: Village Voice published this article on June 24, 2008, and the EveryBlock system found it to be geographically relevant to Lower East Side in New York. Below, you can read the article excerpt that mentions the given location and follow the link to read the full article.
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This Bloomberg era will be forever known as the age of housing gluttony. How else to describe a city where those with the means to do so have no compunction about seizing an entire tenement for their personal enjoyment, as one landlord is doing on a Lower East Side block? What better word is there when a clothing designer splurges $17.5 million on a new West Side condominium, an apartment that includes a parking spot for his automobile—on the 19th floor? Read the full article at the original source (Village Voice)…
| Location | Lower East Side |
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| Publication date | June 24, 2008 |
| Source | Village Voice |
Added to EveryBlock on June 24, 2008.