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Map of the fire-service relocation problem in the South Bronx (source: Aalbers, 2014)). 'RAND used simple maps to show how closing some locations, euphemistically called "relocations", would not affect response time to reported fires too much. In fact, response times increased and the number of fires that had to be tackled from nearby locations quadrupled' (Aalbers, 2014).
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The South Bronx neighbourhood in New York City has historically been oppressed and left behind by urban planning policies that deliberately created social exclusion in the area. We Stay/Nos Quedamos, a community development organization located in the area, is actively seeking to establish a Community Land Trust, a mechanism designed to provide hom...
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... a few years, properties in the South Bronx were worth more in fire insurance disbursements than in property value. This, added to the deliberate 'relocation' of fire stations (a result of the mapped and government-led RAND Firehouse-Siting Model (Figure 2)), occasioned a 'fire epidemic' in the area (Aalbers, 2014;Flood, 2010;Wallace & Wallace, 1998). A large part of the housing stock in the South Bronx was lost due arson and abandonment. ...
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... a few years, properties in the South Bronx were worth more in fire insurance disbursements than in property value. This, added to the deliberate 'relocation' of fire stations (a result of the mapped and government-led RAND Firehouse-Siting Model (Figure 2)), occasioned a 'fire epidemic' in the area (Aalbers, 2014;Flood, 2010;Wallace & Wallace, 1998). A large part of the housing stock in the South Bronx was lost due arson and abandonment. ...
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... While deemed by advocates as insufficient, especially in view of the dire economic and housing circumstances in which many New Yorkers find themselves as a result of the pandemic, it is a sign of continued commitment to government support for CLTs and the communities they represent. As a result, the number of CLTs has grown from one in 2019 to about a dozen that have been established or are in the process of being established (Castillo et al., 2019). ...
Policymakers acknowledge that the food system is multidimensional and that social determinants affect diet-related health outcomes, yet cities have emphasized programs and policies narrowly connected to food access and nutritional health. Over the past fifteen years, the boundaries of food governance have expanded to include a wider range of issues and domains not previously considered within the purview of food policy, like labor, housing, and education policies. This paper illustrates the processes by which this shift occurs by presenting the case of New York City, which has broadened its food governance to a larger set of issues, requiring cross-sectoral initiatives that have led to a more expansive notion of food policy. This shift has resulted from an increased political salience of income inequality and poverty, and a change in municipal leadership that led to a greater emphasis on equity and social justice. Efforts to address equity affected the food system, and in turn led to diverse policies that have expanded the boundaries of food policy. The paper traces this evolution and outlines the implications of these findings for food governance and future urban food policy development and research.
