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Inwood Preservation

  • Don't Dismiss Community Concerns as 'NIMBYism'

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    (photo: Michael Applebaum/Mayor's Office)


    Inwood opponents of a luxury tower widely touted as bringing affordable housing to the community are exhibit A in “Bill de Blasio Versus NIMBYism,” a Gotham Gazette article published October 7.

    But as one of several grassroots organizations who fought this project, we at Inwood Preservation are disappointed in the undeservedly negative and inaccurate picture of sincere citizen

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