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Join this community meeting on improving bus service south of Grand Army Plaza on Flatbush Avenue, hosted by @ridersalliance.org!
Our co-published research shows how bus delays disproportionately affect low-income Flatbush residents.
Read our full report: prattcenter.net/our_work/bet...
Our co-published research shows how bus delays disproportionately affect low-income Flatbush residents.
Read our full report: prattcenter.net/our_work/bet...
January 28, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Join this community meeting on improving bus service south of Grand Army Plaza on Flatbush Avenue, hosted by @ridersalliance.org!
Our co-published research shows how bus delays disproportionately affect low-income Flatbush residents.
Read our full report: prattcenter.net/our_work/bet...
Our co-published research shows how bus delays disproportionately affect low-income Flatbush residents.
Read our full report: prattcenter.net/our_work/bet...
The city will hold a hearing this week on DOB rules for a basement legalization program — but, as our Director of Research & Policy Sylvia Morse said today in @thecity.nyc, "these rules cannot be passed as is, or else the program will fail."
December 8, 2025 at 9:51 PM
The city will hold a hearing this week on DOB rules for a basement legalization program — but, as our Director of Research & Policy Sylvia Morse said today in @thecity.nyc, "these rules cannot be passed as is, or else the program will fail."
Are you data-savvy? Care about NYC policy? Ready to use your mapping skills to advance a more equitable city?
Join our team! We're #hiring a Data & GIS Manager to lead mapping, analysis, and data visualization at Pratt Center.
Join our team! We're #hiring a Data & GIS Manager to lead mapping, analysis, and data visualization at Pratt Center.
July 18, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Are you data-savvy? Care about NYC policy? Ready to use your mapping skills to advance a more equitable city?
Join our team! We're #hiring a Data & GIS Manager to lead mapping, analysis, and data visualization at Pratt Center.
Join our team! We're #hiring a Data & GIS Manager to lead mapping, analysis, and data visualization at Pratt Center.
Our letter on the Brooklyn Marine Terminal urging the city to ensure publicly-owned land is used for a public purpose—delivering public benefits like permanently income-restricted housing affordable to the community’s lowest income households, among other provisions.
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July 17, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Our letter on the Brooklyn Marine Terminal urging the city to ensure publicly-owned land is used for a public purpose—delivering public benefits like permanently income-restricted housing affordable to the community’s lowest income households, among other provisions.
prattcenter.net/news/brookly...
prattcenter.net/news/brookly...
Our letter calling for adequate investment in public infrastructure to be integrated into the OneLIC Neighborhood Plan that will induce development of high-rent, non regulated housing in Long Island City.
Read more: prattcenter.net/news/garment...
Read more: prattcenter.net/news/garment...
July 17, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Our letter calling for adequate investment in public infrastructure to be integrated into the OneLIC Neighborhood Plan that will induce development of high-rent, non regulated housing in Long Island City.
Read more: prattcenter.net/news/garment...
Read more: prattcenter.net/news/garment...
Read: A letter we sent as part of the New York Fashion Workforce Development Coalition to protect the Garment District’s creative economy.z
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July 17, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Read: A letter we sent as part of the New York Fashion Workforce Development Coalition to protect the Garment District’s creative economy.z
www.madeinnyc.org/news-events/...
www.madeinnyc.org/news-events/...
We’ve been weighing in on major rezoning proposals across the City— from the Garment District to Brooklyn Marine Terminal. Read our testimonies below:
July 17, 2025 at 7:37 PM
We’ve been weighing in on major rezoning proposals across the City— from the Garment District to Brooklyn Marine Terminal. Read our testimonies below:
We need stronger policies to curb home-flipping and speculation.
Check out our recommendations, including the End Toxic Home Flipping Act, a State bill we’ve fought for (and will continue to fight for) to tax profits on short-term property flips.
Check out our recommendations, including the End Toxic Home Flipping Act, a State bill we’ve fought for (and will continue to fight for) to tax profits on short-term property flips.
July 15, 2025 at 4:15 PM
We need stronger policies to curb home-flipping and speculation.
Check out our recommendations, including the End Toxic Home Flipping Act, a State bill we’ve fought for (and will continue to fight for) to tax profits on short-term property flips.
Check out our recommendations, including the End Toxic Home Flipping Act, a State bill we’ve fought for (and will continue to fight for) to tax profits on short-term property flips.
4. Home-flipping is linked to displacement. From 2019-2023, flipped homes had an eviction rate of 3.36%, 6 times higher than non-flipped homes (0.56%).
July 15, 2025 at 4:15 PM
4. Home-flipping is linked to displacement. From 2019-2023, flipped homes had an eviction rate of 3.36%, 6 times higher than non-flipped homes (0.56%).
3. Home-flipping drives up prices. In 2019, the median price per square foot of flipped homes was 1.5% higher than non-flips. By 2023, that jumped up to 7.5% more.
July 15, 2025 at 4:15 PM
3. Home-flipping drives up prices. In 2019, the median price per square foot of flipped homes was 1.5% higher than non-flips. By 2023, that jumped up to 7.5% more.
2. Flippers target scarce affordable homes and neighborhoods. In 2021, the median price paid by home flippers was nearly 50% less than the citywide median home value. Home flipping is highest in districts where home value is lowest.
July 15, 2025 at 4:15 PM
2. Flippers target scarce affordable homes and neighborhoods. In 2021, the median price paid by home flippers was nearly 50% less than the citywide median home value. Home flipping is highest in districts where home value is lowest.
1) Home flipping is most prevalent in communities of color. In NYC, the districts with the top ten rates of home flipping citywide were more than 90% people of color, and more than half majority-Black.
July 15, 2025 at 4:15 PM
1) Home flipping is most prevalent in communities of color. In NYC, the districts with the top ten rates of home flipping citywide were more than 90% people of color, and more than half majority-Black.
This report offers a snapshot: How are equity tools being used four years after they were written into law?
We heard from community boards and electeds—and offer steps to make these tools more effective for community planning.
We heard from community boards and electeds—and offer steps to make these tools more effective for community planning.
June 6, 2025 at 1:45 PM
This report offers a snapshot: How are equity tools being used four years after they were written into law?
We heard from community boards and electeds—and offer steps to make these tools more effective for community planning.
We heard from community boards and electeds—and offer steps to make these tools more effective for community planning.
The CLA includes policies we proposed in our 2023 Gaining Ground report—like giving tenants and nonprofits the first shot at buying buildings and using public land for public good.
Read the report: t.co/Fuqx5NikpB
Read the report: t.co/Fuqx5NikpB
June 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The CLA includes policies we proposed in our 2023 Gaining Ground report—like giving tenants and nonprofits the first shot at buying buildings and using public land for public good.
Read the report: t.co/Fuqx5NikpB
Read the report: t.co/Fuqx5NikpB
We also testified today in support of the Community Land Act. These bills will help put land in community hands for permanent, deep affordability.
#CommunityLandTrusts #HousingJustice
#CommunityLandTrusts #HousingJustice
June 3, 2025 at 8:23 PM
We also testified today in support of the Community Land Act. These bills will help put land in community hands for permanent, deep affordability.
#CommunityLandTrusts #HousingJustice
#CommunityLandTrusts #HousingJustice
Today, the City Council is hearing the Community Land Act—a series of #SocialHousing bills that advance community land trusts and tenant power.
This morning we were at Foley Square supporting the CLA and testifying in favor.
#PASSTHECLA
This morning we were at Foley Square supporting the CLA and testifying in favor.
#PASSTHECLA
June 3, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Today, the City Council is hearing the Community Land Act—a series of #SocialHousing bills that advance community land trusts and tenant power.
This morning we were at Foley Square supporting the CLA and testifying in favor.
#PASSTHECLA
This morning we were at Foley Square supporting the CLA and testifying in favor.
#PASSTHECLA
Pratt Center is standing with the Thriving Communities Coalition at Mayor Adams' Charter Commission hearing to call for planning rooted in community needs—not real estate interests.
NYC doesn’t need less public input. It needs comprehensive planning. #OurNeighborhoodsOurPlan
NYC doesn’t need less public input. It needs comprehensive planning. #OurNeighborhoodsOurPlan
April 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Pratt Center is standing with the Thriving Communities Coalition at Mayor Adams' Charter Commission hearing to call for planning rooted in community needs—not real estate interests.
NYC doesn’t need less public input. It needs comprehensive planning. #OurNeighborhoodsOurPlan
NYC doesn’t need less public input. It needs comprehensive planning. #OurNeighborhoodsOurPlan
These maps show just how dramatically access to programs like the Empower+ low-income incentive would expand if AMI was used in NYC rather than SMI.
March 5, 2025 at 6:46 PM
These maps show just how dramatically access to programs like the Empower+ low-income incentive would expand if AMI was used in NYC rather than SMI.
This map provides a stark visualization of how drastically the choice to base eligibility on SMI rather than Area Median Income reduces the number of New York communities that should be receiving low-income clean #energy services from @nyserda.bsky.social.
March 5, 2025 at 6:46 PM
This map provides a stark visualization of how drastically the choice to base eligibility on SMI rather than Area Median Income reduces the number of New York communities that should be receiving low-income clean #energy services from @nyserda.bsky.social.
Empower+ is a key program to make #energy upgrades affordable for low- and moderate-income #NewYorkers. But @nyserda.bsky.social's use of State Median Income (SMI) for low-income eligibility leaves many households in NYC and other high-cost areas behind.
March 5, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Empower+ is a key program to make #energy upgrades affordable for low- and moderate-income #NewYorkers. But @nyserda.bsky.social's use of State Median Income (SMI) for low-income eligibility leaves many households in NYC and other high-cost areas behind.