Sentences with phrase «represent gentrifying»

Klein has not signed on to any repeal bills and lately has been recruiting additional senators to join his group, including some who represent gentrifying neighborhoods such as Inwood, Jackson Heights and Crown Heights.

Meanwhile, Windsome Pendegrass is hoping state lawmakers, particularly democrats who represent gentrifying neighborhoods like hers, will act on behalf of the people who elected them.

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«We've gone condo crazy, and certainly it's destabilized a number of communities, and we need to look to re-stabilize our communities,» Mr. Wright, who represents swiftly gentrifying central Harlem, told the Observer.

Five of the candidates — Don Lee, Gigi Li, Yuh - Line Niou, Paul Newell and Jenifer Rajkumar — presented themselves as reformers, poised to bring new ideas and energy in representing southernmost Manhattan, a diverse district that includes Chinatown, the gentrifying Lower East Side, Wall Street and Battery Park City.