Reports, News & Updates

Appleseed and Riders Alliance urge NYC to adopt comprehensive planning that centers equity and transparency. Read their op-ed in the Gotham Gazette.

Appleseed’s Lena Dalke joined the Thriving Communities Coalition to testify in support of comprehensive planning in NYC. Her testimony emphasized the need to center integration to counteract the deep-rooted segregation shaped by decades of discriminatory policy.

New York Appleseed called for major revisions to NYC’s Where We Live draft report, stating it fails to meet even HUD’s minimum fair housing requirements.

Monday Myth: School segregation is only caused by residential segregation. Reality: It’s a two-way street. Read more about it here.

Newsday has removed its paywall for the largest journalistic investigation into real estate sales practices in U.S. history—exposing systemic housing discrimination.

Appleseed’s David Tipson and Kelly Bare argue in a recent op-ed that the Lefferts Historic House Museum's current narrative centers a white family while erasing the lives of enslaved Black people who also lived there.

In a Gotham Gazette op-ed, Appleseed’s David Tipson and Fred Freiberg of the Fair Housing Justice Center argue that integration should not be treated as a political liability or pretext, but as a real opportunity for leadership and equity in NYC.

Appleseed calls for affordable housing policies that promote school integration in testimony to NYC Council and Planning Commission.

Where you live in NYC deeply impacts your access to opportunity. New York Appleseed advocates for equitable housing and schools by promoting policies that prevent displacement, support integration, and preserve affordability in gentrifying neighborhoods.