An ever-increasing income disparity, high rents and chronic shortage of apartments make affordable housing elusive for many New Yorkers. The rush to develop in an effort to remedy this shortage poses its own risk of changing the fabric of neighborhoods irreversibly. Here’s a look at the 10th largest city in the U.S.: the Bronx.
Author: Ilgin Yorulmaz
Ilgin Yorulmaz reports for The Ink from Fordham, the Bronx, on education, housing and religion. She is an activist for Voluntary Services Overseas, a UK charity, and has recently raised funds for children in Nepal. In the past, Ilgin wrote on culture and design for publications like Vogue Turkey and Condé Nast Traveller UK, and published a series of books on Istanbul. She has degrees in business and international relations from Turkey and Japan, and is a Journalism/Religion dual degree candidate at Columbia Journalism School. Ilgin speaks English, Japanese, and Turkish, and hopes to work in humanitarian journalism. She lives with her husband, Tunc; her daughter, Egem; and her son, Kayra, in Manhattan.
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