Is Gentrification a Human-Rights Violation?
A Brooklyn-based group is arguing that the displacement of longtime residents meets a definition conceived by the United Nations in the aftermath of World War II.
Saki Knafo
Saki Knafo is a writer based in New York. His work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine and GQ.
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