Where Does Public Land Come From? Municipalization and Privatization Debates

Authors

Oksana Mironova
Samuel Stein, CUNY Graduate CenterFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-6-2018

Abstract

This article illuminates contemporary land-use and disposition struggles in New York City by tracing the history of land’s passage between the private and public realms. The authors contend that government and community-controlled nonprofit organizations should govern the disposition of the city’s remaining public land supply, deliberately deploying this scarce resource to promote the well-being of the people and neighborhoods most at risk in a speculation-fueled real-estate environment.

Comments

This work was originally published in Metropolitics, available at http://www.metropolitiques.eu/Where-Does-Public-Land-Come-From-Municipalization-and-Privatization-Debates.html.

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