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Since its emergence in the mid-nineteenth century as the nation's "metropolis," New York has faced the most challenging housing problems of any American city, b

Covering an exhaustive range of information about the five boroughs, the first edition of The Encyclopedia of New York City was a success by every measure, earn

The contributors to this volume address such issues as the decentralization of housing, privatization of housing, deregulation of rental and public housing, dev