#policy-intervention

#policy-intervention

For generations in New York's Black community, it has represented stability in the face of uncertainty, dignity in the face of exclusion, and a pathway to something our ancestors were systematically denied: intergenerational wealth. When Council Member Chi Osse was arrested while protesting an eviction stemming from deed theft, it shed light on one of the many crises that have plagued homeowners for years.

"This argues for the need to sustain such policies and shows that it is possible to right the wrongs retroactively, which is a powerful idea," said Kenneth Michelson, MD, MPH, associate professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Emergency Medicine and a co-author of the study.