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EPISODE · Aug 24, 2026 · 53 MIN

In Conversation: How NYC’s Housing Crisis Is Squeezing Tenants and Small Homeowners

from NYC NOW · host Janae Pierre, David Brand, Julia Salazar, Sylvia Morse, Annetta Seecharran, Scourge Bliss, Doreen Mohammed, James Carr, Oudit Beharry, Scott Kohanowski, Brad Greenburg, Andrea Jerves

Recorded live at HANAC Harmony JVL Older Adult Center in Astoria, this installment of In Conversation: The Affordability Series examines New York City’s small two and three family homes, where an owner may live in one unit and rent out another. The conversation explores rising costs, limited tenant protections, basement apartment legalization, home flipping and what it would take to keep more New Yorkers in their homes.   -Got any questions, comments or story ideas? Send us a message at [email protected] Photo: Carla Wills/WNYC Guests: Andrea Jerves, Director of Social Service Programs, Grants Administration and Compliance at HANAC Doreen Mohammed, member of the Astoria Tenants Union James Carr, member of the Astoria Tenants Union Oudit Beharry, homeowner Scott Kohanowski, General Counsel at the Center for NYC Neighborhoods Annetta Seecharran, Executive Director of Chhaya Community Development Corporation Troy Kingston, content creator known as Scourge Bliss Brad Greenburg, Executive Director of the NYU Furman Center Sylvia Morse, Director of Research and Policy at the Pratt Center for Community Development State Senator Julia Salazar   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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