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We use participatory research, data analysis, and geospatial visualization to advance new solutions to low- and moderate-income communities' greatest challenges.
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Report | October 15, 2007
We believe that the rezoning and development of the Gowanus Canal area provides a great opportunity for our community.
Report | September 24, 2007
Community Board 9 Manhattan 197-a Plan, completed in 2007, is the compilation of work begun by the Community Board in 1998, and later revised and supported by the Office of Manhattan Borough President, a Columbia University Planning Studio, the New York City Council, the Harlem Community...
Report | December 6, 2006
This report calls for a reform of New York City's "421-a" tax exemption program to stop giving tax breaks to building owners who do not include affordable housing units. The “421-a” tax exemption program was created in the 1970s, when the city was on hard times, to...
Report | March 15, 2006
This report was designed to lay the groundwork for Fulton Street Mall's future by combining the best historic preservation and redevelopment measures in order to preserve and nurture the Mall as a unique and vibrant public place The report details our research findings and proposes a...
Report | July 2, 2003
In this report, Habitat for Humanity-New York City and Pratt Center for Community Development review the 421-a property tax exemption program and present findings that the program is being used to subsidize market rate and luxury housing rather than the affordable housing it was designed...
Report | December 12, 1983
In commemoration of Pratt Center’s 50th anniversary, we’re proud to present our 1983 report with the Center for Metropolitan Action at Queens College, “New York City’s...
Report | November 1, 1975
For five years in the 1970s, Pratt Center published Street: A Magazine of the Urban Environment, a semiannual publication during the golden age of the community development movement. The magazine provided practical tools, critical analysis, and visionary ideas to the local organizations...
Report | April 6, 1965
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