The Roots of Gentrification in New York City
Channel: Laura Flanders & Friends
Date: 2016-03-24

CUNY Professor and Act-Up Oral History Project cofounder Sarah Schulman, traces the roots of gentrification in New York to the "bohemian" 60s. In her new novel, The Cosmopolitans, a group of mid-century East Villagers pull together to survive gentrification and modern life.