One of the largest landlords in New York City, Columbia University currently manages 150 buildings with more than 8,000 residents, mostly located in Morningside Heights.
on West 125th Street. They are also calling on the university to preserve existing rent-regulated units even after tenants pass away or move out, and to pass some of them on to community members not affiliated with the university. These proposals were included in a report that the group submitted to Columbia administrators in August.
so that new private developments have to set aside a share of their units for affordable housing. Dave Robinson, the group’s president, said at the rally it would only be fair for similar rules to apply to Columbia University as well. Some speakers argued that Columbia has a mutual interest in keeping the neighborhood diverse because it makes it more attractive.
Weinberg and other speakers also expressed support for the Red Balloon Early Childhood Learning Center, a nonprofit preschool that is slated to be evicted from a property owned by Columbia after being housed there rent-free since the 1970s.
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