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ZoneIn Video: Jerome Avenue Tour with Carmen Vega-Rivera
A month before the Jerome Avenue rezoning passed the City Council, Carmen Vega-Rivera wrote warning city officials to make changes and reconsider the impact on her community, “This rezoning will forever change the Bronx,” and she was not wrong: Jerome Avenue has changed, with new development visible and the famous auto-repair shops disappearing..
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Carmen Vega-Rivera in October 2019
This October, despite facing health challenges, Vega-Rivera joined a City Limits panel discussion on the realities of rent reform. She defended the changes in the law, insisting that housing is a human right. but added there was much work to be done in her community. “We need to do a better job informing tenants that the rent laws have changed,” she said. “Through CASA and other tenant organizing groups, we’re getting the word out.”
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