How To Build Local Wealth In Face of Climate Change
Topic 4 in "Affordability and Climate in NYC" Discussion Series from Rebuild By Design, Waterfront Alliance, and The City Sponge, with support from ConEdison.
What is community wealth-building?
Does climate adaptation offer New Yorkers an opportunity to reimagine ownership of local assets?
Community land trusts (CLTs) are gaining ground in New York City, from the South Bronx to Edgemere. Join us to hear how economic justice and climate justice are inextricably linked, and what solutions the Mamdani administration can support to keep communities both affordable and safe from the impacts of climate change.
We discuss experiences and look for solutions. Grab lunch and join us.
Featuring:
+Zakhia Grant, ReAL Edgemere CLT
+Matthew Shore, South Bronx Unite
+New Economy Project
+Jinean Robinson, RETI Center
+Sarah Ludwig, NYU [MODERATOR]