Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Kristin Richardson Jordan

As council member, Inez Dickens opposed bus improvements on 125th Street. Photo: William Alatriste/New York City Council

Harlem Assembly Member and Council Candidate Parks Illegally, Abuses Placard in Midtown

By Julianne Cuba | May 18, 2023 | No Comments

A Harlem Assembly Member who represents a district where nearly 80 percent of households do not own a car illegally parked her own luxury sedan on a busy Manhattan thoroughfare throughout the duration of a taped debate.

Manhattan Council Member Kristin Richardson Jordan at a rally to stop the truck depot last month at the site where a developer wanted to build two towers (inset). Photo: Julianne Cuba

Truck Depot Developer Wants to Restart His Bid for ‘Affordable’ Housing — But How Affordable?

By Julianne Cuba | Feb 2, 2023 | No Comments

A would-be developer who opened a truck depot after his quest to rezone a Harlem lot for housing was blocked by the neighborhood's Council member is peddling a new proposal that would result in more affordable housing than the original effort — but not as affordable as the lawmaker wants.

Harlem Pol Rallies to Stop Truck Depot, But Won’t Meet Site Developer to Seek New Plan

By Julianne Cuba | Jan 22, 2023 | No Comments

“My theory of change is based in people power," Council Member Kristin Richardson Jordan said on Saturday.

What would have been, the One45 development is now slated to be a truck depot. Source: Department of City Planning

Harlem Environmental Justice Group Blasts Developer for Truck Depot

By Julianne Cuba | Oct 14, 2022 | No Comments

Members of the Harlem community are decrying a developer's plan to build a controversial truck depot, warning that the decision to put profit over people’s health will send more pollution-spewing big rigs into the low-income community of color and worsen the environmental injustice already borne by the neighborhood.

ANALYSIS: Developer Blasts Harlem Pol Over Rejecting Housing, As He Plans Truck Depot Instead

By Julianne Cuba | Sep 19, 2022 | No Comments

A developer wanted to build housing, affordable units and public space, but was turned down by the local Council member, so now he's making housing ... for trucks. Is there a greater symbol of New York's dysfunction?