Norman Oder

Norman Oder

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Journalist Norman Oder writes the Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park Report blog and is working on a book about the megaproject. He has contributed to publications ranging from City Limits to The New York Times. He lives in Brooklyn.
https://atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com
Six people in winter coats and hats stand across the street from a construction site. At the center, a young man in a cloth cap stands at a podium gesturing as he speaks.
Opinion

How Atlantic Yards Failed to Deliver Affordable Homeownership (With a Hakeem Jeffries Cameo)

January 24, 2023 | Norman Oder

Atlantic Yards demonstrates that developers’ promises must be backed up in contracts, otherwise economic and political cycles can undermine them. 

Word "stale" spray-painted on side of train car.
Housing

Oft-Quoted Studies Saying Gentrification Doesn’t Cause Displacement Are “Glaringly Stale”

January 2, 2018 | Norman Oder

Oft-cited study concerns 1990s renters already paying huge portions of their income on housing.