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Stacy Torres

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Stacy Torres is an assistant professor of sociology at the University of California–San Francisco and author of At Home in the City: Growing Old in Urban America.

A large municipal room is packed with a diverse crowd of serious-looking people, most seated but with many standing at the back and filling two wide doorways at the back of the room. Several of the seated ones are holding posters. The three that are readable say "Stop the land grab," The deal is a steal," and "Vote No on Demo."

From the Field

RAD Plan in Chelsea Will Build in Mixed-Income Housing—But Disrupt Low-Income Seniors

October 29, 2025 | Stacy Torres

A public housing redevelopment plan in Manhattan will add mixed-income housing—but some of the first wave of tenants who would have to leave are refusing to go.