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District 35 Land Use Planning Framework

In New York City, community stakeholders remain siloed from much of the City’s current land use decision-making process. Under the existing Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP), it is difficult for New Yorkers to contribute meaningful input for newly planned development in their neighborhoods. These conditions often fail to incorporate the community’s long-term needs and […]


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Environmental Justice for All: EJNYC

Beginning in March 2022, Hester Street collaborated with the NYC Mayor’s Office of Climate & Environmental Justice (MOCEJ) and engineering and design firm Buro Happold to support research and development for the New York City Environmental Justice for All (EJNYC) Report and the EJNYC Mapping Tool.  The report and mapping tool, which were published and […]


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LISC Greater Newark

For almost a decade, LISC Greater Newark has been providing leadership development and support to Newark residents. Their collaboration with Victoria Foundation has centered on the neighborhoods of Upper Clinton Hill, Fairmount Heights, and Lower Broadway. In 2023, Greater Newark LISC partnered with Hester Street (HST) to build their internal capacity to more effectively and […]


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Ford Foundation Just Cities and Regions Archive

In 2021, Hester Street was commissioned by the Ford Foundation to create an archive of the history of Ford’s work supporting housing development and equitable disaster recovery in order to disseminate field-wide learnings from the Foundation’s efforts to center race, place, and power in housing justice, following the closure of their Just Cities & Regions […]