when parts of new york began to gentrify in the '80s liberals protested, and riots broke out.d it a night of rage, a battle between yuppies and hippies. the battle continues today in many parts of america. >> protesters came with several signs expressing how they feel. some say gentrification is violent -- >> stop tax breaks for wealthy developers! john: we should, but gentrification is violent? lots of people say that. u.s. congressman hakim jeff race calls gentrification a cancer. congressman you're from brooklyn where there's a lot of gentrification. that's a cancer? >> if you think about what a cancer does, it ravages a neighborhood neighborhood, consumes it and moves on to the next neighborhood, and i refer to socioeconomic gentrification which relates to dramatically increasing housing prices thereby pushing out working families, middle class folks, senior citizens poor folks, artists, young college students starting out. john: the census data found no evidence of displacement of no-income, low-income non-white households in gentrifying neighborhoods. >> i'm not sure who

. >> well when neighborhoods gentrify, the demand goes up because rent is the single greatest cost that low income people face and if they can't afford to pay rent, they can't afford to buy food. >> and with less government aid for food, the strain is on charities to fill the void and depend on donations to keep feeding new york's hungry. >>> it's one of the toughest jobs in america now, ferguson, missouri's new acting police chief - speaks for the first time on national television to this show about fixing what is broken and of the fear his companies face on the streets. >> they are afraid. if you are sitting looking in the crowd, it's in your mind who has got the gun. and there's no way to prevent it. also - a major american city

i'm not -- gentrifying my own district. i think they got a that i was latina. >> i'm very sensitive not to ask those questions but if it's an option, there would be no issue with that and obviously the zip code in the district. >> you can always run it against census population and you can collect the information or optional ethnicities might also give us more information about who your buyers are and who they are coming from and as a result of your own marketing efforts, did they receive ane blast or ad words or social media efforts that you make. that will be very entering. after all we are talking about a redevelopment project. >> absolutely. i'm happy to provide that for you. >> it helps us how effective this project, the efforts, the mayor's project about 30,000 by 2020, right? that sort of thing to help us have informed decisions and informed projects that we are doing our job. >> absolutely. >> or you are doing your job. >> i think going forward we can change our guest cards and get that information. >> i think chair

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i moved in to my neighborhood, which is west and the people are saying that the neighborhood is gentrified and what do you call this? is it north of the panhandle or the western addition and it was through the research that i foupd out about the history of redevelopment and also of harlem of the west and i wanted to direct the people to the great films that were made locally about this great issue. there is take this hammer by james baldwin and followed him as he went around the neighborhood and then there is also >> and we could have a credit union, and a cdfi and a community development financial and institution, and for the african american community as well as an ewaste recycling program and he has that idea and then, also, and i am excited about what booker t washington is doing to develop the property for emancipated foster use and i am excited and i just want to give out a shout out to hanabal williams and rogers who are instrumental in community development in the neighborhood. >> thanks. >> thank you very much. >> next speaker please. >> address the signs of geography to define th

i'm not -- gentrifying my own district. i think they got a that i was latina. >> i'm very sensitive not to ask those questions but if it's an option, there would be no issue with that and obviously the zip code in the district. >> you can always run it against

estate firm, backed by hedge fund money eyeing buildings all around new york city, especially in gentrifying neighborhoods. in harlem and washington heights. and in brooklyn. i reported two years ago that what they were doing with agent over the building is that they were mostly immigrants who are in their buildings. rent-stabilized buildings. what they would do is immediately demand proof of citizenship of certain levels of income, which you cannot do in new york state when you are already in a building. you cannot demand to see proof that you are illegally -- that you are legally in the country or you have a certain income level. as a result, governor cuomo did an investigation. the company was placed under an independent monitor in january of last year, and the company was ordered to reinstate any tenants they had if it did previously and -- that they had evicted previously improperly. cast acastellan continues to jack up the rent. the company boasts building by building, how did we buy the building, how many tenants did we manage to get out and renovate their apartment? in one building i

fiscal policy institute says that while the city economy is fast gentrifying, 40% of affordable housing under $800 a month has disappeared in recent years. causing housing problems for both low and moderate income people. you can re the full report on our nbc washington app. >> they building a lot of condos now, and those condos are really out of my pay range. down the street new homes but for who? working people like myself? i don't think so. >> reporter: mayor boutz bouz told news4 tuesday her budget yex next month will deliver on her promise to spend $100 million a year to build affordable housing. but hundreds of families like this are looking now. in the district tom sherwood news4. >>> the district's traffic cameras issue millions of dollars in fines eesm year and not all are equal. new at 5:00 the hotspots that are nabbing drivers by the dozen. >>> and a small local restaurant now facing a big lawsuit. why a manny pacquiao boxing match triggered an undercover investigation. >>> he's been deemed the chosen one by hose thoez in his home country of japan. >> a japanese guy, 6'8". we

>> i'm looking for something to show the shifting tectonic plates in a place that if it's being gentrifiedn encounter takes place that involves something violent between the two and if i follow the investigation, it's my spine to an amore fuss big amoeba of geography. >> brown: how concerned are you to get the details right? i read things about research spending time with police officers. but at some point you throw it all aside and just write? >> i won't take copious notes, but i'll always take notes, but when i go home i look at them and they're on steno pads and i can't remember if i wrote like this or like that and it's illegible. then after a year, i figured whatever i don't remember wasn't worth it. whatever was important to me, i don't need to look up in my notes. >> brown: the idea of the whites is a an obsession a lot of cops get with a case they couldn't solve. and you write about a group of young police officers and even as they age some out of the police force are still obsessed. this was a rich vein for you to tell different kinds of stories? >> it's a phenomenon i discovered.

. >> one of the sort of tech nerds than gentrifying the city but i like to work really hard on not only coming to events like this but on producing weird art events and experiences so i can push back against the gentrification that i do during the week. >> as for the rest of the day? >> i'm going to take a shower and sit at my desk. >> stephanie chuang. >> that seems like a fun way to start the day. >> and get your energy up. that and a cup of coffee. >> although 6:00 in the morning if row don't have to be up i don't know. >> that's the middle of our day. >> that's true. here's christina loren. what do you think? if you didn't have to be up at 6:00, would you be up for dance party? >> if scott mcgrew was going to be there we would be there. with cameras. >> good morning to you. pacifica time lapse right now shows we started out nice and foggy. a couple hours of perfect sunshine. at this point, the clouds are increasing yet again. storm system brewing on the way to the bay area. going to bring us much needed rainfall. not until storm for most of us. in the north bay light shower activity