{"id":469,"date":"2025-03-21T14:42:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T15:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.camperscorner.net\/?p=469"},"modified":"2025-03-28T18:08:17","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T18:08:17","slug":"evictions-for-middle-class-new-yorkers-rise-and-everything-else-you-need-to-know-about-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.camperscorner.net\/index.php\/2025\/03\/21\/evictions-for-middle-class-new-yorkers-rise-and-everything-else-you-need-to-know-about-this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Evictions for Middle-Class New Yorkers Rise\u2014and Everything Else You Need to Know About This Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"subtitle\">In the news: Trump razes Washington, D.C.\u2019s BLM Plaza, an L.A. community fights to save historic tiles from burned homes, artist Ming Fay\u2019s legacy lives on, and more.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.camperscorner.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/large-10.jpg\" height=\"1066\" width=\"1600\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>New York\u2019s eviction rates have dropped overall due to free legal aid for low-income tenants. But according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cssny.org\/publications\/entry\/preventing-eviction-in-new-york-state-snapshot\">a new report<\/a>, middle-income New Yorkers are now as likely to be be booted as those living in poverty, sparking calls for expanded protections.&nbsp;<i>(<a href=\"https:\/\/gothamist.com\/news\/middle-income-new-yorkers-are-the-new-face-of-eviction-in-the-city-report-finds\" data-orig-url=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com\/?id=96003X1550783&amp;isjs=1&amp;jv=15.7.1&amp;sref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dwell.com%2Farticle%2F7308527392157728768%2Fedit&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fgothamist.com%2Fnews%2Fmiddle-income-new-yorkers-are-the-new-face-of-eviction-in-the-city-report-finds&amp;xs=1&amp;xtz=420&amp;xuuid=94eb59a4ca400b0e9f15d6418868fef7&amp;cci=a41257ed6dab0892e92ef0ebfba3f933\" data-ml-id=\"0\" data-ml=\"true\" data-xid=\"fr1742490879803jda\" data-written=\"true\">Gothamist<\/a>)<\/i><\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Ming Fay, the artist famed for his whimsical subway mosaics and papier-m\u00e2ch\u00e9 sculptures, has died at 82. Blending Chinese symbolism with urban backdrops, his work made nature impossible to ignore\u2014even in the heart of the city. <i>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/17\/arts\/ming-fay-dead.html\" data-ml-dynamic=\"true\" data-ml-dynamic-type=\"sl\" data-orig-url=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/17\/arts\/ming-fay-dead.html\" data-ml-id=\"0\" data-ml=\"true\" data-skimlinks-tracking=\"xid:fr1742571440582gcc\" data-xid=\"fr1742571440582gcc\">The New York Times<\/a>)<\/i><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dwell.com\/article\/design-news-evictions-hit-middle-class-new-yorkers-trump-federal-land-affordable-housing-546fd955\/7308612628704178176\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.camperscorner.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/artist-ming-fay-known-for-his-larger-than-life-depictions-of-the-natural-world-sits-for-a-portrait-in-his-new-york-city-studio-he-died-at-age-82.jpg\" height=\"600\" width=\"471\" alt=\"Artist Ming Fay, known for his larger-than-life depictions of the natural world, sits for a portrait in his New York City studio. He died at age 82.\" \/><\/a><figcaption>\n<p>Artist Ming Fay, known for his larger-than-life depictions of the natural world, sits for a portrait in his New York City studio. He died at age 82.<\/p>\n<p>Courtesy of Ming Fay Studio<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Trump promised to use federal land to build affordable housing when he took office, and now, his administration has created a task force to determine the best sites. But only a fraction of them are near cities that actually need it most. <i>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/economy\/housing\/trump-wants-to-build-homes-on-federal-land-heres-what-that-would-look-like-6b8fb82e\" data-ml-dynamic=\"true\" data-ml-dynamic-type=\"sl\" data-orig-url=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/economy\/housing\/trump-wants-to-build-homes-on-federal-land-heres-what-that-would-look-like-6b8fb82e\" data-ml-id=\"1\" data-ml=\"true\" data-skimlinks-tracking=\"xid:fr1742571440582jbf\" data-xid=\"fr1742571440582jbf\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a>)<\/i><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>The White House celebrated the removal of BLM Plaza in D.C., calling it an &#8220;eyesore of a virtue signal.&#8221; The site will be renamed Liberty Plaza, and Trump allies are framing the change as a rejection of &#8220;wokeness.&#8221; <i>(<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/03\/15\/us-news\/white-house-celebrates-the-dismantling-of-multimillion-dollar-blm-plaza-eyesore-of-a-virtue-signal\/\" data-ml-dynamic=\"true\" data-ml-dynamic-type=\"sl\" data-orig-url=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/03\/15\/us-news\/white-house-celebrates-the-dismantling-of-multimillion-dollar-blm-plaza-eyesore-of-a-virtue-signal\/\" data-ml-id=\"2\" data-ml=\"true\" data-skimlinks-tracking=\"xid:fr1742571440582egc\" data-xid=\"fr1742571440582egc\">New York Post<\/a>)<\/i><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>In the wake of Los Angeles\u2019s Eaton Fire, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.savethetiles.org\/\">a grassroots group in Altadena<\/a>&nbsp;is racing against bulldozers to collect historic Batchelder tiles\u2014salvaging remnants of the town\u2019s architectural history. <i>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dwell.com\/article\/save-the-tiles-batchelder-altadena-eaton-fire-85f98f0c\">Dwell<\/a>)<\/i><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dwell.com\/article\/design-news-evictions-hit-middle-class-new-yorkers-trump-federal-land-affordable-housing-546fd955\/7308613837821358080\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.camperscorner.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/volunteers-are-saving-batchelder-tiles-from-the-rubble-of-burned-homes-in-altadena-california.jpg\" height=\"400\" width=\"600\" alt=\"Volunteers are saving Batchelder tiles from the rubble of burned homes in Altadena, California.\" \/><\/a><figcaption>\n<p>Volunteers are saving Batchelder tiles from the rubble of burned homes in Altadena, California.<\/p>\n<p>Photo by Nick Agro<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div>\n<p><i>Top image courtesy of Spencer Platt\/Getty Images<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the news: Trump razes Washington, D.C.\u2019s BLM Plaza, an L.A. community fights to save historic tiles from burned homes, artist Ming Fay\u2019s legacy lives on, and more. New York\u2019s eviction rates have dropped overall due to free legal aid for low-income tenants. 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