Transit Techies #25: Investigating NYC’s Privately Owned Public Spaces

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In exchange for providing privately owned public spaces, or POPS, developers get extra floor space from the city. This trade aimed to open up the rapidly densifying city by providing the public with open spaces, plazas and pocket parks.

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However, through her investigative reporting, Urvashi Uberoy found a multitude of violations. For the last meetup during the academic year, join NY Times reporter Urvashi Uberoy as she walks through the underlying data and narratives obtained through a combination of the Freedom of Information Act, investigative reporting and on-the-ground grit that made her July 2023 article possible.

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