Frederic S. Berman: Are Soaring Rents Driving the Middle Class From NY?

The NYPR Archive Collections | Jan 1, 2000

Irving M. Levine, Director of Urban Planning of the American Jewish Committee, interviews Frederic S. Berman, Commissioner of the Department of Rent & Housing Maintenance.


Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection


WNYC archives id: 150915
Municipal archives id: T5951

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