Not Just an Affordable Home: A New Kind of Housing Project in Hunts Point

The Brian Lehrer Show | Oct 27, 2016

Maria Torres-Springer, President and CEO of New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC), discusses a major development plan to transform the former Spofford Juvenile Detention Center in the South Bronx neighborhood of Hunts Point, into an expansive, 5-acre holistic campus that includes 100% affordable housing, commercial, industrial and retail space and more.

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