Neighbors to the proposed three tower development atop East Harlem's East River Plaza are worried that the new buildings will drive up rents across the neighborhood and begin in earnest the process of East Harlem gentrification. "The affordable units built will be far outweighed by the number of local residents displaced because of rising rents," a concerned neighborhood resident said at the last public hearing for the development. The project must face ULURP and the City Council before it is approved. [NYDN; previously]
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