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Amid the global financial crisis, the private equity companies that once threatened to swallow up the last of Manhattan’s affordable housing stock may be on the road to mass extinction. And amid the political crisis in Albany, the politicians who promised rent reform may be on the road to nowhere. But the “Other New York” is still here and still at it, fighting for the block and the dignity of its denizens.

Amid the global financial crisis, the private equity companies that once threatened to swallow up the last of Manhattan’s affordable housing stock may be on the road to mass extinction. And amid the political crisis in Albany, the politicians who promised rent reform may be on the road to nowhere.

But the “Other New York” is still here and still at it, fighting for the block and the dignity of its denizens. Here in East Harlem, known to its own as El Barrio, the banners insist, “We will not be moved,” or No nos moveran. To those who’ve watched this movement fight (and win) battle after David-and-Goliathian battle with local slumlords and multinational corporations, it is clear that they mean it.

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