Squatters of the Lower East Side
As New York City was transformed by real estate and finance interests in the 1990s, a group of squatters on the Lower East Side waged battle for affordable housing.
Cari Luna is the author of The Revolution of Every Day. Her writing has appeared in Salon, PANK, Avery Anthology, failbetter, Novembre magazine, and elsewhere. She lives in Portland.
As New York City was transformed by real estate and finance interests in the 1990s, a group of squatters on the Lower East Side waged battle for affordable housing.