AOC was even more wrong about Williamsburg than we’d thought

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s slap at Williamsburg hipsters was even more ill-informed than we realized: It turns out gentrification has increased the ’hood’s Hispanic population. The 2005 rezoning of the Greenpoint-Williamsburg waterfront sparked growth. Since 2007, the neighborhood has gained more than 12,000 new homes — including 2,000-plus new income-restricted units and over 1,000 affordable units...

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