Zero Tolerance: Quality of Life and the New Police Brutality in New York City

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea L. McArdle
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
Zero Tolerance ◽  
Police Brutality

“A Shelter Can Tip the Scales Sometimes”: Disinvestment, Gentrification, and the Neighborhood Politics of Homelessness in 1980s New York City

2017 ◽  
Vol 43 (6) ◽  
pp. 915-931 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ariel Eisenberg
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
York City ◽  
Urban Spaces ◽  
Neighborhood Politics ◽  
New Yorkers

In the 1980s, visible homelessness became one of the most pressing problems in New York City. While most New Yorkers expressed sympathy for the homeless, many of them also resisted efforts to site shelters and service facilities in their neighborhoods. But far from being simply a case of NIMBY (not-in-my-back-yard) sentiment, protests over the placement of these facilities arose in the context of decades-long neighborhood movements against urban disinvestment and the beginning of gentrification in some New York City neighborhoods. I argue that understanding this history is crucial to parsing the complex politics of anti-homeless facility protests in the 1980s and to understanding the rise of “quality of life” policies that would govern many neoliberal urban spaces by the 1990s.

Smart New York City

2021 ◽  
pp. 125-137
Author(s):  
Wesley Palmer
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
York City ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Health Service Delivery ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Smart Technology

This study is an examination of the integration of information, telecommunications, mobile technology, and artificial intelligence (AI) technology in New York City's (NYC) infrastructure to maximize development and to improve the services provided to residents and their quality of life. Efficiency in service delivery is enhanced through smart technologies, and embracing innovation makes city systems efficient. The study is based on Barlow and Levy-Bencheton's smart cities theory. The research questions concern how the integration of smart technology improves the quality of life for residents and provides economic benefits for the city. The researcher surveyed 425 New York City residents to analyze the impact of smart technology on the city's systems. The findings indicated that 96% of residents experienced positive effects from smart technology on their quality of life. Smart cities have digitalized systems to enhance water supply, transportation, waste management, safety, public awareness, and health service delivery, among other essential services.

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