{"title": "Beryl Satter, Prof. of History, Rutgers University – “Cash on the Block: The Broken Promise of Reinvestment in Black Urban Neighborhoods”", "start": "2026-11-09T16:30:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-09T18:00:00-05:00", "place": "College of Staten Island", "address": "Victory Boulevard 2800, 10314 Staten Island", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/civil-rights-movement"], "description": "A talk titled “Cash on the Block: The Broken Promise of Reinvestment in Black Urban Neighborhoods.” Beryl Satter, Professor of History Emerita at Rutgers University, will discuss her new book, Cash on the Block, published by Harvard University Press (2026); she is also the author of Family Properties: Race, Real Estate, and the Exploitation of Black Urban America, which won several prestigious awards. The CLUE event is co-sponsored by the CSI Student Pre-Law Club, the Department of Political Science and Global Affairs, the Program in African and African Diaspora Studies, and the Department of Sociology/Anthropology. 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Correction officers Karl Chin and Jeri Henderson serve as discussants, with moderator Erica Bond, Vice President of Justice Initiatives at John Jay.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/forgotten-law-enforcement-behind-the-gates-with-correctional-53323/", "official_url": "https://www.jjay.cuny.edu/news-events/events/forgotten-law-enforcement-behind-gates-correctional-staff-rikers-island-jail", "image": ""}, {"title": "In Conversation: Derek Fordjour and Katy Siegel", "start": "2026-11-11T18:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-11T20:00:00-05:00", "place": "The FLAG Art Foundation", "address": "West 25th Street 545, 10001 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.com/e/in-conversation-derek-fordjour-and-katy-siegel-tickets-2003216805390", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/contemporary"], "description": "The artist Derek Fordjour sits down for a public conversation with Katy Siegel, a professor and curator at Stony Brook University. 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The talk covers the people and stories in the book and his collaborative approach, and is followed by an audience Q&A, with books available for purchase.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/photobook-talk-andrew-lichtenstein-this-short-life-51499/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7669a18a43b98154fe0217ca8bed7028d52841c3d14c209f72c2f04e696c6ac6-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Homes for People, Not for Profit", "start": "2026-10-25T00:00:00-04:00", "end": "2026-12-05T00:00:00-05:00", "place": "Printed Matter, Inc.", "address": "West 11th Street 231", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/street-art", "society/housing"], "description": "A window installation at Printed Matter featuring painted stencils on the store's window, which visitors can watch being made and add to on a collective banner and newsprint posters. It is created by Art Against Displacement, artist Alex Strada, and FEC Tenants Against Demolition, and reactivates Homeless At Home, a 1985–86 project in which artists and architects designed stencils speaking to the public about human dignity and home for everyone. The installation responds to the proximity of NYCHA's Fulton and Elliott-Chelsea Houses, which face demolition under a $1.2 billion plan with private developers. 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In-person tickets cost $5 and do not include access to ICP's galleries.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/book-event-gerald-cyrus-uptown-odyssey-53182/", "official_url": "https://www.icp.org/events/book-event-gerald-cyrus-uptown-odyssey", "image": "https://noky.io/images/4abb96bf1824de0d0e5253b8c2b710f53925cc94908b04b490436e2b0daf5fe3-2000.webp"}, {"title": "The Future of Corrections in New York City", "start": "2026-11-12T16:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-12T17:30:00-05:00", "place": "John Jay College of Criminal Justice", "address": "524 West 59th Street, L.64.00 New Building, New York, NY 10019", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-future-of-corrections-in-new-york-city-tickets-2003711711668?aff=oddtdtcreator", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/prisons"], "description": "A conversation in the Leaders of Justice Series at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. 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