[CLOSING PLENARY: HOUSING JUSTICE, SOLUTIONS FOR UNHOUSED PEOPLE, AND STUDENTS’ HOUSING]

Event description: In person and on Zoom. NYC’s Chief Housing Officer Jessica Katz will speak about the current housing crisis with activists, scholars, and CUNY students. The discussion will be moderated by Tom Angotti; Professor Emeritus and former Director of CUNY Hunter College’s Center for Policy and Planning. Speakers include Jessica Katz; NYC Chief Housing Officer, Hattie Elmore; CUNY Kingsborough Academic Student Support Program Director, Jason Leggett; Kingsborough professor of Behavioral and Political Science, Shaindy Weichman; former Kingsborough Student and Rob Robinson; community organizer, housing activist, and human rights defender.​