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Obama’s Response to Bushwick Resident’s Letter About Poverty and Gentrification

Maybe the fact that Obama (or someone on his team) actually responds to the letters people send him can make us maybe feel a little better after we filed our taxes just yesterday

By Katarina Hybenova

April 16, 2015 · 2 min read

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Obama’s Response to Bushwick Resident’s Letter About Poverty and Gentrification

Maybe the fact that Obama (or someone on his team) actually responds to the letters people send him can make us maybe feel a little better after we filed our taxes just yesterday

Katarina Hybenova April 16, 2015Apr 16, 2015 · 2 min read

Maybe the fact that Obama (or someone on his team) actually responds to the letters people send him can make us maybe feel a little better after we filed our taxes just yesterday. At least a tiny little bit better…

In March, Bushwick resident, Elaheh Farmand, emailed us a letter she wrote to President Obama about the inequality and striking poverty she’s been witnessing in our neighborhood asking…

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