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sabrinafbazile https://sabrinafbazile.com sabrinafbazile Sat, 27 Sep 2025 02:36:54 +0000 https://sabrinafbazile.com en speaking engagements http://sabrinafbazile.com/speaking-engagements Sat, 27 Sep 2025 02:36:54 +0000 sabrinafbazile 457959 Speaking Engagements 2023Radical Planning Career Advice for Leftist Planners Pratt InstituteDecolonizing Design: Architectural Possibilities The People’s Forum Beyond YIMBY/NIMBY Binary: Towards Working Class Control of Housing and Land 2022 Unaffordable Housing: How do states step in? CSG East Council on Communities of Color (CCC) Equitable Governance Microsummit Series Hunter College, Urban Studies  Guest Lecturer, Research Methods and Policy Analysis Class 2021 CUNY: Design Your CityPresentation: Issues of Race & Equity in the Built Environment  BlackSpace free [ space ] (re)learning + remembering abolition 2020 Hindsight Conference 2020 De-Centering Whiteness in Planning: Applying Racial Equity Tools  Speaking Engagements 2023Radical Planning Career Advice for Leftist Planners Pratt InstituteDecolonizing Design: Architectural Possibilities The People’s Forum... about http://sabrinafbazile.com/about Tue, 09 Sep 2025 00:57:29 +0000 sabrinafbazile 457812 About Sabrina Bazile is a Haitian-American community-based urban planner, housing policymaker, researcher, and writer. Sabrina’s work focuses on anti-displacement, decommodified housing policies, and cooperative governance. Sabrina holds a B.A. in Marketing Innovation & New Media, Information Systems, and Operations Management & E-Commerce from Suffolk University, and an M.S. in City & Regional Planning (now Urban & Community Planning, MS) from Pratt Institute. Sabrina also holds an Advanced Certificate in Workplace Democracy and Community Ownership from the CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies and was an Economic Democracy Fellow with Brooklyn Communities Collaborative.Sabrina conducts speaking engagements and conferences on issues of race and equity in planning, public housing, and the unlearning of dominant planning pedagogies. Curriculum VitaeFor collaborations, speaking engagements, questions, or to say hello, please email me.  About Sabrina Bazile is a Haitian-American community-based urban planner, housing policymaker, researcher, and writer. Sabrina’s work focuses on... writing and collaborations http://sabrinafbazile.com/writing-and-collaborations Tue, 30 Jul 2024 17:24:16 +0000 sabrinafbazile 453856 Writing + Collaborations Heirs’ Property and the Legacy of Racism in Homeownership (2025) The Limits and Dangers of Social Democracy (2024) Theorizing a Framework for Cooperative Governance (2024) What Do We Mean When We Talk About Scaling Cooperatives? (2023)Articulating Abolitionist Form and the Limits of Social Democracy Toward Abolition (2022) In Collaboration with Anti-Displacement NYC What is Public Housing? Anti-Displacement NYC Public Housing Series: Part 1 - Racial Segregation Defines “Progressive” New Deal Zohran Must Reject Pro-Developer YIMBY Housing Policies and Stop False EquivalenceYimbyism, Supply-Side Housing Policies, and the City of Yes Plan for Liberation Plan for Liberation is a digital library and resource for planners seeking to think past liberal and settler-colonial urban planning and towards a revolutionary and liberatory pedagogy.  Writing + Collaborations Heirs’ Property and the Legacy of Racism in Homeownership (2025) The Limits and Dangers of Social Democracy (2024) Theorizing a... press http://sabrinafbazile.com/press Sun, 31 Jul 2022 21:18:18 +0000 sabrinafbazile 428363 Press Last Will and Testament: Avoiding Estate Planning Until It’s Too Late is Hurting Black and Brown Homeowners | 11/20/25 - Ariama C. Long In New York, report finds homeowners of color pay $200M more in interest and fees | 10/31/23 - David Brand, Gothamist Career advice for leftist planners | 10/06/23 - Radical Planning Boosting Black homeownership | 09/29/2023 - Nick Reisman, Jeff Coltin, and Emily Ngo, Politico - New York PlaybookThe history and future of Black homeownership | 06/22/23 - Assemblymember Khaleel Anderson and Sabrina Bazile, Queens Chronicle  Home renovating while Black: the real costs that nobody tells you | 06/16/2023 - Abigail Glasgow, Architectural DigestNYC Black homeownership | 08/09/2022 - Kibin Alleyne, Bronxnet TV Building Black intergenerational wealth through estate planning | 07/14/2022 - Nia Norria, Next City How Black homeowners in central Brooklyn can prevent deed theft and build generational wealth | 07/14/2022 - Miranda Levingston, BK Reader Black homeownership generation 2 generation estate planning pilot program launch | 07/6/2022 - Center for NYC Neighborhoods Black homeownership in NYC is on a 20-year decline. a free estate planning pilot could be a key in bridging racial wealth gaps | 07/05/2022 - Robbie Sequeira, Bronx Times These urban planners don’t think New York City needs new jails | 10/17/2019 - Oscar Perry Abello, Next City  Press Last Will and Testament: Avoiding Estate Planning Until It’s Too Late is Hurting Black and Brown Homeowners | 11/20/25 - Ariama C. Long In New York,... contact http://sabrinafbazile.com/contact Thu, 21 May 2020 19:17:06 +0000 sabrinafbazile 368287 < home contact body {font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;} * {box-sizing: border-box;} input[type=text], select, textarea { width: 100%; padding: 12px; border: 1px solid #ccc; border-radius: 4px; box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 6px; margin-bottom: 16px; resize: vertical; } input[type=submit] { background-color: #04AA6D; color: white; padding: 12px 20px; border: none; border-radius: 4px; cursor: pointer; } input[type=submit]:hover { background-color: #45a049; } .container { border-radius: 5px; background-color: #f2f2f2; padding: 20px; } Contact Form First Name Last Name Email Subject < home contact Contact Form First Name Last Name Email Subject planning and policy http://sabrinafbazile.com/planning-and-policy Thu, 21 May 2020 19:11:53 +0000 sabrinafbazile 368286 Planning + Policy The Center for NYC NeighborhoodsI research estate planning and heirs’ property issues, advocating for and promoting policy solutions. Previously, I led the Black Homeownership Project and its research, policy agenda, and programmatic interventions. LegislationI worked closely with Senator Jeff Merkley and New York State Senator Brian Kavanagh on developing bill language for the New York State Stop Corporate Landlords bill. I researched and developed the methodology for the Equitable Data Development Explorer’s displacement risk index, which informed Intro 1572 (2019) and Local Law 78 (2021). I advised and edited the initial bill language for the NYS Social Housing Development Authority. I collaborated with Save Section 9 to guide Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s team on the Green New Deal for Public Housing Act, strengthening provisions that clearly define, protect, and preserve Section 9 public housing. NYC Dept. of Housing Preservation & DevelopmentAcross the Neighborhood Planner and Senior Policy Analyst roles, I managed and developed the Bay Street Corridor Housing Plan and the Bed-Stuy Housing Plan; co-designed the Where We Live NYC Community Conversations plan for Where We Live NYC; wrote the Homeowner Handbook; co-led and managed the Shared Equity Request for Information, and helped develop a methodology to estimate and survey over 1k zombie homes in NYC and identify opportunities for affordable homeownership. CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies I co-developed the Building Together Organizing Toolkit: An Informational Resource for Cooperative Construction. Gehl  I co-wrote the Public Life and Public Safety report as part of an urban planning and placemaking project team assessing the Mayor’s Action Plan for Neighborhood Safety at NYCHA. Community Care of Brooklyn x MIT Co Labs I co-led and designed a participatory action research project to identify health and wellness interventions in Brownsville and East New York.  Planning + Policy The Center for NYC NeighborhoodsI research estate planning and heirs’ property issues, advocating for and promoting policy solutions.... thesis http://sabrinafbazile.com/thesis-1 Thu, 13 Apr 2017 21:15:54 +0000 sabrinafbazile 165051  “This Space is Not Ours:” Understanding Ingersoll Residents’ Struggles to Exert Control Over Public SpaceRead “This Space is Not Ours:” Understanding Ingersoll Residents’ Struggles to Exert Control Over Public Space here. My thesis was part of Pratt Institute’s Pratt Shows: Design, May 11-17 2017 which is an annual exhibition of work by exceptional seniors and postgraduates in architecture, art, and design. See my poster for the show here. ABSTRACT The De Blasio Administration and the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) are working to address issues of neighborhood instability, housing modernization, and crime reduction of public housing through the NextGeneration NYCHA (NextGen) and the Mayor’s Action for Neighborhood Safety (MAP) initiatives. MAP in particular seeks to improve public safety conditions through Crime Prevention Through Environmental design design policies and programming to activate and create vibrant public spaces that will in turn reduce crime. NextGen and MAP lose the opportunity to utilize open spaces in public housing developments in ways that would enhance residents’ sense of ownership and agency. Before NextGen NYCHA and MAP can engage in strategies to reduce violent crime and revitalize public housing, they need to address the design conditions and rules that undermine residents’ ability to invest in their homes, take pride in their surroundings, and claim ownership over their living environment. Through literature review, the study examines the relationship between public housing residents and open space. The literature review also explores the history of public housing management, the persistent characteristization of public housing residents as “problem tenants,” the racialization of public housing, and residents’ struggles to exert control. The literature review is conducted in order to better understand how the racialized discourse ascribed to public housing affects residents’ capacities to invest in public housing and to better understand the relationship between public housing authorities and tenants. The study analyzes the existing conditions of Ingersoll Houses’ public spaces, using mapping analysis, interviews, photo-documentation and participant-observations of Ingersoll grounds. The study also examines Stuyvesant Town through comparative analysis to compare the experiences of Stuyvesant Town residents with Ingersoll residents. The final chapter proposes a series of recommendations in the realms of management, design, and programming to address the lack of agency issues among Ingersoll residents and enhance residents’ sense of ownership and sense of community.  “This Space is Not Ours:” Understanding Ingersoll Residents’ Struggles to Exert Control Over Public SpaceRead “This Space is Not Ours:” Understanding... cv http://sabrinafbazile.com/cv Fri, 23 Dec 2016 03:57:23 +0000 sabrinafbazile 130465 Curriculum Vitae EDUCATIONCUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies, Economic Democracy Fellow, 2022-2024, Advanced Certificate in Workplace Democracy and Community OwnershipNew York, NY2022-2024 Pratt Institute MSc, City & Regional Planning (Urban & Community Planning, MS)Brooklyn, NYThesis: This Space is Not Ours: Understanding Ingersoll Residents’ Struggles to Exert Control Over Public Space2015-2017 Suffolk University MadridStudy Abroad Program2013 Suffolk University, B.A., Marketing Innovation & New Media, Information Systems and Operations Management & E-Commerce Minor2011-2015 CERTIFICATES Coursera, Google Data Analytics Certificate, 2024 RESEARCH AREAS political philosophy - gentrification and displacement - affordable and public housing - cooperative governance and management CONFERENCES & SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS Pratt InstituteDecolonizing Design: Architectural PossibilitiesApril 2023 The People’s Forum Beyond YIMBY/NIMBY Binary: Towards Working Class Control of Housing and LandFebruary 2023 Unaffordable Housing: How do states step in? CSG East Council on Communities of Color (CCC) Equitable Governance Microsummit Series December 2022 Hunter College, Urban Studies, Guest Lecturer:Research Methods and Policy Analysis Class March 2022 Design Your City Issues of Race & Equity in the Built Environment  January 2021 BlackSpace free [ space ] (re)learning + remembering abolition December 2021 Hindsight Conference 2020 De-Centering Whiteness in Planning: Applying Racial Equity ToolsNovember 2020 EXPERIENCE The Center for New York City NeighborhoodsSenior Program Manager, Policy and Research Estate PlanningOct. 2025 - Present The Center for New York City Neighborhoods Senior Program Manager - Black Homeownership Project Jan. 2022 - Oct. 2025 NYC Department of Housing Preservation & Development Senior Policy Analyst, Neighborhood Stabilization Dec. 2019 - Jan. 2022 NYC Department of Housing Preservation & Development Project Manager, Neighborhood Stabilization Apr. 2019 - Dec. 2019NYC Department of Housing Preservation & Development Neighborhood Planner Jun. 2018 - Apr. 2019NYC Department of Housing Preservation & Development Field Manager, Zombie Homes Initiative Jul. 2017 - Jun. 2018 Gehl Institute Public Life & Public Safety Researcher Oct. 2016 - Apr. 2017 New York City Environmental Justice Alliance Communications Organizer Jan. 2016 - Dec. 2016 Community Care of Brooklyn x MIT Co Labs Community Health Researcher Jun. 2016 - Aug. 2016  Curriculum Vitae EDUCATIONCUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies, Economic Democracy Fellow, 2022-2024, Advanced Certificate in Workplace Democracy and... 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