The Yonkers Case and Its Implications for the Teaching and Practice of Planning

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This article explores the policy deci sions made in Yonkers, New York on the siting of low-income public housing projects during the past forty years and the effects of these decisions on the community. The consistent siting of these projects in one area, southwest Yonkers, has re sulted in a segregated city, where most of the minority population lives in one neighborhood. This situ ation was in part responsible for the segregation of the public school sys tem. The practice of unethical deci sion making by the planners in Yon kers suggests a need for more planners focusing on issues of professional ethical decision making in potentially hostile practice envi ronments.

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