Explaining the foreclosure wave in Brownsville

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Yesterday’s Brian Lehrer Show on WNYC looked at how foreclosures have hit Brooklyn, particularly minority and low-income neighborhoods. Reporter Cindy Rodriguez talked about the way the foreclosure process affected one homeowner in Brooklyn’s Brownsville neighborhood. Josh Zinner, co-director of the Neighborhood Economic Development Advocacy Project, discussed the impact of foreclosures on the neighborhood more widely.