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Lepers at the City Gate: Single Room Occupancy and the Housing Crisis  

Andy Merrifield ▪ Spring 2025

It’s a sultry July morning; I am sitting on a low wall outside a three-story brownstone on West 120th Street, a stone’s throw away from Mount Morris Park, in Harlem. Four workmen, covered in dust and dirt, are coming and …



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