This edition: Jamaica, Queens
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Original tape date: December 7, 2018. First aired: December 14, 2018.On this month’s edition of DiverseCITY – how the Jamaica Station transit hub is making the surrounding neighborhood the newest hot spot for real estate development, and the impact that’s having on the community. The growing Bangladeshi population and how they’re making their presence felt in Jamaica. A historical house and the owner that helped shape the US constitution. Then the long-lasting effect that a freighter crash off Jamaica Bay has continued to have on US immigration policy.
Guest List
Nadezhda Allen Executive Director, King Manor Museum
Peter Cohn Director, “Golden Venture”
Fakrul Islam Delwar Community Advocate
Scott Diamond Project Manager, Alvista Towers
Hope Knight President, Greater Jamaica, Development Corp.
Mohammad T. Rahman Retired City Civil Servant
Andrew Rebatta Assistant Curator, Museum of Chinese in America
Claire R. Thomas Dir. of Asylum Clinic & Adjunct Professor, New York Law School
Russell Wasden Assistant Principal, English as a New Language, Hillcrest High School
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