Editing Yonkers, New York (section)

=== {{anchor|Gentrification and redlining of neighborhoods}}Gentrification and redlining ===
Yonkers has undergone several changes to neighborhoods in an effort to revitalize the city, which has included [[gentrification]]. Changes were made to its waterfront, which included revitalizing its green space.<ref name=TRNR/>

Residents of the western area of downtown Yonkers opposed the Pierpointe, a condominium-complex development proposal that would build over 1,900 condominiums (including six 38-story towers), during the 1980s struggle against segregation. According to critics, the development would bring homelessness and gentrification to the area.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Brown |first1=Betsy |title=Neighbors Fight Pierpointe Project In Yonkers |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/02/07/nyregion/neighbors-fight-pierpointe-project-in-yonkers.html |access-date=29 December 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=February 7, 1988 |url-access=registration |archive-date=December 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231229044538/https://www.nytimes.com/1988/02/07/nyregion/neighbors-fight-pierpointe-project-in-yonkers.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Downtown gentrification has raised concerns that poorer residents might be forced out of the city.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Brenner |first1=Elsa |title=Reclaiming a River, and a Downtown |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/05/realestate/05wczo.html |access-date=31 December 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=November 5, 2006 |archive-date=December 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231229042111/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/05/realestate/05wczo.html |url-status=live }}</ref> A Yonkers Arts Gallery painting, ''But It's Ours: The Redline Between Poverty and Wealth'' by Shanequa Benitez, illustrates the effects of gentrification on Yonkers.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cuevas |first1=Eduardo |title=Redlining in paint: In new exhibit, artist shows effects of discrimination on her Yonkers neighborhood |url=https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/yonkers/2023/03/03/exhibit-by-yonkers-artist-shows-effects-of-redlining-on-neighborhood/69934692007/ |website=Lohud |access-date=29 December 2023 |date=March 3, 2023 |archive-date=December 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231229042111/https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/yonkers/2023/03/03/exhibit-by-yonkers-artist-shows-effects-of-redlining-on-neighborhood/69934692007/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In an effort to combat [[redlining]], the city announced the Yonkers Greenway: a $14 million [[rail trail]] along former railways such as the [[New York and Putnam Railroad]]. The {{convert|3.1|mi|adj=on}} [[Greenway (landscape)|greenway]] will run from [[Van Cortlandt Park]] to Getty Square.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cuevas |first1=Eduardo |title=Greenway park project a first step to erasing Yonkers redlining. What it'll look like. |url=https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/yonkers/2023/01/20/yonkers-greenway-to-replace-old-rail-line/69825077007/ |website=Lohud |access-date=31 December 2023 |date=January 20, 2023 |archive-date=December 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231231052213/https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/yonkers/2023/01/20/yonkers-greenway-to-replace-old-rail-line/69825077007/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Construction, expected to begin in spring 2024, is planned to be completed in 2026.<ref>{{cite web |title=Yonkers Greenway & South Broadway Rehabilitation |url=https://www.yonkersny.gov/work/department-of-planning-development/planning/greenway-trail |website=yonkersny.gov |access-date=31 December 2023 |archive-date=December 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221223151858/https://www.yonkersny.gov/work/department-of-planning-development/planning/greenway-trail |url-status=live }}</ref>