Planned+Shrinkage

planned shrinkage was the public policy of disinvestment that population losses would occur in certain areas and would be accelerated by the public policy or in other words The public policy was to get people to pay more or move out. To do this they removed various services such as firehouses. Services people really needed.n It was a form of disinvestment,

It was aimed at Mostly the poorer areas of the city such as Brownsville, Bush wick and even the south Bronx.  Mr Starr-  **Quotes** :

"//Money is the most egalitarian force in society. It confers power on whoever holds it.//"

__According to The New York Times__: "The aim of such a policy, in the opinion of Roger Starr, the Housing andDevelopment Administrator, would be to hasten the population decline alreadybegun in these neighborhoods so that, ultimately, further cutbacks in city services could be concentrated in a limited number of areas"

"This approach would be more efficient in the long run than continuing to "thin out services"-including police, firefighting, and subway services-in many areasacross the city, according to Mr. Starr, who is urging consideration of the planned shrinkage approach"

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