Letter from the Editor

Will Greenberg, Editor in Chief

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Editorial Board

Will Greenberg – Editor in Chief – (he/him) is a Master of Urban Planning student at Hunter. He received his bachelor’s from the University of Michigan’s Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and has written for The Washington Post, Mother Jones, In These Times, and Vice. He can be reached at [email protected].

Katelin Penner – Associate Editor – (she/they) is a vacant lot researcher and Master in Urban Planning graduate at Hunter College. Her work concerns the ways cities respond to austerity, community resilience, social housing, and the role capital has played in shaping our homes and neighborhoods, especially in the late 20th Century. You can reach them at [email protected] with any questions or quandries you may have!

Editors and Contributors

Brittany Jeffery – Story Editor, Cover Designer – is a graduating Masters student in Urban Planning. Her interests include activated streets, public health, and building a social life in urban spaces small and large. She works in Urban Technology in New York City, and can be found puttering through its many pockets of green spaces. https://www.linkedin.com/in/brittany-aj/

Minda Lee Arrow – Story Editor, Copy Editor – Minda Lee Arrow is a  third-generation CUNY student currently pursuing a M.S. degree  in the Urban Policy and Leadership program at Hunter College. She holds additional degrees from Princeton University and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Serge Del Grosso, Jr. – Contributor, Story Editor – is an Italian-American urbanist from Westchester County, NY. A 2024 Hunter MUP Graduate, Serge is particularly passionate about affordable housing and neighbourhood preservation in rust-belt cities. In his spare time, he enjoys railfanning and restoring classic Volvo cars.

Lawrence Dutton – Story Editor, Copy Editor – is a graduate student in the Master of Urban Planning (MUP) program at Hunter College. He works in affordable and public housing and is primarily focused on housing and economic development in his coursework.

Jilly Edgar – Contributor, Story Editor, Copy Editor – is a climate justice activist working to tackle the intertwined challenges of environmental sustainability and economic inequality. By pursuing her career in urban planning, she aims to contribute to projects that implement a just transition, decarbonizing our cities while tangibly improving the lives of all city-dwellers. 

Isabel Ozkan Jordan – Contributor – is a graduate of the urban planning program and a Community Planning Fellow at the Fund for the City of New York. Her upcoming projects explore housing affordability and the role of culture in the design and use of the built environment. 

Harry Krizmanich – Contributor – is a graduate student in the Master of Urban Planning Program at Hunter College. His interests include improving the built environment so that it prioritizes people’s wellbeing and safety. He currently works in environmental planning in NYC.

Joe Kusters – Contributor, Story Editor, Copy Editor – is pursuing a Master’s of Urban Planning at Hunter College, focusing on transportation. After having spent the previous several years working in and studying aerospace engineering, his love of walkability has brought him to New York. He currently works at MTA Metro North as a Control Systems Engineer.

Ivi Lewis – Contributor – is an activist, educator, and creative born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. Since her youth, she’s always dedicated her free time to contributing to her community. That habitat carried over in her years of living in New York City. Today you can find her in packing bags in your local food pantry or conducting a read aloud with kindergarteners. She is a recent graduate of Hunter College Master’s in Urban Planning and a board member for Brooklyn Community Board 17. She looks forward to using her passion in community development and expertise in planning to be an asset to communities across the 5 boroughs. 

Emma McCauley – Contributor – (she/her) is a Master of Urban Planning student at Hunter. She received her bachelor’s degree in Marine Vertebrate Biology from SUNY Stony Brook University and has worked as an e environmental educator at the Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy, the Gowanus Canal Conservancy, and the South Street Seaport Museum. She champions community-based solutions to urban climate adaptation.

Joanna Moore – Contributor – is a graduate student in the urban planning program, focusing on utility infrastructure and climate resiliency.

Rebecca Odell– Story Editor – (she/her) is pursuing her masters in Urban Planning at Hunter College with a focus on pedestrian safety and environmental justice. She has worked as a GIS analyst mapping trails, flood risk areas, and pedestrian safety improvements in New York State.

Taylor Richards– Story Editor – is an urban planning student who came to the program as a career switch. She’s from the Hartford, CT area and received her undergraduate degree in Journalism. She’s fascinated with the built environment: urban design, infrastructure, landscape architecture, architecture, land use, and more. Other interests include skating, cooking, biking, and thrifting.

Kiron Roy– Contributor – is a programmer with an interest in just and sustainable cities. He is currently enrolled in the Master of Urban Planning program at Hunter College.