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New York Post
Tone-deaf NYC activists attack ‘gentrification’ while wearing $1,150 sweatshirt in cringey campaign
Insufferable liberal activists were mocked as “gentrifiers complaining about gentrification” — after a series of cringey campaign videos that included one hipster whining about affordability while wearing a pricey designer sweatshirt.
In a roundly-ridiculed ad supporting progresssive City Council member Christopher Marte, several trendy young progressives bemoaned the construction of new homes on the Lower East Side, as one of them wore a Balenciaga sweatshirt that retails for $1,150.
The activists accused so-called pro-development “YIMBYs” — short for yes in my backyard — of pushing poorer people out of the neighborhood.
But the video’s cross-section of hipsters slamming the construction of new housing — at a time when New York City’s rents have hit record highs — came off as as tone deaf by social media users.
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