Newark WAS being gentrified at a rapid pace but with Ras Barka winning last night all that is on hold now from the looks of it , but lets see, I am pro urban development but unfortunately 9 out of 10 ten times that just leads to gentrification which leads to people of color being displaced . Honestly this money is GONE now , Ras and his father Amri ( who runs shyt behind the scene ) are not favored by whites so you can see all of that white money fleeing like they always do. Ras is also not charter school/teacher accountability friendly so anyone who thought those ideas were the way to reform can kiss those goodbye, all the meanwhile the violence in the city has gotten worse and worse every year over the last 5 years or so friend, in comparison its almost making Chicago look like a joke if there populations matched.
Very demonic times lay ahead for my former city ,friend.