Greg Smithsimon News Today

'East New York' features a reformer at the head of a New York police precinct. Real-life advocates tell The Times it needs to do more to reflect reality.

Lennie Mosley, president of the Halyard Park Neighborhood Association, first moved to the area with her husband in 1980. Back then, she said, few people wanted to live there. Now, the neighborhoods location within walking distance of Fiserv Forum and related projects has put its housing in high demand and led to a sharp rise in property taxes. In recent decades, the adjacent Brewers Hill neighborhood experienced gentrification, with longtime residents pushed out as property values skyrocket...