Actually, they should put stores in the vacant stores at Williamsburg Houses.

Given all the talk of a lack of decent food buying options in public housing, why not put good supermarkets in there? Local residents won’t have to travel far for decent food, and a quality supermarket would even attract people from outside the given project, making the retail more viable and (theoretically) the goods more affordable.

Yes, affordable housing is important, but so too are good jobs and local groceries.