On September 24, 2024, Executive Director Yesim Sayin was quoted by WUSA9:
“[These] office buildings are like nuclear waste buried in the land, you have to pay to get rid of them,” Yesim Sayin, from the DC Policy Center, said.
Sayin didn’t sugarcoat her thoughts on Downtown’s current state.
“People used to move into the District for jobs and then move out for housing,” she explained. “Right now they don’t have to move into the city for jobs. But [DC] needs the people, we need the residents, we need the economic activity.”
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