They say if Paris is France, then Coney Island in summer is the world — a magical beach town with a roller coaster and Ferris wheel dropped in the middle of it. But my job is to fight for the people who call the peninsula home all year long. Five million tourists pour into this seaside village every year. Yet behind the bright lights, from Stillwell Avenue to Sea Gate, nearly one in three residents live in poverty or face food insecurity. 61% spend more than 30% of their paycheck on rent. Child poverty here is among the worst in the nation. The documentary Zipper plunged into the bitter 2009 Coney Island rezoning battle, swimming through the murky creek of urban renewal, politics, real estate, greed, and the fight to preserve our cultural landmarks. Watching it again, I couldn’t shake a se

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