Basic Information
- Type of Place
- Independent City or Town
- Metro Area
- Politics c. 1860?
- Don’t Know
- Unions, Organized Labor?
- Don’t Know
Sundown Town Status
- Sundown Town in the Past?
- Was there an ordinance?
- Don't Know
- Sign?
- Don’t Know
- Year of Greatest Interest
- Still Sundown?
- Surely Not
Census Information
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Method of Exclusion
- Police or Other Official Action
- Zoning
Main Ethnic Group(s)
- Unknown
Group(s) Excluded
- Black
- Other
Comments
email 1/2008
I’m a high school student in Greenwich. When I was in 8th grade, my English taught us about how, back when she was young, there was an unwritten rule in among the real estate agents in Old Greenwich (a section of Greenwich) about refusing to sell property to people of color.
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The Greenwich community has a long history of opposing housing for people with mental disabilities.
Pathways, a Connecticut non-profit mental health and housing provider, purchased a large home in Greenwich and proposed to develop independent housing for ten people with mental illnesses.
In a case of “Not In My Backyard” housing discrimination, a few wealthy and influential neighbors have reportedly invested over $250,000 thus far in legal fees to keep individuals with mental disabilities out of their neighborhood. Since their initial unsuccessful attempt to enjoin the sale of the home to Pathways, neighbors have effectively prevented operation of the housing program for three years. They used their influence with the town planning and zoning commission, and when the town settled Pathways’ zoning appeal in state court, they moved to intervene to oppose any settlement. Though this motion was denied, they have appealed to the state appellate court and successfully prevented any work on the house from starting. (The State Supreme Court has just decided sua sponte to hear this appeal directly).
Email from a longtime resident:
“I live in the Byram section of Greenwich, the traditionally working class area previously known as East Port Chester. Byram is racially diverse and does not resemble the rest of Greenwich in terms of housing or population. I have heard that some students at Greenwich High School call it “Byraq”. The Greenwich school district is currently in hot water because the schools are so racially imbalanced. However, Byram is a nice place to live with a public elementary and middle school within walking distance, so residents don’t necessarily want busing to other Greenwich schools. One interesting feature of Byram is Byram Shore Road, which due to its coveted coastline properties is inhabited by the extremely wealthy. They don’t like to consider themselves part of Byram, and most of their kids go to private schools.”