This past Monday, New York City officials approved Extell Development's plans for a 'poor door' for its affordable-housing tenants. This form of income segregation caused the outraged of elected officials, community organizations and housing and tenant advocates like Real Affordability for All.
Twitter users did not wait long to express their consternations.
Some took the opportunity to talk about New York's class structure:
For some it was a disturbing throwback to the pre-civil rights era: