Harlem Congressman Charles Rangel speaks at the Riverton Houses in Harlem in New York

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Harlem Congressman Charles Rangel speaks at the Riverton Houses in Harlem in New York on Sunday, March 7, 2010. The historic middle-class Harlem housing complex is scheduled for a foreclosure auction as a result of alleged over-leveraging and speculation by the buildings' owner, Laurence Gluck. Gluck purchased the complex in 2005 for $135 million with additional financing a year later. Tenants and elected officials contend that in order to repay the loans half of Riverton's low and moderate income tenants would have had to be forced out in a five year span. (© Richard B. Levine)

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