So where are the twitter campaigns? The circulating tumblr blogs? The protests from nearby college kids and activist groups? Still off somewhere blaming the ills of society on Seth Rogen?
I know this doesn't fit your strawman characterization of SJWs or young progressives but there has been plenty of outrage circulating in the usual outlets.
This story strikes me as usual Upworthy-esque clickbait. There have been plenty of instances in which public housing designed to promote social mixity have become de facto segregated. We already live in a tragically inequitable society whether or not some low-level bureaucrat that works for the city of New York approves of a rich-only doorman.