Tuesday, September 20, 2022

Vacant but unavailable: The Real Deal article

In housing-starved NYC, tens of thousands 

of affordable apartments sit empty

Landlords blame the state’s rent law for making repairs

 a money-losing proposition; lawmakers don’t believe them.

 July 2022 Issue /
July 05, 2022 07:00 AM
By Suzannah Cavanaugh and Sasha Jones














CHIP executive director Jay Martin (left) and 
State Assembly member Linda Rosenthal

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