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The legislation, passed last year, requires the city to establish a new 311 option for tenants to report and request inspection of empty units creating hazards in their buildings. It…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 4Comments

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Oct 2023

Housing and Homelessness

Opinion: To Solve NY’s Affordability Crisis, Expand & Protect Rent Stabilization

“It is crucial that Gov. Hochul sign all three bills as soon as possible. The longer the governor delays, the more units will be taken out of New York’s rent…

ByGeorgina Christ 0Comments

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Apr 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

City to Rehab ‘Chronically Vacant’ Rent-Stabilized Apartments for Tenants With Vouchers

The initiative will invest $10 million to repair stabilized units that have sat empty, and turn them over to tenants with rental assistance vouchers—what the administration described as a “creative…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 14Comments

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Nov 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Podcasts

City Watch: Live Next to a Vacant Apartment? This Housing Group Wants to Know

In the absence of specific data, the housing organization Open New York has launched a project asking everyday residents to crowdsource the locations of vacant apartments—rent-stabilized and unregulated units alike—to…

ByDavid Brand 9Comments

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Nov 2022

Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations

Empty Rent-Stabilized Units in NYC Decreased This Year, as ‘Warehousing’ Debate Rages

The latest vacancy data now mirrors pre-COVID figures following a “pandemic-height outlier,” according to New York State’s affordable housing agency. The number of empty apartments also matches the vacancy rate…

ByDavid Brand 8Comments

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Aug 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: City’s Housing Shortage Demands an End to Apartment Warehousing

“Many homeless New Yorkers are working and could afford rent stabilized rents—yet landlords have been warehousing rent stabilized apartments.”

BySue Susman

ByPat Loftman

ByColin Kent-Daggett

ByEdward Ratliff 10Comments

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Oct 2020

Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: NY Must Act to Stop ‘Warehousing’ of Vacant Affordable Apartments

‘While New York City is experiencing a severe shortage of affordable housing and increase in homelessness both before and amidst the pandemic, landlords are holding thousands of affordable units off…

ByRoberto Rodriguez

ByLiz Haak

BySue Susman 29Comments

City Dragging Its Feet to Implement Vacant Apartment Reporting Bill, Lawmakers Say

Opinion: To Solve NY’s Affordability Crisis, Expand & Protect Rent Stabilization

City to Rehab ‘Chronically Vacant’ Rent-Stabilized Apartments for Tenants With Vouchers

City Watch: Live Next to a Vacant Apartment? This Housing Group Wants to Know

Empty Rent-Stabilized Units in NYC Decreased This Year, as ‘Warehousing’ Debate Rages

Opinion: City’s Housing Shortage Demands an End to Apartment Warehousing

Opinion: NY Must Act to Stop ‘Warehousing’ of Vacant Affordable Apartments

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City Dragging Its Feet to Implement Vacant Apartment Reporting Bill, Lawmakers Say

Opinion: To Solve NY’s Affordability Crisis, Expand & Protect Rent Stabilization

City to Rehab ‘Chronically Vacant’ Rent-Stabilized Apartments for Tenants With Vouchers

City Watch: Live Next to a Vacant Apartment? This Housing Group Wants to Know

Empty Rent-Stabilized Units in NYC Decreased This Year, as ‘Warehousing’ Debate Rages

Opinion: City’s Housing Shortage Demands an End to Apartment Warehousing

Opinion: NY Must Act to Stop ‘Warehousing’ of Vacant Affordable Apartments

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