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City Democrats’ bid to make your building resemble a NYCHA wreck

New York Post

September 01, 2018

New York Democrats want you to know that, if voters give them control of the state Senate this fall, they’ll act to make your apartment building . . . more like a deteriorating public-housing project.

State Sen. Michael Gianaris and Assemblyman Brian Barnwell, both of Queens, don’t put it that way, of course; they claim their bill is pro-tenant because it means lower rents — and never mind the impact on private-sector housing stock.

For another take on what guaranteed-super-low rents actually mean in the real world, consider last week’s report from the Citizens Budget Commission. Analyzing data from the Census Bureau’s New York City Housing and Vacancy Survey, it found that the city’s private-housing stock has improved over the last four years — while NYCHA’s public housing has badly deteriorated.

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