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the rent is too damn high

Midtown Skyline

Minimum Wage Workers Can’t Afford NYC Rent Anymore

StreetEasy's latest data shows that workers would need to earn more than 4 times as much to live comfortably in the city they work in
By Abigail Rowe
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New Map Shows the Decline of the City’s Rent-Stabilized Apartments

Created by “civic hackers,” the map is a detailed visual of the neighborhood distribution of these apartments, building by building.
By Hunter Harris

Millionaires Are Ruining Rent-Stabilization for the Rest of Us

In a time when half of New Yorkers can't afford to live here anymore, Rent-stabilization is a flutter of hope.
By Sage Lazzaro

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