60,000 rent-stabilized apartments vacant, Bed-Stuy housing lottery, & more

By Austin Havens-Bowen | October 19, 2022 - 10:30AM

New York City landlords are warehousing more than 60,000 rent-stabilized apartments according to a memo from Homes and Community Renewal, New York State's housing agency (The City)

Governor Kathy Hochul announces the completion of Tremont Residences, a $51 million affordable housing development in the Bronx (press release)

Owners of the McGraw-Hill building in Midtown Manhattan contemplate a partial residential conversion (New York Post)

An affordable housing lottery launches in Bed-Stuy for nine apartments (New York YIMBY)

A street in Kensington, Brooklyn is co-named Little Bangladesh to celebrate the neighborhood's Bangladeshi community (Brooklyn Paper)

What it's like living in Delaware Township, New Jersey, a farming community with one single traffic light (The New York Times)

Austin Havens-Bowen

Staff Writer

Staff writer Austin Havens-Bowen covers the rental market and answers renters' questions in a column called Realty Bites. He previously reported on local news for the Queens Ledger and The Hunts Point Express in the Bronx. He graduated from Hunter College with a BA in media studies. He rents a one-bedroom apartment in Astoria with his boyfriend and their two cats.

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