Who is the "average" New Yorker?

… of extremes Last May for instance a Central Park South condo went on the market for $250 million the most expensive … in the same year a recordbreaking number of homeless New Yorkers died Much attention is paid to the people at … of survival But the vast majority of New Yorkers dwell somewhere in between and this week were focusing on them and …

By Alanna Schubach |February 6, 2017 - 8:59AM
This 1994 City Council vote is the reason you can't afford your rent

… set the city up to hemorrhage rent regulated apartments in the years that followed In short under … for years this wasnt the case meaning that as the market rose the $2000 ceiling became increasingly lowhanging fruit … real estate industry Here in the city Mayor Bill de Blasios affordable housing efforts have primarily focused on the …

By Virginia K. Smith |December 19, 2016 - 12:59PM