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57,000 rent-stabilized apartments sat empty in NYC, housing agency says
A NYC housing agency report found 57,000 rent-stabilized apartments were vacant, representing about 6% of the city’s 1 million such units. Landlords argue that renovating some vacant stabilized apartments is not financially viable.
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