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New York's Affordability Crisis, Seen as 3-D 'Wage Islands'

The sculpture emerges out of the pool of water as wages rise.
Ekene Ijeoma

Renting in New York City is prohibitively expensive for most people, and has been for a long, long time. Even “affordable housing” isn’t all that affordable. But while a lot of us feel the pinch, it’s hard to envision just how restricted access to housing is for people earning less than we do.