Justice
Almost 90,000 New Yorkers Are Begging to Get in Through the 'Poor Door'
A controversial building has seen an extraordinary number of applicants for just 55 available affordable units.
The New York Times reported Monday that more than 88,000 people had applied for 55 modestly priced apartments inside a luxury residential building on the waterfront of Manhattan's Upper West Side. From the Times:
Talk about an understatement. But there's a catch. Last July, CityLab's Sarah Goodyear wrote about the objections of affordable housing advocates to a so-called “poor door,” or separate entrance, approved for the affordable portion of this building. The New York Post cried “Class Doorfare.”