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New York City Apartments Are Getting Even More Crowded
Residents are packed like sardines, a new report by the city comptroller’s office says.
Apartment overcrowding both stems from and feeds into New York City’s affordable housing crisis, according to a new report by the city comptroller’s office. The report finds an alarming rise in the share of overcrowded housing units from 2005 to 2013.
Here’s Comptroller Scott M. Stringer on the implications of this finding, via a press release: