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Why New York City Has 50,000 ‘Ghost Apartments’
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November 17, 2025
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1:53Now PlayingThe FP’s Lucy Biggers visits a rent-stabilized apartment that’s been empty since 2021, even as New York City faces a housing shortage. And this isn’t an outlier. Because of 2019 rental laws, an estimated 50,000 similar units sit vacant across the city.
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