Nice cherry picked data. That's a HUD report. Try checking the NYC Rent Guidelines Report for accurate data: Manhattan 2.57 and Queens 2.11 [1] That's from pa

Nice cherry picked data. That's a HUD report. Try checking the NYC Rent Guidelines Report for accurate data: Manhattan 2.57 and Queens 2.11 [1] That's from page 2. It also shows a -25% and -35% change for vacancy rates from 3 years prior for those two boroughs. And you can't seem to produce any citation for your assertion about a piece of the tax code that allows landlords to make more money from empty apartments than renting them at market rate. [1] https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/rentguidelinesboard/pdf/hsr00.pdf https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/rentguidelinesboard/pdf/hsr00.pd...