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NYC Eyes Empty Office Space for Apartments Amid Housing, Illegal Immigration Crisis

NYC Eyes Empty Office Space for Apartments Amid Housing, Illegal Immigration Crisis
New York City Mayor Eric Adams talks to the media on June 11, 2022. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Catherine Yang
Catherine Yang
8/19/2023|Updated: 8/20/2023
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New York Mayor Eric Adams wants to take the city’s unused office inventory and turn it into housing.

“We are throwing open the door to more housing with a proposal that will allow us to create as many as 20,000 new homes where the building owner wants to convert offices into housing but needs help cutting through the red tape,” he said at an Aug. 17 press conference.

Catherine Yang
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Catherine Yang has been with The Epoch Times in New York since 2008. She also launched and previously served as chief editor of American Essence magazine and Epoch Health.
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