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Hundreds of Squatters Took Over Vacant NYCHA Apartments, City Watchdog Finds
NYCHA reclaimed 635 apartments from squatters amid a vacancy surge linked to renovation delays and security lapses, impacting tens of thousands on the waiting list.
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Hundreds of Squatters Took Over Vacant NYCHA Apartments, City Watchdog Finds
More than 600 vacant NYCHA apartments were taken over by squatters over the last few years as the number of empty public housing units spiked, a frustrating trend for the 165,000 applicants stalled on the authority’s waiting list. The city Department of Investigation (DOI) released a report Tuesday revealing that in between January 2022 and May 2025 the number of empty apartments vacated by tenants and awaiting renovation had climbed from 2,800 …
The number of vacant apartments in New York City's public housing system (commonly known as government housing) has increased dramatically over the past three years. According to a report released on March 3 by the New York City Department of Investigation (DOI), as of May 2025, more than 6,700 apartments in public housing managed by the NYCHA will be vacant, more than double the 2,800 apartments at the beginning of 2022. The report also points …
Hundreds of NYCHA apartments taken over by squatters as vacancies soars, report finds
Squatters have occupied hundreds of New York City public housing apartments in recent years, even as the number of empty units continues to rise, a new report shows. According to the report released Tuesday by the city’s Department of Investigation, the number of vacant NYCHA units increased from 2,840 in January 2022 to approximately 6,740 vacancies as of last May, despite 165,000 households waiting for an apartment. According to the DOI, the s…
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