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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 …
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