COMPTROLLER STRINGER AUDIT REVEALS CITY OWNS MORE THAN 1,100 VACANT LOTS THAT COULD BE USED TO BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING

With a housing affordability crisis that includes thousands of New Yorkers sleeping in shelters, an audit released by New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer revealed that New York City owns over 1,100 vacant properties that could be used to site thousands of units of affordable housing.