For an additional year, New Yorkers looking for a place to live can apply directly to vacated, affordable apartments — skipping the city’s lottery system, known as Housing Connect. Since May 2025, landlords and brokers have been able to publicly advertise empty affordable housing units — those that had been rented through the housing lottery […]

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