The Rich on Rent Control in New York City

The New York Sun reports:

Rent regulation in New York began in 1947, in part to relieve a historic housing shortage and to maintain diversity in New York City's neighborhoods. There are now 867,697 rent-stabilized apartments and 59,324 rent controlled apartments in the five boroughs, roughly half the city's total rental housing stock, according to the state Department of Housing and Community Renewal. Rent increases for those apartments are set annually by a government board. Living in a rent-controlled or rent-stabilized apartment and owning a second home is legal, and there is no database of people who fall into that category.

You'll want to read this one just to see how the wealthy are making out off of World War Two prices controls.No wonder New York city is in decline.