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petercooper on July 24, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: New York governor approves short-term apartment re...

Meanwhile, there are people of privilege or wealth who are renting places for $500 a month next to Central Park. What a world.

fmora on July 24, 2010 [–]

Source?

petercooper on July 24, 2010 | [–]

It's a known problem, but..

http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Theres+nothing+liberal+about+r...

http://www.nber.org/~luttmer/rentcontrol.pdf

Search http://www.streetsblog.org/2010/02/10/nycs-rent-stabilized-p... for "rent control"

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