Editing Openai/696a591f-d750-8006-8907-5e4de0290571 (section)

==== Baseline facts to anchor the discussion ====
* NYC’s net rental vacancy rate was 1.41% in 2023 (about 33,000 vacant units available for rent out of ~2.4 million rental units). Rent Guidelines Board<ref>{{cite web|title=Rent Guidelines Board|url=https://rentguidelinesboard.cityofnewyork.us/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2025-HSR.pdf|publisher=Rent Guidelines Board|access-date=2026-01-17}}</ref>
* Of 2,323,990 occupied rental units, 41.3% were rent stabilized, 7.2% public housing, and 3.3% rent control/“other regulated”; 48.1% were market rentals. Rent Guidelines Board<ref>{{cite web|title=Rent Guidelines Board|url=https://rentguidelinesboard.cityofnewyork.us/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2025-HSR.pdf|publisher=Rent Guidelines Board|access-date=2026-01-17}}</ref>
* Rent control is tiny today: the 2023 NYCHVS estimate is ~24,020 rent-controlled units. New York City Government<ref>{{cite web|title=New York City Government|url=https://www.nyc.gov/assets/hpd/downloads/pdfs/about/2023-nychvs-selected-initial-findings.pdf|publisher=New York City Government|access-date=2026-01-17}}</ref>
* Rent stabilization is large: ~996,600 rent-stabilized units in 2023 (NYCHVS estimate). New York City Government<ref>{{cite web|title=New York City Government|url=https://www.nyc.gov/assets/hpd/downloads/pdfs/about/2023-nychvs-selected-initial-findings.pdf|publisher=New York City Government|access-date=2026-01-17}}</ref>

With that, here are the claims.