(He didn’t win.) Yet the housing crisis has hit a new level, even by New York City standards. The city’s vacancy rates recently dropped to a record 1.4%, the lowest since 1968.

DOJ has filed several other similar legal challenges in L.A., Colorado, Illinois, New Jersey, as well as one targeting the state of New York, challenging state policies that that blocked ...

A version of this article appears in print on July 10, 2025, Section A, Page 1 of the New York edition with the headline: Trump Law Imperils Care For 1.5 Million in New York.