Squatters occupied hundreds of NYCHA apartments, report says

There are more than 150,000 people on the waitlist to get into a public housing apartment in New York City. Some families have been on the list for more than a decade.

But there is a group of people who have gotten in illegally: squatters.

The New York City Department of Investigation issued a report, showing 548 empty apartments were taken over by squatters over the past three years. It resulted in 81 arrests…

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