The Community Service Society’s Fast Analysis of the 2014 New York City Housing and Vacancy Survey. On June 2, 2015, the U.S. Census Bureau released detailed data from the 2014 version of its New York City Housing and Vacancy Survey, a survey of 18,000 New Yorkers
conducted every three years under contract with the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development. CSS has conducted a preliminary analysis of the results to shed light on the important housing issues facing the New York state legislature this year, including the renewal of rent control, rent stabilization, and the 421-a development tax subsidy.