Podcast:The Brian Lehrer Show Published On: Tue Sep 16 2025 Description: David Brand, housing reporter for WNYC and Gothamist, talks about new City Council legislation to require reporting on unfilled supportive housing units, aimed at decreasing the number of empty units (5,000, as of June)."To fill empty apartments for homeless people, NYC will first start tracking them" (Gothamist, Sept 12)