New York City Rents: Minimum-Wage Workers Must Clock 106 Hours Weekly To Afford Manhattan

There’s an old adage about what to say when a tourist asks for directions to New York ’s Carnegie Hall—the answer is “practice, practice, practice.” For New Yorkers wondering how to afford the median rent—which hit $3,362 in Manhattan, Queens, the Bronx, and Brooklyn in November—the answer is “work, work, work.” A minimum-wage earner must
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