Request
I am looking for data about rental income (avg unit rent), expenses, and vacancy rates by building. I believe that in assessing the market value of rental buildings the owner provides annual information on building income, expenses, and vacancy rates. This information is partially disclosed in other datasets (the condo valuation files). Is it possible to get this data for all rentals over as long a time series as possible? Ideally I would like the BBL (full tax lot identification to link to PLUTO) and I would like information on the ownership (mainly a way of linking what buildings are owned by same owner, not info about the owner).
I am primarily interested in how rents respond to multiple ownership (are multi owners more efficient), how fast vacancies are found in the city, and general dynamics of rents. I have NO financial interest in this data; purely academic. This data, if released, would be very helpful to all researchers interested in urban rents and vacancy rates, which are typically only available at large geographies and long time horizons (e.g., 5 years at Tract level based on ACS). I believe this data and its study would be beneficial to the city and its aims for more affordable housing.
Response
Hi,
At this time, we believe that your requested dataset is not maintained by a New York City agency. Business ownership would more likely reside with New York State offices, possibly the NYS Department of State. you can view NY State data here: https://data.ny.gov/
Some organizations that operate in the City of New York may not fall under the purview of the NYC open data law. You can find further detail on the law here:
http://www1.nyc.gov/site/doitt/initiatives/open-da...
You are welcome to submit a new dataset request with additional detail and specifically named agencies for referral.
Thank you,
- NYC Open Data Team