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provocative plaque appeared on a new two-family home in Clinton Hill, questioning the construction of luxury housing and sparking debate about NYC's housing crisis. The unauthorized sign, which has since disappeared, read "New York City Housing Crisis, 2025" alongside a tongue-in-cheek description of the vacant duplex.

    The issue at hand is whether apartments should have been built on the site instead of a $4.85 million two-family home. According to zoning restrictions in place at the time, the developer was limited to building a two-unit property. However, later zoning changes would have allowed for four units, and potentially more with rezoning.

    To address the housing shortage, the community could have rezoned the corner lot to allow for a significantly higher number of units, including affordable options. This would have made a dent in the city's housing crisis, but it seems that wasn't an option at the time.