“boot all the illegals from NYC to reduce the pressure on housing costs”
Would open up all kinds of housing.
Many in Public Housing are essentially “Wards of the State”, Incapable of competing in any real way in a market economy.
Step one above would help.
Step 2 is “No More People in Public Housing”. Can’t have more kids. Over time, folks will age out and free up the units.
Global Surplus Labor is a current problem.
What do you do with Global Surplus Humans?
I wouldn’t call them that or think anyone will succeed in keeping them from having more kids. But at least we can tradition them out of poorly run city housing.