[SmokingJoe]

There are lines around the block for apartments in all of NYC and people are signing leases sight unseen

Yeah?
On what planet is that?

NYC Rents and Home Prices Continue to Fall, With No End in Sight

https://streeteasy.com/blog/nyc-real-estate-prices-continue-to-drop/

[Clemenza]

Nice for you to post information from FEBRUARY. Lots has changed since then in NYC.