"The consumer knows the landlords are on the ropes and they know they've got them."

Poster Comment:

Rents crashed 17% from last year. You can now get a studio apt in Manhattan for only $2,714 a month. Of course all the rich people have fled and the police budget was cut a billion dollars. As the only employed whites on the block after dark, you really ought not to resist your neighborhood muggers. They will probably be on the street with NY No Cash bail before you are out of the ER.