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Apartment rents in the city are about 75 percent higher than they were in 2000, according to a recently released report on housing affordability from city Comptroller Scott Stringer. The median apartment rent in the city surged 75 percent to $1,100 between 2000 and 2012. That's 31 percent higher than the average in the rest of the U.S. The median rent was $630 in 2000; inflation accounts for about $200 of the $470 increase since then.
