Queens, N.Y., sees rash of illegal housing conversions.

Publication: Daily News (New York, New York) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News)

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Byline: Oren Yaniv

Nov. 23--The Queens office of the Buildings Department has received a staggering 11,000 complaints of illegal housing conversions this year -- a 30 percent uptick from 2003 and a figure that dwarfs the rest of the city.

"It seems much more epidemic here than in other boroughs," said Stephen Kramer, the DOB's chief of staff. "I can't tell you the Buildings Department has a quick solution...

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