Photographer Gail Albert Halaban spent a month capturing New Yorkers inside their apartments for The New York Times Magazine to illustrate the city's affordable housing crisis. Her project, 'Out My Window,' involved photographing tenants across four boroughs, including Bedford-Stuyvesant and the Bronx. The images reveal intimate glimpses into daily life, contrasting with the political tension between renters and landlords. Mayor Zohran Mamdani is confronting this crisis through policy changes, though specific details remain limited.

Halaban's work emphasizes community connections formed across apartment windows, showing how affordable housing is intertwined with social bonds. The project highlights the human cost of rising rents and the search for stable homes in a city where tenant rights are fiercely debated.