(DNAINFO)  Allegra Hobbs | June 10, 2017 — More than 93,000 people applied for the first 104 affordable apartments to open up at the sprawling Essex Crossing development, city officials said.

A total of 93,361 applicants are hoping to score a subsidized apartment at 145 Clinton St., one of nine new sites that will spring up on a stretch of Delancey Street as part of the mega-project, according to the city’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development.

Source: 93,000 People Apply for 104 Subsidized Apartments at Essex Crossing Site – Lower East Side – DNAinfo New York