Fran Lebowitz Knows What to Do with All Those Empty Oligarch Apartments

From the late-night circuit and an HBO documentary to her essays and speaking engagements, Fran Lebowitz has never shied away from a controversial topic. And in this new video, she takes on New York’s much-discussed homelessness problem and immigration. The Vanity Fair contributing editor—who has been likened to a modern-day Dorothy Parker for her razor-sharp wit—stopped by the office to offer her altogether original take.

Credits: Filmed by Vance Spicer; Interview by Cat Buckley; Lighting by Greg Waszczuk; Audio by William Pierce; Edited by Nikhil Shah and Jeremy Elkin.


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Fran Lebowitz Knows What to Do with All Those Empty Oligarch Apartments

[ewanoxborrow]

“If we called it Housless-ness we’d be able to solve the problem”

So profound and SO true

[keegzwhittal]

Five minutes ago I knew nothing about this women. Now. I want to know everything

[alyssaamos]

“The United States is an idea not a culture” most amazing quote ever

[gladystoukie]

She is right!!! Obscenely priced apartments with no one living in them and people sleeping on the street!!!!

[aananda]

I’ll never get tired of listening to her talk.

[dean]

Fran your getting more grumpy ..and I LOVE IT.

[leakypfaucet]

“Unhoused” puts the onus on the government. They have failed to house them.

[jasonmarcel]

Lol, "The tourists would not be legal here. They would be illegal, and I would prosecute them."

[clairefernanda]

"There were unions, which no one seems to remember."
Oh that Fran and her brand of truthiness. "Tourists would be illegal here."

[deannabollo]

Absolutely right! I live in Europe and my country is the ‘darling’ for tourists. Hellish! In Winter and Autumn I walk the streets and see homeless people sleeping in the streets and these huge buildings EMPTY! I feel so angry so revolted with this social grime. We have to change this awful putridness. Thank you Fran for saying it as it is.

[MS-dhgh]

Houselessness is a term. Fran Lebowitz SHOULD run for mayor

[douglasmcpherson]

She has an amazing logic about life. She’s a wise, insightful woman.

[jennysok]

I wish more people now would listen to her thoughts.

[saprissa]

they are no homeless they houseless.

George Carlin Jammin in New York 1992

[carolinafranco]

She is best! I am so glad we are listening to Fran Lebowitz again.

[markwardel]

I have agreed with or been amused by almost every word this fabulous woman has said for many years .

[frasercentral]

This is the first time I've seen or heard of this woman. She is intriguing. I want to watch more of her.

[marciagreene]

She speaks what I only think about in silence. Bravo.

[Apollo_Blaze]

I love this woman and the way she thinks....I have loved her since the 70s.

[anneglass]

My love for Fran keeps growing after all these years.