this is-- this cannot be solved by the private sector. >> reporter: in queens, tenant cristina jeffersws that her building's owner alone can't solve theconomic crisis, but she says it could be doing more. >> they have the money to survive without our three or four months re. they do. >> reporter: jeffers' landlord did not respond to a request to comment from pbs newshour weekend. as policymakersry to address the concerns of both renters and landlords, n.y.u. professor kathy o'regan says tsis has also magnified long standing rents have been rising, and renters on income and savings than homeowners. >> one of the things that i worry about is the way that this crisis has rolled out and reveal and heightened racial and ethnic disparities, right. so, you have a health crisis that very disproportionately affected people of color.s rente now the ones most at risk, disproportionately useholds of color. if we do not stop the rental crisis,e' going to be taking what were preexisting disparities and we're going to be widening them. this is a moment to close the gap. it is certainly a moment not t