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With six weeks left until the end of the legislative session, Hochul is already looking ahead, insisting that she will work with Senate and Assembly leaders to address New York’s…

ByEmma Whitford 2Comments

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Apr 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

Queens es el campo de batalla en lucha presupuestaria para legalizar apartamentos en sótanos

A medida que se acerca la fecha límite del presupuesto del estado, los legisladores demócratas de Queens están en desacuerdo sobre si debe incluir una vía para legalizar los apartamentos…

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

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Mar 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

Queens is the Battleground in State Budget Fight Over Basement Apartments

As the state’s budget deadline approaches, Queens democratic lawmakers are at odds over whether it should include a path for legalizing the city’s basement and cellar apartments.

ByEmma Whitford 4Comments

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Mar 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

In New York’s Fight to Legalize Basement Apartments, What About Cellars?

While Gov. Kathy Hochul included a pathway to basement legalization in her February budget proposal, the word ‘cellar’ is absent from her plan. The two terms may be indistinguishable to…

ByEmma Whitford 7Comments

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Mar 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

In ‘Year Of Housing,’ Hochul’s Budget Leaves Out Anti-Foreclosure Program

The governor’s proposed budget did not include funding for the state-run Homeowner Protection Program, or HOPP, a network of legal service providers and counselors aimed at preventing foreclosures. Program supporters…

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

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Apr 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

New York’s $220 Billion Budget Light on Solutions to Homelessness, Critics Say

“It’s pretty dreadful,” one housing advocate said. “The governor decided to-go drinks and a stadium in Buffalo were more important than housing the homeless and marginalized New Yorkers.”

ByDavid Brand 0Comments

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Mar 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness News

NY Lawmakers Propose $250M to Launch Section 8-Style Rent Subsidy

The State Senate and Assembly included a quarter-billion dollars to fund the Housing Access Voucher Program (HAVP), which would create a new rent voucher for New Yorkers experiencing or at-risk…

ByDavid Brand 13Comments

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Feb 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

Bill to Create New Housing Voucher For Homeless New Yorkers Gains Traction in Albany

A proposal for the new rent subsidy, dubbed the Housing Access Voucher Program (HAVP), may emerge as a bargaining chip amid high-profile legislative battles in Albany. “There is no substitute…

ByDavid Brand 4Comments

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Dec 2021

Government Housing and Homelessness News

Advocates Urge Gov. Hochul to Sign Rental Subsidy Increase for Lowest Income Families

The New York Legislature passed a bill in June to increase the value of the state’s FHEPS rental subsidy program to fair market rent—$2,026 for a two-bedroom in New York…

ByDavid Brand 9Comments

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Jul 2021

Uncategorized

NY’s Rent Relief Program Has Yet to Cut a Check Amid Inefficiencies and Frustrations

With seven weeks to go before state eviction protections expire, New York’s Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) has yet to cut a single check, and the organizations tasked with helping…

ByDavid Brand 22Comments

Late Session Goals Emerge As Housing Policy Fizzles Out of NY Budget

Queens es el campo de batalla en lucha presupuestaria para legalizar apartamentos en sótanos

Queens is the Battleground in State Budget Fight Over Basement Apartments

In New York’s Fight to Legalize Basement Apartments, What About Cellars?

In ‘Year Of Housing,’ Hochul’s Budget Leaves Out Anti-Foreclosure Program

New York’s $220 Billion Budget Light on Solutions to Homelessness, Critics Say

NY Lawmakers Propose $250M to Launch Section 8-Style Rent Subsidy

Bill to Create New Housing Voucher For Homeless New Yorkers Gains Traction in Albany

Advocates Urge Gov. Hochul to Sign Rental Subsidy Increase for Lowest Income Families

NY’s Rent Relief Program Has Yet to Cut a Check Amid Inefficiencies and Frustrations

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