Despite the need, the city was forced to shut down its 20 - year - old lead
abatement program last year after HUD rejected a previous application for $ 3.5 million in aid to remove lead from low - income homes with children.
Not exact matches
When the contentious tax -
abatement expired
last June, lawmakers stayed in Albany for extra sessions to put together a deal that extended and expanded the
program for another six months.
With just two days until the 421 - a tax
abatements expire, Capital has learned a
last - ditch effort is underway in Albany to overhaul the controversial development subsidy
program before the legislative session ends next Wednesday.
De Blasio's
last housing fight led him in June to angrily accuse Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of carrying out a «vendetta» when whey clashed on the mayor's efforts to amend a real estate tax
abatement program and win stronger rent control laws.
The Senate voted
last week to add $ 29 million in funding for the Asbestos School Hazard
Abatement Act to an appropriations bill that had contained no money for the
program.