Sentences with phrase «earmarked for homelessness»

Earlier this year, the city persuaded Governor Andrew Cuomo to remove a restriction that prohibited New York City from using state funds earmarked for homelessness for long - term housing, which cleared the way for such a program, but did not allocate any funding to it.

Additionally, now that Governor Andrew Cuomo has removed a restriction that prohibited New York City from using state funds earmarked for homelessness for long - term housing, the city has, if not more funding to shift homeless families into supportive and subsidized housing, then at least the legal wherewithal to do so.

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He also signaled he'll unveil proposals to boost the state's minimum wage to $ 15 per hour in staggered steps over about six years, address homelessness in New York City, double the money earmarked for environmental protection projects and expand broadband access to the Internet.

The other $ 10 billion, $ 2.6 billion of which is for new commitments, would be earmarked over the next five years to combat homelessness, including the same 6,000 units of new supportive housing the Assembly Dems are now seeking.