The stop in shelter openings came just as the homeless population was surging in early 2015, and the de Blasio administration was relying on optimistic estimates of how quickly
new rental subsidy programs would slow the flow of people needing emergency shelter.
De Blasio has extolled HRA programs like
the new rental subsidy program LINC, which Banks developed to replace Advantage, the defunct subsidy program which was dissolved in 2011 amid a city - state squabble over funding.
Not exact matches
A
new budget released by Governor Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday blocks state reimbursements to rental - subsidy programs Mayor Bill de Blasio wants to implement to tackle New York City's growing homelessne
new budget released by Governor Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday blocks state reimbursements to
rental -
subsidy programs Mayor Bill de Blasio wants to implement to tackle
New York City's growing homelessne
New York City's growing homelessness.
The City Council's general welfare committee voted unanimously to pass a resolution this morning calling on the state Assembly and Senate and Governor Andrew Cuomo to change state budget language to allow
New York City to use state funds to pay for
rental subsidy programs for the homeless.
The city has called on the state Assembly and Senate and Cuomo to change state budget language to allow
New York City to use state funds to pay for
rental subsidy programs for the homeless.
The state budget, as proposed by Mr. Cuomo, specifically bars the city from receiving state funds to create a
new rental -
subsidy program to move the homeless to permanent housing, one of Mr. de Blasio's campaign promises.
But her candor raised eyebrows when, during the news conference at which Mr. de Blasio announced her
new position, she criticized the Bloomberg administration for canceling a
rental subsidy program and for «many things» she would have done differently.