The new measure in the budget amendments, if enacted in Cuomo's final budget, will grant the state's Office of Temporary Disability and Assistance the power to
remove shelter operators and appoint new ones, a Cuomo administration spokesman confirmed.
Not exact matches
One amendment would significantly broaden the state's power to control who operates homeless
shelters in New York, allowing the Office of Temporary Disability and Assistance, which oversees
shelters, to
remove operators at
shelters that are found to have financial and safety problems and directly appoint new ones.
A new measure Gov. Andrew Cuomo wrote into amendments to his executive budget would significantly broaden the state's power to control who operates homeless
shelters in New York state, allowing the state's Office of Temporary Disability and Assistance, which oversees
shelters, to
remove operators at
shelters that are found to have financial and safety problems and directly appoint new ones.