Sentences with phrase «upstate housing fund»
Even if the upstate housing fund falls out of the end - of - session talks and waits for the next fiscal year, Morelle said the issue of upstate housing is on the radar.
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House leaders also sought to win support from centrist Republicans from upstate New York leaders by adding a provision that would ban the federal government from reimbursing state Medicaid funds raised by local governments, according to New York Rep. Chris Collins.
Similarly, Schumer's vote to deny low - income housing assistance funds to ACORN could help him with upstate moderates and conservatives during his reelection contest.
Another set of Republican senators said earlier Wednesday that their one - house budget also would include the much - discussed «parity» between downstate and upstate transportation funding.
As lawmakers prepare for the state budget waltz, the state Senate and Assembly on Wednesday began to preview their one - house budget proposals, which are set to include a 25 percent income tax cut for middle class New Yorkers, a SUNY tuition freeze and «parity» between upstate and downstate transportation funding.
Velazquez highlighted the provisions in the American Healthcare Act, which the House GOP passed yesterday, which would deny New York federal reimbursement for Medicaid funds it raises from upstate and Long Island counties.
Of the funding, $ 1.4 billion will be allocated for new construction, while an additional $ 565 million will be spent on a large - scale financing program for the preservation of existing units in the state and for housing authorities in upstate communities.
The Assembly's one - house budget carved out some of the capital funding reserved for upstate rural hospitals to go toward Roswell Park Cancer Institute.
And Astorino is also turning his focus upstate, citing a TWC News report on the federal government cutting key grant funding to a housing program over lead paint in some residential housing there.
It will also help communities upstate increase affordable housing by providing funding for community land trusts and land banks to revitalize our communities.
In order to ensure that individuals with developmental disabilities and mental health issues, and our seniors have a safe and comfortable place to call home, the IDC calls for: (1) a $ 40 million fund to incentivize housing for middle - and low - income seniors; (2) a $ 7,500 tax credit for repairs to seniors» homes where the resident can not afford the cost of repairs; (3) the creation of a $ 25 million housing disability fund to leverage private financing to develop or retrofit up to 1,400 housing units for people with mental or developmental disabilities; and (4) setting aside $ 10 million of existing Medicaid redesign team supportive housing funds for the upstate region.