More people in New York City – including its growing migrant population – are set to become eligible for rental assistance programs thanks to a bill passed by the City Council on Thursday.
The language in two of these bills, Intro 878 and 893, will also reassert the rights that people aged 18 to 24 and are currently in the city’s runaway and homeless youth programs have to access CityFHEPS, according to Jamie Powlovich, who leads the Coalition for Homeless Youth.
But the bills – which all passed with a veto-proof majority – are also being met with criticism from others, including the mayor andIn a statement, Fabien Levy, press secretary to New York City Mayor Eric Adams, said the bills "will make it harder for New Yorkers experiencing homelessness to exit shelter to permanent housing."
Levy also said that the bills would cost an additional $17 billion over the next five years, "something that is hard not to view as an attempt to force a tax increase on New Yorkers." He said the mayor's office was reviewing options.“We don’t have the luxury of waiting here, we don’t have that luxury,” she said. “These are families that are hungry, that are unhoused, and that are living in rat and sometimes roach-infested apartments – those that were able to get them.
“I think the administration – which I understand – feels overwhelmed,” she said. “And when you feel overwhelmed, in your job or in life, you react. And in that reacting, you miss good opportunities like these four pieces of legislation.”
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