The end of a prolonged legal battle between the mayor’s office and the City Council over an expensive housing voucher program known as CityFHEPS was baked into the city’s colossal $125 billion budget, which was passed by the Council late Tuesday.
Read MoreThe Adams administration has to start enforcing a law the City Council passed in 2023 that expanded a key city rental assistance program, an appellate court ruled on Thursday.
Read MoreThe Adams administration late Tuesday officially asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought against them by the City Council and the Legal Aid Society over the administration’s refusal to implement a law expanding eligibility for the city’s housing voucher program.
Read MoreWhen Alexis Tsahirides secured the rights to her family’s Astoria apartment, she hoped to pay back her dad’s debts with help from the city’s housing vouchers. Tsahirides would be eligible to receive aid under the CityFHEPS housing voucher program, which was expanded by the City Council last year. However, the Adams administration has yet to have implemented the law, so she has yet to receive any assistance.
Read MoreThe Adams administration was sued on Wednesday by the Legal Aid Society for allegedly failing to enact a recent package of legislation that expands the eligibility of the city’s housing voucher program.
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