Monday, January 9, 2017

Mayor de Blasio Approves of Pol's Plan to Address NYC's Homeless Crisis


A New York Daily News Exclusive


By Kenneth Lovett

ALBANY -- Mayor de Blasio has given a qualified thumbs up to a plan to address the homeless crisis that is gaining bipartisan support in the state Legislature.

Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi (D-Queens) has been pushing the Home Stability Support program that is intended to reduce reliance on homeless shelters by creating a new rent subsidy to keep people in their homes.

“We applaud Assemblyman Hevesi for releasing a creative statewide rental supplement proposal,” de Blasio spokesman Eric Phillips said. “We’re in the process of analyzing the details of the idea, but it’s definitely something we’re interested in and a goal we share with the assemblyman.” 

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Source: NYDN (via The Empire Report)

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