Mayor Adams is deciding if he should kill a package of bills that would expand access to housing vouchers for low-income New Yorkers & help shelter residents gain access to rental subsidies sooner. The bills passed City Council with a vetoproof majority.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2023.As Mayor Eric Adams considers vetoing a package of housing assistance measures, members of the City Council are going to bat for their bills, setting up a potential legislative showdown among Democrats ahead of budget negotiations later this month.
City Hall spokesperson Fabien Levy said it was too early to say whether Adams will veto the housing measures, but added that the Council’s package would make “it harder for New Yorkers experiencing homelessness to exit shelter to permanent housing.” “The fact is, keeping people in shelter and warehousing people with no end in sight is infinitely more expensive than moving people into permanent housing,” he said.
The bills' supporters say a veto would continue to lock out people in need, or force them to spend months in Department of Homeless Services shelters unnecessarily. But Shams DaBaron, a homeless rights activist who is aligned the mayor and goes by the nickname Da Homeless Hero, said the bills will create “gridlock,” with landlords choosing to rent to people who recently received vouchers over people who have spent long stints in shelters.
So far, Adams has only vetoed a single piece of legislation during his tenure — a bill that would have penalizedlegally reserved for working artists, which passed the Council before he took office.
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