Mayor Adams vetoed four bills seeking to increase aid to homeless New Yorkers on Friday, setting up a showdown with the City Council amid tense budget negotiations. MKramerTV reports.
First, the mayor cut the ribbon for a new public space project on Broadway, but it wasn't his most momentous action of the day - by a longshot.that would cost billions of dollars that the city cannot afford, he said.
"The bills not only create expectations among vulnerable New Yorkers that cannot be met, they also take aim at the wrong problem," said a statement attributed to Adams. When asked at the Broadway event if he would veto the bills, Adams said,"We sent out a statement and the statement speaks loud." City Hall said the bills, which seek to expand the number of people eligible for rent subsidies, could cost as much at $17 billion over five years.
"We know that to have a single person in a shelter for a year costs almost half a million dollars. With that same amount of money, a family could live in a two-bedroom subsidized apartment for five years," said Council Member Tiffany Caban, ofIt was not immediately clear if the City Council will try to override the vetoes before striking a budget deal with Adams.
If would be the first successful override since 2013, when then-Mayor Michael Bloomberg vetoed a police reform package. Watch the full interview with Hudson and Caban on"The Point with Marcia Kramer" at 11:30 a.m. Sunday on CBS2 and
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