By Chris Sommerfeldt, published February 21, 2024

The City Council moved Wednesday to join a lawsuit that seeks to force Mayor Adams to implement a set of laws designed to make it easier for low-income New Yorkers to access the city’s rental assistance program.

The Manhattan Supreme Court lawsuit was first filed last week by four New Yorkers at risk of homelessness who’d become eligible for the voucher program, CityFHEPS, if the mayor allowed the laws to take effect.

The laws would expand access to the program, which subsidizes rent on open market apartments, by increasing an income eligibility cap and eliminating a rule that requires beneficiaries to enter a homeless shelter before they can apply, among other provisions.

The Council — which passed the laws last summer and then overrode the mayor’s vetoes of them — filed a motion Wednesday morning to become a plaintiff in the suit alongside the four CityFHEPS applicants.

Read more here: https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/02/21/nyc-council-moves-to-join-lawsuit-to-force-mayor-to-enact-rental-voucher-reform