Funding for Homelessness Prevention Programs

On November 7, I joined Assembly Member Linda Rosenthal, Borough President Gale Brewer and other elected officials in writing to the Commissioner of the New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) regarding its 2014-2017 contract cycle. Changes in the new cycle had resulted in the loss $1.19 million in funding to five nonprofit organizations providing eviction prevention services to our constituents in Manhattan. At a time when New York City faces record homelessness, government should not be cutting funding to the very programs designed to protect the most vulnerable and keep them in their homes.