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Mamdani backs off campaign promise, announces new affordable housing initiative in Brooklyn
Mayor Mamdani reversed a pledge and appealed a court ruling requiring expansion of the CityFHEPS rental voucher program amid a $6 billion budget gap, affecting 68,000 households.
- On Tuesday, Mayor Zohran Mamdani appealed a court ruling requiring the city to expand the City Fighting Homelessness and Eviction Prevention Supplement program, reversing a core campaign promise to drop the litigation.
- Facing a nearly $6 billion budget shortfall, Mamdani continued the legal strategy used by former Mayor Eric Adams, arguing the City Council lacked authority to mandate social service policy changes.
- Officials estimate the expansion could cost over $4 billion by 2030, while advocates argue vouchers are cheaper than shelter costs, which reach $4,600 per month for a single adult.
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Zohran Mamdani fights $10B NYC housing voucher expansion in U-turn from campaign promise
Mayor Zohran Mamdani is continuing the legacy of his predecessor Eric Adams by formally appealing a City Council-led expansion of the Big Apple's housing voucher program -- a reverse of a campaign promise.
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Mamdani Administration Launches Fast-Track Program to Speed Affordable Housing on City Land
NEW YORK (AP) — Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani on Tuesday announced a new initiative aimed at accelerating the development of affordable housing on city-owned land, introducing a streamlined approval process intended to cut project timelines by more than two years. The program, called the Neighborhood Builders Fast Track, will pre-qualify developers and shorten the request-for-proposals […]
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