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LEGAL AID SUES NYC MAYOR ADAMS IN BID TO FORCE HIM TO IMPLEMENT HOUSING VOUCHER
REFORM BILL

By Craig McCarthy

Published Feb. 14, 2024, 3:47 p.m. ET

The Legal Aid Society on Wednesday filed a class-action lawsuit against Mayor
Eric Adams in a bid to force his administration to implement a contentious
housing voucher reforms package.

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The Manhattan Supreme Court suit was filed on behalf of four people who were
allegedly barred from getting city rental assistance despite the changes, which
became law last month.

“These are some of our most vulnerable neighbors, low-income New Yorkers on the
verge of homelessness or languishing in shelters,” said Adriene Holder, who
serves as Legal Aid’s chief attorney of the civil practice.

“All of these plaintiffs have one thing in common: if Mayor Adams would
implement the laws duly enacted by the city council their housing needs would be
met,” Holder said from the steps of City Hall.

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“No more sleepless nights and shelter no more back and forth housing court and
no more harassing calls from landlords and management companies demanding rent
and threatening eviction.”

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The NYC Council overrode the mayor’s veto to push through the reforms. Gabriella
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City Hall spokesperson Kayla Mamelak said the administration will review the
suit.

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It follows a months-long battle between the City Council and Adams over the
changes to the cityFHELPS program, which makes housing vouchers available for
people facing eviction without them having to enter the shelter system and stay
there for at least 90 days.


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The legislation also increases the income-level cutoffs to qualify for aid and
bars landlords from deducting the cost of utility bills from a voucher and
increase.

The mayor vetoed the package of bills in June, arguing the changes would cost
$17 billion and that the increase in funding was impossible during the migrant
crisis already straining city coffers.

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But the council overrode his veto the following month, after arguing the Adams
administration was overestimating the price tag by $7 million.

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NYC Mayor Eric Adams has sparred with the Council over the housing reforms.
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Speaker Adrienne Adams has been approved to pursue legal action. Gabriella Bass

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Just weeks before the bills were set to become law, Adams told councilmembers he
had no plans to implement them — and they’d have to drag him into court. The
administration cited the cost of the package and claimed the council didn’t have
the power to make some of the changes passed in the bills.

Speaker Adrienne Adams warned City Hall that if the reforms hadn’t been enacted
by last week the council would pursue legal action. Lawmakers voted to give the
speaker powers to file or participate in a lawsuit, but the council has yet to
take legal action.

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“We’re still exploring our options,” said Deputy Speaker Diana Ayala (D-East
Harlem) when asked about the status of the council’s possible lawsuit Wednesday

“But we believe strongly that the plaintiffs that filed a suit need to have we
need to be front and center on this conversation,” she added of the Legal Aid’s
case.


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