policy updates
The City Must Pay Your Advantage Rent For Now
In March, New York City told 15,000 Advantage households that it would no longer pay Advantage rent subsidies. Legal Aid and Weil won court orders requiring the City to pay the Advantage rent due in April and May.
On June 2, 2011, an appellate court ordered the City to pay June rent and rent for future months until our appeal is decided. Our appeal is scheduled to be heard in September. A trial in the case is currently scheduled for this summer.
Click to download an Information Sheet and the Division Order about the Advantage Program from the Legal Aid Society!
Mike McKee Interviews Marc Greenberg
Interfaith Assembly Executive Director, Marc Greenberg discusses housing policy with Mike McKee. The interview aired on Manhattan Neighborhood Network on Sunday, May 22.
Food Stamps and Tax Aid Kept Poverty Rate in Check
By SAM ROBERTS
Published: March 20, 2011
Without a flood of food stamps and tax benefits for low-income families, about 250,000 more New Yorkers would have slipped into poverty at the height of the recession, according to calculations to be released Monday by city officials.
