Fearing foreclosure: Long Island nonprofits ask Hochul to restore $40M to help homeowners newsday.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from newsday.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Senate and Assembly on Tuesday released their annual budget resolutions, responding to Gov. Kathy Hochul's $227 billion spending proposal unveiled last month. They rejected the bulk of Hochul’s strategy to increase housing production statewide, while entertaining eviction protections the governor has ducked.
The governor's proposed budget did not include funding for the state-run Homeowner Protection Program, or HOPP, a network of legal service providers and counselors aimed at preventing foreclosures. Program supporters say the omission 'makes no sense' as New York grapples with a housing crisis, which Hochul's administration has centered as a policy focus this year.