Page 3 - Robert Desir News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

NEW YORK — The Legal Aid Society is gearing up to file a lawsuit in coming weeks seeking to force City Hall to implement a legislative package that would expand access to a rental voucher program that helps low-income New Yorkers afford permanent housing. The City Council package — which Mayor Adams opposes because he says the chamber passed it without identifying a funding stream — consists ...

Affordable housing experts say big cities and commuter towns need limits on how much landlords can increase rent by.

Affordable housing experts say big cities and commuter towns need limits on how much landlords can increase rent by.

Weeks of mounting tension between Mayor Eric Adams and the City Council came to a head Thursday, as the council voted to override his recent veto of bills aimed at expanding eligibility for city-issued rental vouchers.

Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday said he is considering a legal challenge against the City Council over a package of bills it passed in May that would expand