A group of faith leaders, pols and advocates urged Governor Kathy Hochul on Thursday to support a package of legislation aimed at strengthening tenant protections, including bills to make it harder to evict tenants and establish a housing subsidy program for homeless and very low income New Yorkers.
During a rally at the Recovery House of Worship in the Boerum Hill section of Brooklyn Thursday morning, the coalition called on Hochul to back bills like “Good Cause” eviction and the “Housing Access Voucher Program.” The former would require landlords to justify rent increases above 3% and bar them from ending a tenancy except in cases of lease violations; while the latter seeks to establish a statewide rental subsidy specifically for those who are homeless, facing eviction or victims of domestic violence.
