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Adams drops 90-day rule for city housing vouchers, battle with council over voucher access still looms

By Ethan Stark-Miller
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Posted on June 16, 2023
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Mayor Eric Adams signed an emergency rule on Friday to nix the mandate that people must spend 90 days in homeless shelters to access city housing vouchers, a month after the City Council passed a bill doing the same thing.

The move comes as Adams’ office faces ongoing struggles with finding shelter for tens of thousands of recently-arrived migrants, over 48,000 of whom are currently in the city’s care.

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Adams drops 90-day rule for city housing vouchers, battle with council over voucher access still looms

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