Mayor Eric Adams on Friday vetoed four City Council bills aimed at expanding city housing vouchers to a broader swath of people amid Gotham’s ongoing homeless and migrant crises.
The move comes a week after the mayor issued an executive action to eliminate a rule that individuals and families must spend 90 days in city shelters before being eligible for the vouchers — known as CityFHEPS. While that action duplicated one of the bills in the package, the mayor opposed the rest of the items contained in the four bills, which would make the vouchers available to those facing eviction and increase the income threshold to be eligible. The veto is only Adams’ second since taking office in January 2022.
