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Housing voucher lawsuit: Adams admin wants case tossed, saying it has authority to refuse expanding program

By Ethan Stark-Miller Posted on March 27, 2024

Late on Tuesday, Mayor Eric Adams’ administration filed its response to the lawsuit aimed at forcing it to implement several laws expanding access to housing vouchers, which it has refused to enact, asking a state judge to dismiss the case.

In the legal document, filed in New York County Supreme Court, the city argued that the case has no merit because the City Council never had the authority to legally change the housing voucher program in the first place. 

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