City Council, Legal Aid Society appeal court ruling on lawsuit expanding housing voucher eligibility

By Max Parrott

Posted on October 1, 2024

The New York City Council appealed on Tuesday a recent state court ruling that blocked its attempt to force Mayor Eric Adams to implement an expansion of a city housing voucher program.

The legal move is the Council’s latest attempt to compel City Hall to implement the package of legislation it passed back in February that would add eligibility for housing-voucher programs including Family Homelessness and Eviction Prevention Supplement (FHEPS), also known as CityFHEPS.