Categories: New York State
02.28.2022
On February 2, 2022, Executive Director Laura Mascuch provided testimony at the New York State Legislature’s budget hearing on human services calling on the legislature to include OTDA’s New York State Supportive Housing Program (NYSSHP) in the 5.4% COLA included in the Governor’s budget and for the program rates to be adjusted to be aligned with the Empire State Supportive Housing Initiative rates.
Laura also expressed the Network’s strong support for the Governor’s inclusion of funding for the next 7,000 units of the Empire State Supportive Housing Initiative (ESSHI) and for preservation of another 3,000 units of existing supportive housing. She also expressed support for for the budget’s inclusion of $128 million in the Homeless Housing Assistance Program (HHAP).
The hearing was led by Senate Finance Chair Krueger, Assembly Ways and Means Chair Weinstein and joined by Senate Social Services Chair Persaud and Assembly Social Services Chair Rosenthal.
You can read the Network’s testimony here.