Mayor Adams must implement controversial, costly housing voucher plan, court rules

Source: New York Post

Mayor Eric Adams was handed a blow Thursday when a state court ordered his administration to comply with the city council’s controversial plan to expand the Big Apple’s housing voucher program — which Hizzoner has warned would saddle the city with an eye-popping $17 billion price tag over five years. The Adams Admin was dealt its second major blow by the courts system in two weeks Thursday. Paul Martinka The Adams admin and the council have been locked in a years-long bitter feud over reforms that would amend eligibility for services under the City Fighting Homelessness and Eviction Prevention Supplement, known as CityFHEPS.