A helping hand for tenants at risk of losing their homes is not working, advocates say.
New York City has long offered low-income tenants who fall behind on rent a final option to avoid eviction: a city emergency aid program known as the One-Shot Deal.
But the percentage of applicants who received assistance remained flat after Mayor Zohran Mamdani took office, despite the mayor making eviction prevention and tenant protections a hallmark of his campaign. Housing advocates have criticized the stubbornly high refusal rate, saying they expected more renters to receive aid under the Mamdani administration…