Mayor Zohran Mamdani says his administration needs more time to expand a housing voucher program he championed on the campaign trail, citing New York City’s looming budget shortfall.
The apparent reversal could affect thousands of New Yorkers struggling to find stable housing.
The City Fighting Homelessness and Eviction Prevention Supplement program, known as CityFHEPS, currently serves roughly 60,000 households, making it one of the largest locally funded housing assistance programs in the country. Mamdani campaigned on a promise to expand eligibility for the program and drop the city’s legal challenge to a 2023 City Council law that would broaden access to vouchers for people at risk of eviction and households with slightly higher incomes…