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The New York City Housing Authority has mistakenly cut off federal rent subsidies for hundreds of public housing tenants at privately run buildings, triggering hundreds of eviction notices and frightening residents who insist they’ve paid their rent on time without fail.
The erroneous cutoffs occurred at multiple NYCHA developments run by private firms the housing authority relies on to manage properties under a controversial program called Permanent Affordability Commitment Together, or PACT.
The problem appears to be a paperwork screwup, with NYCHA terminating tenants' Section 8 rent subsidies because they believed the tenants had failed to recertify their income and household makeup, as they're required to do each year.
The number of Section 8 terminations over recertification jumped nearly 2,000% in the space of a single year, according to data from the Legal Aid Society.
But tenants say they’ve filed everything as required, and on Friday NYCHA officials admitted that a huge backlog in processing recertifications resulted in wrongful Section 8 terminations. In response, the building management companies began billing tenants for the full, unsubsidized rent.
While the scope of the issue is not completely clear, a public records request by the Legal Aid Society revealed the number of Section 8 terminations due to failure to recertify jumped from 42 in 2024 to 836 last year.
Midday in Brooklyn, Manhattan-bound D trains skip 20th Avenue, 18th Avenue, 79th Street and 71st Street. Manhattan-bound Q trains skip Neck Road and Avenue U.
In the Bronx, Manhattan-bound 6 trains skip St. Lawrence Avenue, Morrison Avenue-Soundview, Elder Avenue and Whitlock Avenue. The last stop for some Bronx-bound trains is 3rd Avenue-138th Street.
From 1 to 3:30 p.m., Pelham Bay Park-bound express 6 trains run local from 3rd Avenue-138th Street to Parkchester. From 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Manhattan-bound express 6 trains run local from Hunts Point Avenue to 3rd Avenue-138th Street.
Find all the MTA’s planned changes and the latest delays here.
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It’s in effect today, June 30.
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11th-Hour Budget Deal Approaches
Mayor Zohran Mamdani and City Council Speaker Julie Menin are expected to shake hands on a budget agreement Tuesday, following tense negotiations in the final days over funding for housing voucher programs.
The handshake is expected later this morning, with the Council voting on the budget after that. The deal comes on the final day it’s due, with the city legally required to pass a balanced budget by the end of June.
Budget negotiations were at a standstill days before the deadline over funding for the housing voucher program known as CityFHEPS, as well as City Hall’s continued legislation to stop the program’s expansion.
People familiar with the matter said the administration planned to drop its lawsuit, and Council members said late Monday they were happy with the funding.
Further details will be released Tuesday.
The budget will be the first one negotiated between Mayor Mamdani and Speaker Menin, and came after help from Gov. Kathy Hochul to plug what City Hall had projected to be a deficit of more than $12 billion.
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