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Mayor Eric Adams on Friday vetoed a bill the City Council passed to prevent rental voucher-holders from contributing more than 30% of their income for rent.
The Council’s bill aimed to prevent the Department of Social Services from requiring participants in the CityFHEPS program starting in their sixth year to contribute 40% of their income to rent, up from 30%. (The rule doesn’t apply to households that include a person over age 60 or receiving Supplemental Security Income.)
Adams and social service officials had said the new rule was needed to help control rapidly rising costs of the voucher program — which hit $1.25 billion spent in the year that ended June 30 — and ensure it will last into the future.
The mayor’s veto memo also argued that the City Council does not have the authority to legislate social services policy — the same argument the administration makes as it continues a protracted court battle over laws the Council passed in 2023 expanding eligibility for the vouchers.
But in a statement, Council spokesperson Julia Agos said the mayor’s veto shows he is “abandoning good governance.”
“At a time when New Yorkers are clearly calling on our leaders to tackle affordability, income inequality, and deliver basic services they rely on, it is embarrassing that Mayor Adams would use his final days in office to stand in the way of what the city needs,” she said.
The Council passed the bill in October with a veto-proof majority of 42 to 7. Council leadership says it plans to override the mayor’s veto, which it can do within 30 days.
In Brooklyn, Coney Island-bound F trains skip Avenue I, Bay Pkwy, Avenue N and Avenue P from 9:45 a.m. to 3 p.m. Find all the MTA’s planned changes and the latest delays here.
“Heart-broken" victim-services groups are scrambling after New York Comptroller Tom DiNapoli cancelled $300 million in contracts with the state Office of Victim Services after upholding one institution’s complaint that it had been unfairly excluded from the process to award those funds. The comptroller’s office says it's renewed the majority of the contracts for next year but had no choice but to cancel this year's after investigators confirmed the complaint was valid. Read more here.
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announced two big appointments on Monday, tapping de Blasio-era First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan to return to that role and Elle Bisgaard-Church, who worked for him in the Assembly and then as his campaign manager, to be his chief of staff. Read more here.
With the mayor's race decided and the 2026 election run-up already beginning, the FAQ NYC podcast digs into the Council Speaker's race that drew lots of attention at Somos, all the Mamdani administration speculation, and much more. Listen here.
A deal to end the federal government shutdown passed in the U.S. Senate Monday evening as eight moderate Democrats crossed the aisle to vote for it, our friends at NOTUS report.
Things To Do
Here are some free and low-cost things to do around the city this week.
Tuesday, Nov. 11: Watch the Veteran’s Day Parade on Fifth Avenue between 26th Street and 45th Street. The parade starts at 12:30 and ends at 3:30 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 13: Learn about the Lenape Native Americans and make a corn craft at Greenbelt Nature Center in Staten Island. Free, from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 13: Watch “Night of the Living Dead” at Herbert Von King Cultural Center in Brooklyn. Free, starting at 6 p.m.
THE KICKER: The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree has made its seasonal debut.
Thanks, as always, for reading. Make it a great Tuesday.
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