Posted on March 15, 2016 by Laura Nahmias in Politico New York Politico New York, By Laura Nahmias The web of new subsidy and rental assistance programs City Hall has put in place since Mayor Bill de Blasio took office to help homeless New Yorkers get out of shelters and into permanent housing is showing signs of sputtering to life, Human Resources Administration Commissioner Steve Banks said Tuesday at a City Council hearing on the mayor’s preliminary budget for fiscal year 2017. Those programs, many of which weren’t implemented until the fall of 2014, got off to a slow start.
