Posted on January 7, 2016 by Judith Silfrene in Kings County Politics Kings County Politics, By Judith Silfrene The City Council in a resolution yesterday called on the state to match the City’s commitment to create thousands of supportive units of housing earmarked for the homeless. The resolution comes days after Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he would take unilateral action to get more homeless off the street, and adds teeth to Mayor de Blasio‘s November 18 announced commitment of allocating $2.6 billion to create 15,000 new units of supportive housing for the city’s homeless population.
