Posted on January 9, 2017 by Joe Anuta in Crain's New York Business Crain's New York Business, By Joe Anuta Gov. Andrew Cuomo made scant reference to affordable housing Monday in his first of six State of the State speeches, as the $2 billion he promised as part of last year’s address remains mired in Albany gridlock. In last year’s edition of the speech, Cuomo outlined a $20 billion, five-year plan to build housing and combat homelessness. As part of that effort, he pledged $2 billion to build 100,000 affordable units plus 6,000 units of housing geared toward homeless New Yorkers. The money was put into the budget in April, but the governor and legislators never agreed on how to spend it. A memorandum of understanding (MOU) accord was supposed to take care of the details, but 2016 ended without one.
