Posted on February 21, 2017 by Peter Cook in New York Slant New York Slant, By Peter Cook Sometimes Mother Nature has an interesting way of getting her point across. Last week, members of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration were scheduled to testify before state legislators about the impact of the governor’s budget proposal on the homelessness crisis gripping our state. The night before the hearing, with a major winter storm approaching, lawmakers agreed to postpone the hearing. While lawmakers and government officials were spared from having to trek out during a storm that ended up dropping a foot of snow along the Albany to New York City corridor, homeless New Yorkers weren’t so lucky. Each night, roughly 88,000 people confront homelessness. We seem to hit a new record anytime someone takes another head count. Cuomo has been promising to remedy the crisis, but self-imposed bureaucratic hurdles repeatedly block any progress. Last month, in his State of the State speeches and budget rollout, the governor pledged to build thousands of units of supportive housing.
