Posted on January 9, 2017 by Kenneth Lovett in New York Daily News New York Daily News, By Kenneth Lovett Mayor de Blasio has given a qualified thumbs up to a plan to address the homeless crisis that is gaining bipartisan support in the state Legislature. Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi (D-Queens) has been pushing the Home Stability Support program that is intended to reduce reliance on homeless shelters by creating a new rent subsidy to keep people in their homes.