Posted on December 6, 2016 by Benjamin Fang in Queens Examiner Queens Examiner, By Benjamin Fang A statewide organization of mayors announced their support for the Home Stability Support (HSS) plan, a program that would provide rental assistance for vulnerable New Yorkers. The New York State Conference of Mayors and Municipal Officials (NYCOM), which represents 62 cities and 550 villages, endorsed the plan being pushed by Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi of Queens. They called on Governor Andrew Cuomo to include the plan in the upcoming state budget. “With homelessness on the rise, much of the burden for providing essential services to vulnerable families falls on municipalities,” said NYCOM executive director Peter Baynes. “Home Stability Support is a fiscally-sound proposal that will help keep more families in their homes, and in the process, ease the growing financial burden local governments face.”
