Posted on March 22, 2016 by Kenneth Lovett in New York Daily News New York Daily News, By Kenneth Lovett ALBANY — The head of the city Human Resources Administration was in Albany Tuesday to lobby to include domestic violence victims in a state rental assistance program designed to prevent homelessness. Steve Banks also was pushing to raise the rental assistance rate to $1,500, up from $1,000. The plan, which has support from Assembly Democrats, would help 1,600 domestic violence victims and cost the state $8.3 million in the first year and the city more than $20 million, Banks said.
