Posted on February 2, 2017 by Nick Reisman in State of Politics State of Politics, By Nick Reisman Advocates pushing for $2 billion in supportive housing funding feel like they’re in the movie Groundhog Day: The same promise keeps getting proposed, but nothing changes. The coalition of groups pushing for the funding on Thursday, the Campaign 4 NY/NY Housing, are releasing a Groundhog Day-themed ad highlighting the issue. “Like Bill Murray’s character in the movie Groundhog Day, homeless people in New York have been hearing the same thing over and over again. As our State’s homelessness crisis has reached historic levels, the Governor keeps making the same promises, and keeps failing to deliver,” the group said in a statement.
