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Funding Boost Could Fulfill City’s Pledge to Expand Housing for New Yorkers Who Cycle Between Shelter and Jail
The city's latest budget deal included an additional, baselined $4.8 million that officials and advocates say will finally expand the number of affordable, supportive apartments for New Yorkers with behavioral health needs who tend to shuffle back and forth between shelters, hospitals, and jail or prison—what advocates and experts describe as a “vicious cycle.”
Building more of those apartments was was among the commitments the city made in its 2019 agreement to close Rikers Island.
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What's ahead this week in housing: The city will hold a public scoping meeting Tuesday on Maddd Equities' proposal to rezone 1014 Brook Ave. in the Bronx to build two high-rises, with 1,128 apartments. Plus, 12 affordable housing lotteries close this week.
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