Mayor Eric Adams vetoed a four-bill package expanding the CityFHEPS voucher program this past Friday, June 23. But the decision might be null given the legislations’ passage is “veto-proof.”
The City Council passed the bill package in May with more than a 2/3rds vote, making it “veto-proof” when it reached Adams’ desk. The quartet of legislation intends to eliminate barriers for obtaining CityFHEPS rental assistance vouchers which supplements low-income New Yorkers’ ability to search and keep housing.
Given the 41-7 supermajority vote behind all four bills, the city council can override Mayor Adams’ veto. And seems like it will. Speaker Adrienne Adams said she and her colleagues are prepared to overrule the mayor’s decision “to truly confront the rapidly deteriorating eviction and homelessness crises made worse by this Administration’s budget cuts and failure to enact solutions.”
This veto also coincides with Adams’ recent attempt to scale back the four-decade old Callahan consent decree—better known as the city’s established legal right-to-shelter—due to the migrant influx stemming from Title 42’s expiration, which ended the Trump-era policy curbing southern border entry for asylum seekers under the pretense of curbing COVID-19 spread. The mayor sought to suspend the law short term, arguing that the mandate would lead to overwhelming the city’s temporary housing system.
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