Overview

• The appellate panel unanimously overturned a Manhattan Supreme Court ruling and directed the Adams administration to enact four 2023 CityFHEPS expansion laws.
• Local Laws 99–102 would abolish utility allowances, eliminate shelter-stay requirements, waive work and income conditions, and raise eligibility from 200% of the federal poverty level to 50% of area median income.
• Mayor Adams resisted the measures on cost grounds after cutting CityFHEPS funding from $1.25 billion in fiscal 2025 to $519 million for fiscal 2026.
• The court ordered the city to submit an implementation plan to the State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance for review and approval.
• Legal Aid Society and City Council advocates called for immediate enforcement of the expansions to prevent thousands of additional evictions among low-income renters.