Aid shipments begin to pay back rent in New York: 15,000 households benefit

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alejandro condis explains to us.Alejandro: Ana Patricia fromthis community center in theunder governor omahakathy hochul has said she is not goingrest until eachNew Yorker living in that homeof which he is proud.that’s why she and mayor adamsAna is not the first eníosof help so that people,recent nycha buildingscan pay the rentis delayed.Let’s see on the screen whatThis effort of help consists,are the first payments of$95,000,000 that has beendelivered to 15,000 homesnycha who have requested it inthe last six months. althoughgive as money, as much asare going to be distributed for theI pay the rent of people whoThey live in this type of housingpublic.we listen specifically to[habla en ingés]Alejandro: These first ones95,000,000 is part of the$350,000,000 approved in thefiscal year 2024 budgetthe state in new york forsection eight back of the programemergency assistancefor the payment of rentnew york state and let’s seemayor reported that inparticular in the big apple33,000 have been shippedapplications that are equivalent to$128,000,000 in aid that iscrucial for residents ofnycha, let’s see whybecause the last few yearsthere has been an increase inquadruple in the amount ofhouseholds that are behind inpaying rent, especiallydue to the pandemiccoronavirus, officially there is73,000 nycha homeslate in payment ofrent, which is equivalent to atotal debt of somethe mayor has also saidwhat to spend on nycha is notspend but invest in thefuture of the big apple.