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New York state has added $125 million to expand eligibility for rent relief, due to the pandemic. Syracuse officials say while that help is appreciated, it’s significantly less than what the need is, and they still want to allocate $1 million in federal stimulus funding to help more renters. Some city councilors are upset Onondaga County isn’t putting in any of its own money into the expansion.
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The city of Syracuse wants to expand the income eligibility of people who are getting rental assistance from the federal government because of the COVID-19 pandemic. But before city councilors allocate the money, they want to see if Onondaga County, which is administering the rent relief program, will match it.
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With New York’s eviction moratorium set to expire Tuesday, members of the state Legislature are considering a return to Albany to extend that relief — but it’s not as simple as coming back to pass an extension.
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While New York State struggles to roll out its emergency rental assistance, Onondaga County officials predict their separate rental relief program should get checks out to all approved landlords within the next four to eight weeks
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Responding to complaints by New York’s senior senator, Chuck Schumer, about the state’s slowest-in-the-nation rate of distributing federal rent relief dollars, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said a new streamlined application process for tenants begins Tuesday.
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New York state has sent out just $117,000 in coronavirus pandemic rent relief money to help bail out struggling landlords and tenants as of Thursday, and lawmakers say that is far too little as the expiration of the state’s eviction moratorium nears.
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New York State is offering a rent relief program to low-income renters who lost income during the COVID-19 crisis. But some local activists say that’s…