History of City FEPS and multi-year legal battle
Sanchez recounts the history of City FEPS from its 2018 establishment through the 2023 Council expansion vote, the previous mayor's refusal to implement the law, and the joint lawsuit with Legal Aid Society that led to the current settlement with the Mamdani administration.
This legislation is advancing a component of a settlement between the City Council, the Mamdani administration, and the Legal Aid Society, ending more than two years of litigation.
City FEPS was established in 2018 to secure stable housing for the most vulnerable New Yorkers.
In 2023, the council voted to expand the City FEPS program to provide housing to hundreds of thousands of our most vulnerable New Yorkers.
But the previous mayoral administration refused to implement the law, even after mayoral veto was overturned, would not implement the law.
So Legal Aid Society and the council joined together to bring an action to court.
And after a multi-year legal battle and countless hours of negotiation beginning with the Mamdani administration,