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Hanif asks about temporary income exceedance data

New York City Council · Sep 18, 2026 · starts 1:17:41 · 1 min 27 sec

Hanif asks how many benefits ended because household income temporarily exceeded $50,000 and how many had frozen rent restored, with Shear reporting SCRIE losses of 27 in FY24, 17 in FY25, and 8 in FY26, and DRI losses of 2, 1, and 1 respectively, promising to follow up on restoration data.

Shahana Hanif

So state law allows a household that loses the benefit for excess income to reapply the next calendar year and have its prior frozen rent restored up to three times.

Shahana Hanif

For FY 2024 through 26, separately for scree and jury, how many benefits ended because the household income temporarily exceeded $50,000?

Shahana Hanif

And also how many households had their prior frozen rent restored under that provision?

Jeffrey Shear

So the numbers I have are for, yes, for benefits that were ended because the household income temporarily exceeded $50,000 for

Jeffrey Shear

SCRI in fiscal year 2024-27.

Jeffrey Shear

In fiscal year 2025, 17, and in fiscal year 2026, 8.

Jeffrey Shear

For DRI, the numbers are in fiscal year 2024, 2, in fiscal year 2025, 1, and in fiscal year 2026, 1.

Jeffrey Shear

I need to get back to you regarding the second part of your question.

Shahana Hanif

Okay.