It may be too late for Mayor Bill de Blasio to secure state funds to provide rental subsidies for homeless families leaving the city's shelter system. Gilbert Taylor, de Blasio's commissioner of homeless services, told the City Council yesterday he planned to head to Albany to seek state funding for the subsidy program but a spokesperson for Gov. Andrew Cuomo said it was too late in this year's budget negotiations to expect the change. The state budget is due by the end of the month. The Cuomo administration said the de Blasio administration never submitted a formal request for the funding changes. The two administrations have been wrestling over pre-kindergarten funding and charter schools for weeks now.
State Budget Talks Remain Fluid (YNN)
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Wife of Celebrity De Blasio Supporter Wins Gig With City (Daily News)
Council Proposal Would Levy Fee on Plastic Shopping Bags (NY Post)
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Council Forms Budget Negotiating Team (Capital)
De Blasio Continues Apology Tour on Charter Schools (Crain's)
Advocates Seek More State Education Funding (Albany Times Union)
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