Scott Stringer wants to triple affordable housing, declares ‘war on poverty’
“He said 15 percent of the city’s affordable home construction program should go to the homeless, compared to the 5 percent now reserved by Mayor de Blasio. The mayor previously rejected demands that he increase the allotment for the homeless to 10 percent. But the comptroller argued his proposal would help not only the homeless, but the poorest New Yorkers.”