This is both a huge victory, getting vouchers into people's hands for the first time is an incredible win. But the crisis means we need much more. With a housing voucher, households typically spend 30 percent of their income on rent and the government pays the landlord the rest.
The policy book that accompanied the governor's annual State of the State address said she plans to put forward a measure that will advance the next phase of a state-run pilot program by allowing the limited deployment of the for-hire AVs in parts of the state other than the five boroughs. AV companies interested in piloting their self-driving technology in specific parts of the state will have to put in applications that demonstrate local support for participating in the program, the policy book reads.