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NYC mayoral candidate Maya Wiley wants to expand housing vouchers for city residents
The city would offer housing vouchers to more New Yorkers, under a new plan from mayoral candidate Maya Wiley.
In an echo of the “rent is too damn high” rallying cry from years past, she decried the high cost of living at a press conference in Washington Square Park in Manhattan on Tuesday.
“How many of you can pay the rent?” she said. “How many of you know someone who is afraid of eviction?
“COVID just made it worse,” added Wiley, a former top legal aide to Mayor de Blasio.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/nyc-mayoral-candidate-maya-wiley-wants-to-expand-housing-vouchers-for-city-residents/ar-AAKBMKN