N.Y. Public Housing Law Section 619
Maintenance of effort

Any funds made available pursuant to this article shall not be used to offset or reduce the amount of funds previously expended for the same or similar programs in a prior year in any county or in the city of New York, but shall be used to supplement any prior year’s expenditures. The commissioner may grant an exception to this requirement if any county, municipality, or other governmental entity or public body can affirmatively show that such amount of funds previously expended is in excess of the amount necessary to provide assistance to all individuals and families within the area in which the funds were previously expended who are homeless or facing an imminent loss of housing. * NB Expires May 1, 2030

Source: Section 619 — Maintenance of effort, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/PBG/619 (updated May 23, 2025; accessed Jun. 21, 2025).

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