The Fiscal Year 2024 New York State Budget was finalized on Tuesday, May 3, 2023. Below is a summary of key items supporting older New Yorkers through NYSOFA
The governor's proposed budget did not include funding for the state-run Homeowner Protection Program, or HOPP, a network of legal service providers and counselors aimed at preventing foreclosures. Program supporters say the omission 'makes no sense' as New York grapples with a housing crisis, which Hochul's administration has centered as a policy focus this year.