Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration is pulling out of a federal program meant to help veterans transition out of homelessness, alleging the Trump administration would have required New York City to discriminate against transgender vets seeking shelter to receive the funding.
But federal officials are denying that claim, and say the city walked away from the program after the veterans agency notified the Mamdani administration the city would receive less money than it had in the past
Wouldn’t it make sense to keep the federal program and augment it with a city program specifically for Trans vets? That way you can put more money into the one program and let the feds fund the rest…
Opting out seems more performative than anything.
No. Because using this program would affect all anti-homelessness programs.