Slightly over 8,300 households have received money from New York State’s rent relief program launched more than two months ago. The initial rollout was the slowest in the nation, according to a report by the state watchdog.
The Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) is supposed to help low- and mid-income New Yorkers pay rent they missed because of financial strain during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns that have strangled the economy.
