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Mark Venaglia says as an artist and tour guide, his income dried up during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Upper West Side resident tells NY1 he owes $14,000 in back rent.
“I mean, I don’t have a whopper savings — I certainly don’t have any patrons to bail me out of this,” Venaglia said.
Venaglia said he applied for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) months ago, but he has not received an answer.
“I haven’t worked in over a year,” he said. “It’s terrifying.”
“There are a lot of people like my client Mr. Venaglia, who suffered income loss due to COVID and for whom it would be extremely difficult, if not impossible, of paying those arrears without these funds,” said Rachel Granfield of Legal Services NYC.
But the federal money from the fund could be running out, according to an analysis by the landlord advocacy group Community Housing Improvement Program, also known as CHIP.
Landlord advocacy group estimates by Sept. 27 the state will have approved or paid out rental assistance to more than 168,000 applicants
The total assistance paid or obligated is expected to reach $2.18 billion, which is more than what it believes than the state has
CHIP estimates after administrative costs the state has about $2.15 billion to distribute
The group is calling on lawmakers to lobby for more federal funding
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