Posted on July 24, 2014 by Brian Kavanagh in Press Release Press Release, By Brian Kavanagh Today, Senator Diane Savino, Assemblymember Brian Kavanagh, Council Member Helen Rosenthal, New Yorkers with disabilities, legislative colleagues, and disability rights and housing advocates announced enactment of legislation to expand the Disability Rent Increase Exemption (DRIE) program. Governor Andrew Cuomo signed State legislation sponsored by Savino and Kavanagh on Tuesday that will increase the maximum income limitation for the program, making about 1,000 additional households in New York City eligible to have their rent frozen.
