Posted on November 23, 2015 by Kenneth Lovett in New York Daily News New York Daily News, By Kenneth Lovett The chairman of the state Assembly Social Services Committee on Sunday called on Gov. Cuomo to tap into $2.1 billion the state has collected from legal settlements to help address the city’s growing homeless problem. Days after Mayor de Blasio announced a plan to aid the homeless, Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi (D-Queens) told the Daily News that Cuomo “needs to act decisively” to put forward a state response.