A disabled mother at the center of a court case that could decide the future of the city’s housing voucher program narrowly dodged eviction from her $1,254-a-month Bronx apartment this week, after the city’s social service agency issued two emergency checks covering thousands of dollars in back rent. But the reprieve is only temporary, and she said it won’t stop her from suing the city for ongoing housing help.
Carolina Tejeda, 43, says she and her young daughter could soon face eviction once again without a steady rental assistance voucher to cover part of her future rent. The uncertainty has left her no choice but to stick with a class-action lawsuit she joined in February, after Mayor Eric Adams blocked measures passed by the City Council that were meant to expand access to housing vouchers for New Yorkers facing eviction, she said.
A judge sided with the mayor in the case, prompting a pair of appeals from the nonprofit Legal Aid Society and the Council. Those appeals mark the next chapter of a yearlong dispute between Adams and the legislative body…