OTDA Updates on ERAP:

Hard copy Application Guides in English and translated languages for reference guide (attached and listed below). As a reminder, these documents are intended to help application assistors and will not be accepted as an application for ERAP.

English
Spanish
Korean
Russian
Yiddish
Haitian-Creole
Chinese
Arabic
Bengali

Contact information to assist in answering questions for landlord, CBO or client specific questions, may contact the staff listed below. Individuals should first contact the call center for assistance. The staff listed below can help troubleshoot broad-based questions.

Landlord specific questions – contact Ken Crannell @ kenneth.crannell@otda.ny.gov
CBO's specific questions – contact Rick Umholtz @ richard.umholtz@otda.ny.gov
Client specific questions – contact Jamie Salm @ Jamie.Salm@otda.ny.gov

I also want to remind you of a number of other important resources available to you on the OTDA website. Links to flyers, social media graphics and these new videos can be found on our Information for Providers Page.

Call center phone number: 844-691-RENT (844-691-7368).

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced more than $98 million has been awarded to create 1,054 affordable homes in 20 separate developments across New York. This funding will help revitalize communities, fight homelessness, and expand access to energy-efficient, affordable housing opportunities.

New York is facing an unprecedented fiscal crisis. The upcoming state budget is expected to be one of the most painful in our history, and it may be impossible to fund every worthy initiative. Still, housing is too important to suffer this fate.