New York to offer COVID aid to immigrants excluded earlier

Demonstrators chant as they declare victory and celebrate the passage of the New York state budget with the ending their hunger strike that lasted 23 days, Wednesday, April 7, 2021, in the Manhattan borough of New York. New Yorkers, regardless of immigration status, could apply for help from a new $2.4 billion rental relief program that will offer 12 months of overdue rent and utilities, three prospective months of rent and a year of eviction protection. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Demonstrators gather to declare victory and celebrate the passage of the New York state budget with the ending their hunger strike that lasted 23 days, Wednesday, April 7, 2021, in the Manhattan borough of New York. New Yorkers, regardless of immigration status, could apply for help from a new $2.4 billion rental relief program that will offer 12 months of overdue rent and utilities, three prospective months of rent and a year of eviction protection. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Demonstrators gather to declare victory and celebrate the passage of the New York state budget with the ending their compatriots hunger strike that lasted 23 days, Wednesday, April 7, 2021, in the Manhattan borough of New York. New Yorkers, regardless of immigration status, could apply for help from a new $2.4 billion rental relief program that will offer 12 months of overdue rent and utilities, three prospective months of rent and a year of eviction protection. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Demonstrators gather to declare victory and celebrate the passage of the New York state budget with the ending their compatriots hunger strike that lasted 23 days, Wednesday, April 7, 2021, in the Manhattan borough of New York. New Yorkers, regardless of immigration status, could apply for help from a new $2.4 billion rental relief program that will offer 12 months of overdue rent and utilities, three prospective months of rent and a year of eviction protection. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Demonstrators gather to declare victory and celebrate the passage of the New York state budget with the ending their compatriots hunger strike that lasted 23 days, Wednesday, April 7, 2021, in the Manhattan borough of New York. New Yorkers, regardless of immigration status, could apply for help from a new $2.4 billion rental relief program that will offer 12 months of overdue rent and utilities, three prospective months of rent and a year of eviction protection. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Demonstrators gather to declare victory and celebrate the passage of the New York state budget with the ending their hunger strike that lasted 23 days, Wednesday, April 7, 2021, in the Manhattan borough of New York. New Yorkers, regardless of immigration status, could apply for help from a new $2.4 billion rental relief program that will offer 12 months of overdue rent and utilities, three prospective months of rent and a year of eviction protection. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Demonstrators chant as they declare victory and celebrate the passage of the New York state budget with the ending their hunger strike that lasted 23 days, Wednesday, April 7, 2021, in the Manhattan borough of New York. New Yorkers, regardless of immigration status, could apply for help from a new $2.4 billion rental relief program that will offer 12 months of overdue rent and utilities, three prospective months of rent and a year of eviction protection. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)