A mashup of unlikely groups has joined together to affect the outcome of two key programs that help create and protect affordable apartments in New York City. 

The rent stabilization law protects tenants living in the more than one million rent stabilized apartments in New York Ctiy.

The 421a program provides millions of dollars in property tax abatements to the city's real estate developers and condo owners. 

Both will expire Monday without action from Albany lawmakers.

The groups trying to sway legislators are diverse and well-funded.

The Affordable Housing and Local Jobs Now Coalition includes the NAACP, The New York State Association for Affordable Housing and The Real Estate Board of New York, a real estate trade group.

They’ve united to support Mayor Bill de Blasio's reform plan and oppose paying construction workers on these affordable housing projects a prevailing wage, that’s higher than the living wage.

"We feel that to attach a prevailing wage mandate, which is in some cases…over 200K per wage earner, on some of the management positions is not the best use of this limited tax payer resource in terms of solving the crisis," said Jolie Milstein, president of NYSAFAH.

Construction oriented labor unions formed their own lobbying effort, called Up4NYC, to tie prevailing wages to development projects that receive 421a. It supports Governor Cuomo. 

“The existing 421a program is flawed and cannot continue. We applaud [Governor Andrew Cuomo] for not accepting the status quo and focusing on improving the lives of working families by creating more affordable housing and middle class wage requirements," said Pat Purcell, executive director of the Greater New York Laborers-Employers Cooperation & Education Trust.

As the groups step up their lobbying efforts, Mayor de Blasio and Governor Cuomo continue to be locked in an apparent Machiavellian test of political will over the rent stabilization law and the 421a program.

As the Mayor pushes his plan, the Governor is open to extending current laws for six months.

"I would favor a short term extension so you still have the pressure on people to get a new agreement done but you don't actaully stop producing affordable housing," Cuomo said in New York City Thursday. 

Earlier in the week the Governor criticized the Mayor's plan for coming too late in the game. That irked some members of the de Blasio administration, who've been working for months on the Mayor's proposal.

"The notion that we don’t have a plan or that there hasn’t been enough time to discuss a plan is just ludicrous on its face. You know, four weeks ago I was in Albany meeting with the Governor’s staff to go over [our] plan," said Alicia Glen, deputy mayor for housing and economic development.