Disabled Homeless New Yorkers Sue City for Putting Them Back in Shelters Posted on July 9, 2021 by Elizabeth Lepro in Newsweek Homeless New Yorkers are suing city officials for moving them out of hotel rooms to shelters without notice. The Legal Aid Society and Jenner & Block LLP filed a motion in the Southern District of New York on Thursday accusing the city of violating its obl ..Read More
Shelter Residents Challenge de Blasio’s Homeless Hotel Clearance Policy in Court Posted on July 8, 2021 by admin in City Limits The legal motion, filed Thursday in Manhattan federal court, accuses the city of a one-size-fits-all strategy that violates the rights of disabled shelter residents to accessible dwellings. A group of homeless New Yorkers with disabilities are taking legal act ..Read More
NYC Faces Legal Challenge Over Decision To Move Homeless New Yorkers Back to Shelters Posted on July 9, 2021 by admin in Gothamist The city’s decision to move homeless New Yorkers from hotels back into congregate shelters is being challenged in federal court. On Thursday, the Legal Aid Society filed a motion in the Southern District of New York, arguing the city was violating its obliga ..Read More
Opinion: It’s Time to Make Housing Vouchers Universal Posted on June 28, 2021 by admin in City Limits The pandemic has laid bare the economic and health-related vulnerabilities facing so many New Yorkers and highlighted the urgent need to provide everyone with access to both affordable housing and quality health care. Indeed, one of the most salient lessons of ..Read More
De Blasio wants homeless New Yorkers to be moved from hotels to shelters Posted on June 16, 2021 by Elizabeth Lepro in NY1 NEW YORK — The city intends to move thousands of homeless New Yorkers who have been staying in hotels back into shelters, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Wednesday. Shelter residents were moved to hotels temporarily to accommodate social-distancing require ..Read More
8,000 Homeless People to Be Moved From Hotels to Shelters, New York Says Posted on June 16, 2021 by admin in The New York Times New York City plans to move about 8,000 homeless people out of hotel rooms and back to barrackslike dorm shelters by the end of July so that the hotels can reopen to the general public, Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Wednesday. When the pandemic lockdo ..Read More
Homeless New Yorkers Lead a Push for Better Rental Vouchers Posted on June 8, 2021 by admin in Next City Milton Perez has spent years in New York’s shelter system, often sleeping in dormitory-style rooms with up to 20 other people and just three or four feet of space on either side of his bed. Last May, as part of the city’s emergency response to the Covid-19 ..Read More
NYC Touts Drop in Street Homelessness, But Advocates Say Count Obscures Extent of Crisis Posted on May 21, 2021 by Elizabeth Lepro in City Limits Mayor Bill de Blasio touted a significant decrease in the number of people identified in its annual street homeless count—but advocates caution that a spike in enforcement, and a new census methodology, likely obscure the true extent of the crisis. The cityâ ..Read More
Number of single adults living in NYC homeless shelters reached all-time high during COVID, fueling death rates: study Posted on April 28, 2021 by admin in NY Daily News The number of single adults living in homeless shelters across the five boroughs reached an all-time high during the pandemic, likely contributing to a disproportionate spike in coronavirus deaths among that population, according to a new study. ..Read More
