When Mayor de Blasio Released His Plans to Open Over 90 Homeless Shelters, It Sent Shock Waves Throughout the City

Immediately after his announcement, many residents from the communities of Crown Heights and Prospect Lefferts-Gardens came out to an emergency meeting in order to voice their outrage over another shelter being placed in their area. I shared that concern. When I was a state senator representing the area, I actively fought to ensure the burden of homeless shelters would be carried by all communities.