Posted on July 13, 2021 by Andy Newman in The New York Times The New York Times, By Andy Newman New York City’s plan to move 8,000 homeless people out of hotels and into barracks-style shelters was disrupted on Tuesday when a federal judge ruled that officials were not adequately considering the health of those being moved. The ruling blocks the city from transferring anyone with a disability to another site until evaluating whether it meets their needs. Because the city does not know who might qualify for such so-called reasonable accommodations, the entire program must pause for at least a week, said Joshua Goldfein, a staff lawyer for the Legal Aid Society, which filed a legal challenge to the moves. About 5,000 homeless people are still living in hotels. “They have to meet with everybody,” Mr. Goldfein said. A spokesman for the city’s Department of Homeless Services said officials would make “minor adjustments to our process” and resume the moves next week.
