Dozens of homeless New Yorkers sued the city for lost wages and belongings over the end of a pandemic-era policy that placed homeless people in hotels instead of shelters.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2022.Oral arguments were set to begin today in a lawsuit against the city over former Mayor Bill de Blasio’s decision to move homeless people out of hotel rooms and back into congregate shelters last summer.
Some two dozen people gathered Tuesday morning in Foley Square in Lower Manhattan calling on Mayor Eric Adams’ administration to stop shuffling homeless New Yorkers from shelter to shelter and do more to move them into permanent housing. Among the allegations in the lawsuit, shelter residents said they lost work because they were forced to transfer from shelter to shelter, while others claim they lost medication and medical equipment during the moves. One man said he lost the only photo he had of his late mother, according to court records and Helen Strom, director of benefits and homeless advocacy at the Urban Justice Center’s Safety Net Project.
Due to his poor health, the city had approved Garrett to stay in a single room with a refrigerator to store his medication, according to the lawsuit. But on Aug. 4, 2021, the city forced Garrett to move out of his single room back to the dormitory-style shelter in Brooklyn.Dianna Ramos is also among the 39 people suing the city. She said she was diagnosed with severe anxiety and PTSD.
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