Posted on September 10, 2020 at 9:39 pm by West Sider
There’s been a new twist in the saga of the homeless shelter at The Lucerne Hotel on 79th Street. Legal Aid, the nonprofit law firm for poor people, says the city’s decision to remove the homeless men has caused a harmful chain reaction. Residents at a hotel called the Harmonia on 31st Street are being moved to another shelter in Brooklyn to make way for the residents of The Lucerne, according to Legal Aid and a report in the Daily News.
Legal Aid says 80% of the the residents at the Harmonia who are being moved out are disabled, and they’re being asked to relocate with less than two days notice after some had lived there for years.
“Mayor Bill de Blasio’s pathetic and shortsighted surrender to Upper West Side NIMBYism has unsurprisingly disrupted the lives of other vulnerable New Yorkers at various shelters around New York City, all in the midst of a public health crisis,” said Judith Goldiner, Attorney-in-Charge of the Civil Law Reform Unit at The Legal Aid Society. “If the City continues to fail at its job of ensuring that these families have the proper accommodations, as prescribed by law, we will file an Article 78 seeking a temporary restraining order in New York State Supreme Court.”
Councilmember Helen Rosenthal, who has criticized the decision to remove the men, says the challenge gives de Blasio a chance to reverse himself.
This is great news. @NYCMayor still has time to reverse his decision. @UWSOpenHearts @LizKrueger @KeithPowersNYC @DickGottfried https://t.co/a1HEa4MJEy
— Helen Rosenthal (@HelenRosenthal) September 11, 2020
“We are coordinating closely with our provider partners, who are doing extraordinary work under challenging circumstances, to ensure all the families who we serve continue to receive the shelter and supports they need as they get back on their feet—while also providing the protections offered by non-congregate units to the single adult individuals who we are relocating,” a Department of Homeless Services spokesman wrote. “No one will be turned out into the streets under any circumstance.”
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