NYC homeless returning to shelters after hotel stays
Moving homeless New Yorkers
Homeless rights advocates are calling on New York City and Gov. Andrew Cuomo to fund hotel stays until homeless residents can move directly into long-term housing rather than return to shelters in group settings.
NEW YORK - Standing outside the Lucerne Hotel a year after New York City started moving homeless men out of shelters and into hotels for social distance, a group of advocates and lawmakers blasted Mayor Bill de Blasio and the city s final push to relocate the remaining 9,000 homeless residents and dozens of hotels back to shelters.