@andylocal

@andylocal

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Yesterday, @andylocal reported that 9 congregate shelter residents are being isolated due to COVID exposure. Thanks to @LegalAidNYC, further transfers are on pause thru today--but this is another piece of evidence that if @NYCMayor resumes transfers tmrw, lives are at risk. (1/x)

@NYCMayor

These COVID exposures are exactly what we’ve been warning @NYCMayor about for the past month. Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan heard it directly from homeless NYers and advocates. And yet, mind-bogglingly, the Mayor plans to restart transfers tomorrow. (2/x)

We came into #JulyHomelessRights month with 3 goals: stop the transfers, stop the sweeps, implement Intro 146. As of Friday, we’re on track to meet one of those--and as transfers and sweeps continue, we can’t let up. (3/x)
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The Blow

@thebl0w

I’m gonna tell 4 stories of things that happened yesterday to people I know in the NYC shelter system to dispel once and for all the myth that Dept of Homeless Services has resources to help people with their physical & mental health or with their housing. Here we go.

Let’s start with Josie. (Im using pseudonyms as DHS is known to retaliate harshly.) Josie said she had struggled with addiction for years but once she moved to the hotel she was able to get sober. Nobody helped her: she found a nearby methadone clinic & took it one day at a time.

Josie said that when the buses arrived to move them out of the hotel she wanted to use so badly. She watched many of her fellow residents just take their bags and go directly to sleep on the street. She wanted to stop them but she only felt strong enough to take care of herself.

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DataInput

@datainput

@homeless_hero

RALLY BEFORE THE MARCH
Da Homeless Hero’s March on Gracie Mansion, #JulyHomelessRights
86th Street and East End Avenue, Carl Schurz Park, Upper East Side, Manhattan, New York City, 2:17pm, Saturday, July 10, 2021.

@homeless_hero
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