We’re here at Fordham Plaza with @nynurses @DoctorsCouncil @RitchieTorres @oni_blackstock and more health professionals, sounding the alarm about the dangerous transfers to congregate shelters as Delta surges. @homeless_hero kicks us off: @NYCMayor must #StopTheTransfers!
“Housing is health, and congregate settings are a Petri dish for COVID,” says @RitchieTorres, calling on @NYCMayor to #StopTheTransfers. Moving homeless NYers to congregate shelters right now is “a denial of public health.”
“As a physician, I understand the inextricable link between housing and health,” says @oni_blackstock. “In the last 2 weeks alone, we’ve seen a 140% increase in new COVID cases. Transferring people to congregate shelters in the middle of a pandemic is in effect a death sentence.”
“The Mayor and Governor say they want to reduce infection, but they’re not walking the walk,” says Ari Moma of @nynurses. “It just takes one person to infect everyone.” #StopTheTransfers
“We represent frontline doctors in the largest health and hospital system in the country,” says Devon Gilliams of @DoctorsCouncil. “The pandemic is not over. These transfers run counter to public health.” #StopTheTransfers
“I’ve worked on COVID wards and in ICU units,” says Dr. Marc Shi of the NY Doctors Coalition. “I would like to think we learned something from the last year. We demand the city put an immediate end to transfers to congregate shelters!” #StopTheTransfers
“Intro 146 is a step in the right direction, but it’s not enough,” says @althea4theBX, calling on @NYCMayor to #StopTheTransfers
“When I was able to stay in the hotel, I was thriving,” says Luis Marrero, who was recently transferred back to a congregate shelter. “The city says they provide services in congregate shelters—but that’s not true.”#StopTheTransfers
“We’re reverting back to systems that we know killed us,” says @Fernandez4NY. “Governor Cuomo needs to sign the state FHEPS bill, and we need to stop the transfers.”
“We’re in the middle of a pandemic and faced with the Delta variant,” @OswaldFeliz reminds us. “We’re here to say loud and clear: #StopTheTransfers!”
Activist @ShanequaCharles speaks about the virus’s disproportionate impact on Black and brown elders. “It’s not right. Sending people to congregate shelters is a death sentence.” To stop the spread of COVID and save lives, @NYCMayor must stop the transfers—NOW.
“Medical professionals and reps from every level of government are here,” says @JumaaneWilliams. “The Mayor and Governor are about to make the same mistakes again. Putting people into congregate shelters is a death trap.” #StopTheTransfers
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