Year: 2021

Homeless New Yorkers residing in hotels will be allowed to remain for now, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.  The ruling, handed down by Judge Gregory Howard Woods, mandates that the city must meet certain requirements before it can transfer residents back t ..Read More

Homeless New Yorkers are suing city officials for moving them out of hotel rooms to shelters without notice. The Legal Aid Society and Jenner & Block LLP filed a motion in the Southern District of New York on Thursday accusing the city of violating its obl ..Read More

The legal motion, filed Thursday in Manhattan federal court, accuses the city of a one-size-fits-all strategy that violates the rights of disabled shelter residents to accessible dwellings. A group of homeless New Yorkers with disabilities are taking legal act ..Read More

The city’s decision to move homeless New Yorkers from hotels back into congregate shelters is being challenged in federal court. On Thursday, the Legal Aid Society filed a motion in the Southern District of New York, arguing the city was violating its obliga ..Read More

NEW YORK — The city intends to move thousands of homeless New Yorkers who have been staying in hotels back into shelters, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Wednesday. Shelter residents were moved to hotels temporarily to accommodate social-distancing require ..Read More

New York City plans to move about 8,000 homeless people out of hotel rooms and back to barrackslike dorm shelters by the end of July so that the hotels can reopen to the general public, Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Wednesday. When the pandemic lockdo ..Read More