Posted on July 20, 2015 by Ed Litvak in The Lo-Down The Lo-Down, By Ed Litvak A coalition representing groups that advocate for the homeless, labor unions and other progressive organizations marched from First Houses, the public housing development on East 3rd Street, to Delancey Street last Thursday evening. The activists held a “sleep out” alongside a portion of Essex Crossing, the 1.9 million sq. ft. housing and retail complex now under construction. Their message to Mayor de Blasio: build new affordable housing in New York to help alleviate the homelessness crisis and do it with union labor.
