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Former Homeless Services Head to Oppose City in Right-to-Shelter Litigation

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  • cecilia gullas
    Posted July 23, 2023 at 5:08 pm

    Unknown to the media and the public in general is that the New York City Housing Preservation and Development (“HPD”) also give shelters to unhoused New York City residents, for example, those rendered homeless by fire, or if their apartment have been rendered illegal by the New York City Department of Buildings. One of these shelters contracted by HPD is Hotel 17 at 225 East 17th Street, in Gramercy, New York, N.Y. 10003. There is no kitchen in this facility, only a small microwave to service more than 60 tenants of HPD. However, we are not complaining, as it is enough that we have been provided with a room and a bed. So we think that the City is doing enough to provide shelter for the asylum seekers. Furthermore, most of them, when interviewed by the media state that the reason why they come to the United States, is that they can buy a house for their families back in their home countries. If this is the case 99.9 percent of the world’s population would like to come to the U.S., because everyone wants to build a house for their families. In other words, very few of these asylum seekers are really legitimate, and the border authorities have a right to send them back.

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