Mike Rowley,
city council board
member for housing, told the Oxford Times: «Rough
sleeping is a growing challenge nationally, and the Government simply doesn't provide enough funding.
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, and
council members were among the housing advocates, families, and New York
City tenants who planned to
sleep outside of the Murray Hill office building in hopes of spurring action from the State Senate, Mr. Cuomo and the Assembly.
After nearly a week of below - freezing overnight temperatures,
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and Council Member Annabel Palma, who chairs the general welfare committee, called for the city's Department of Homeless Services to enact immediate changes to emergency housing that would ensure families have a warm place to sleep on cold nig
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and
Council Member Annabel Palma, who chairs the general welfare committee, called for the
city's Department of Homeless Services to enact immediate changes to emergency housing that would ensure families have a warm place to sleep on cold nig
city's Department of Homeless Services to enact immediate changes to emergency housing that would ensure families have a warm place to
sleep on cold nights.