Sentences with phrase «lodging homeless families»

The comptroller then returned to the homelessness issue, hitting the mayor's administration for lodging homeless families in motels, which have had recurring safety problems and often lack necessary facilities.

Queens State Senator Tony Avella gathered a dozens - strong crowd outside the Holiday Inn Express in Maspeth, Queens — the site of a bitter battle over the city's effort to lodge homeless families — to launch a quixotic bid to beat Mayor Bill de Blasio in next fall's Democratic primary, accusing the liberal leader of an arrogant «top - down» approach that ignores the needs of local communities.