NYC religious, housing and labor leaders push back on Adams’ right-to-shelter changes
Nearly two dozen groups, including religious leaders and the city’s biggest union, committed on Thursday to signing an amicus brief opposing Mayor Eric Adams’The effort follows the mayor’s latest application to a state court to suspend the right to shelter as the city struggles to house more than 63,000 migrants who have entered the shelter system over the past year.was organized by Christine Quinn, who heads WIN, a homeless shelter provider for women and families.
She and others were planning to send letters of protest to both Adams and Gov. Kathy Hochul, who is supporting the city’s attempt to revise the right to shelter. The mayor’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but Adams has said he does not believe the 40-year-old right-to-shelter obligation was ever intended to address a humanitarian crisis.
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