Program designed to help curb homelessness in NYC has turned Newark, New Jersey, and surrounding area into a dumping ground for needy families, according to a new lawsuit.
A program designed to help curb homelessness in New York City has turned Newark, New Jersey, and surrounding area into a dumping ground for needy families, according to a new lawsuit.
The lawsuit contends New York's Special One-Time Assistance program, or SOTA, has"unlawfully coerced" people into leaving the city's shelters for dilapidated, rodent-invested housing in neighboring communities. While the program requires New York's Department of Homeless Services to conduct walk-throughs of apartments before placing people in them, the lawsuit contends that's rarely happened.
"New York has continued to send people despite us having several discussions about our problems with their program," Newark's corporation counsel, Kenyatta Stewart, told the Newark Star-Ledger."We need to get a judge involved so they can stop shipping people to Newark." "In the face of a regional housing crisis, the City of Newark has inexplicably taken a page from the Trump playbook, building a wall to single out and prevent families from seeking housing where they want to live," Cohen's statement reads."This is wrong, hypocritical, and amounts to nothing short of income-based discrimination. We will continue to fight to ensure that families have the right to seek stable and safe housing.
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