Dozens of homeless women were his forced at loggerheads Thursday after the city refuge Brooklyn with less than a day in advance. The 70 wo...
Dozens of homeless women were his forced at loggerheads Thursday after the city refuge Brooklyn with less than a day in advance.
The 70 women in the family residence in Fort Greene Auburn Wednesday they homeless advocacy were transferred to a Holiday Inn near the airport Kennedy, group and residents said they heard image.
"Please do something, because we are human," Marjorie Hall, 55, said he pointed to women outside the home began, scattered their bags on the sidewalk.
"This professional looking? They do not treat a dog like that."
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Seventy women in the family home lives in Auburn Fort Greene, Brooklyn received notice Wednesday that they would be removed the next day to make room for families. Women are shown Maria Perez (placed in Robe) and Marjorie Hall (R).
(Laura Dimon / New York Daily News)The Department of Homeless Services said the city the move was necessary because of an influx of homeless families.
"Because of the usual summer increase of families in homeless shelters come DUS room arranged for 70 single women to move only enough space for single adults, so families can share their taking place," the Ministry None of the women with serious health said in a statement. " recorded problems. "
But this explanation did not go well down on women who called the protection of Fort Greene.
However, the choice of the residents driveways their belongings on the sidewalk in front of the residence to leave to the coach house next Thursday left.
(Laura Dimon / New York Daily News)Many said that they did not even say where they were expelled. They have on Thursday afternoon discovered your new home, a Holiday Inn near Kennedy Airport.
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Compounding the anger, the inhabitants were forced to leave a center, where they were well treated.
"This is wrong," Tamika Westbrook said, 33. "The way we do it now plundered. It's hot as hell in here."
"This professional looking? You do not have a dog treat so," said 55-year-old Hall.
(Laura Dimon / New York Daily News)Maria Perez, 52, was outside the house are for more than eight hours waiting for the bus. he was like the other to save their goods garbage bags.
"They told me to go upstairs to pack your things," he said.
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Mary Crosby, 70, said that his "mouth open" if Wednesday told her things begin to gather.
Perez, 52, is waiting outside the protection of more than eight hours for a bus along Hall.
(Laura Dimon / New York Daily News)He said, have been working groups, to improve the transfer process of the city for its homeless population.
"But it seems DHS find it more convenient to move the people to rob without warning and the people of their rights as residents of emergency shelters," he added.
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