The Bloomberg administration has finally settled a 25 year-old lawsuit over homeless families’ access to shelter in New York City and it’s about time.
This case originally came about in 1983, after McCain argued that the city failed to provide adequate shelter for homeless families, and it has lingered on long enough. In the meantime the number of single homeless adults has fallen, while the number of homeless families has risen.
How can we live in such a rich and prospering county with over 14,400 children sleeping in shelters right now?
And with all the money invested in this 25 year litigation couldn’t the city of found an easy way to resolve this?
With a failing economy, it seems like the government needs to wake up a little quicker and quit denying that fact that homeless children do not just exist in other countries, before the numbers continue to rise. Let’s hope that long- term assistance is an investment that the government will strive to establish a little more, not 25 year-old lawsuits.
Link: http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/17/city-settles-lawsuit-over-homeless-families/index.html?hp
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