Ortiz: Don’t dump homeless in Sunset Park hotels
‘Phony’ hotels actually homeless shelters in Brooklyn?
More than 200 homeless people are currently being housed by the city in hotels in Sunset Park, a situation Assemblymember Felix Ortiz says is causing a “homeless housing crowding crisis” in his Brooklyn district.
According to a report released by City Comptroller Scott Stringer earlier this month, the number of homeless New Yorkers living in commercial hotels has spiked an unsustainable 669 percent since November 2015.
Ten percent of this hotel-sheltered homeless population is being funneled into Sunset Park hotels, Ortiz says. On Friday, Ortiz sent a letter to NYC Homeless Services Commissioner Steven Banks calling for him to act immediately to put a stop to it.