Brooklyn Marriott donates household items to veterans
While Mayor Bill de Blasio has made an effort to ensure a roof over every veteran’s head, the New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge is making sure that they have plates to eat off of under those roofs.
The Marriott donated 1,600 plates, 100 blankets and 100 pillowcases to Gen. (Ret.) Dr. Loree Sutton and the Department of Veterans Services last Friday. Those items will go to veterans for whom the city recently found housing.
The mayor made a commitment in early 2015 to end veteran homelessness in New York City. There were roughly 1,500 homeless veterans at that time. Today, there are only 624 vets awaiting housing, and 300 of those are expected to be housed within the next couple of months.