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New York Times: New York City Starts Moving Tenants From ‘Three-Quarter’ Homes, but Others Are Left Behind

August 3, 2015

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The New York Times reports:

They are hardly typical hotel guests. On public assistance or federal disability, many struggle with addiction to drugs or alcohol. Some are mentally ill; others, simply homeless. The city moved them to the hotel to relieve overcrowding at so-called three-quarter homes, as part of its response to an investigation by The New York Times published in May. Read the full story.

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