What: Hotels to Housing Rally
When: Mon, 6/14/21 @ 10:30am
Why: Stand in Solidarity with the men of The Williams Hotel and other homeless NYers. The Mayor has called for the transfer of thousands of homeless NYers back to dangerous congregate settings from hotels and has made no attempt in the last 14 months to secure permanent housing. CityFHEPS vouchers will soon be increased to Fair Market Rate making almost ~72K apts available from ~500 currently. With hotels are paid until September this is perfect opportunity for those in hotels to enter permanent housing and avoid returning to shelter. We are going to Gracie Mansion to call on the Mayor to halt the moves from hotels to congregate shelters & provide emergency access to vouchers so that homeless NYers have adequate time to find and secure affordable permanent housing with vouchers.
Where: Gracie Mansion Park, 88th Street and East End Avenue.
Directions
Train: N/R/W to 86th Street (2nd Avenue), walk 3 blocks down to East End Avenue and 88th Street
4/5/6 to 86th Street (Lexington Avenue) walk 5 blocks down to East End Avenue and 88th Street
Bus: M31/SBS-M86 to York Avenue/ 88th St