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More about the #Legionella bacteria, the disease, and who is more likely to contract it: men, Black people, and older adults.
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#OnThisDate and the next day in 1988, a big riot broke loose in #TompkinsSquarePark. Oppressed people do rise up, but this time it was the NYPD who started a riot, beating up hippies, Hare Krishna followers, homeless people, partygoers, and reporters.
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The Harms of NYC Homeless Shelters In every lawsuit, it’s important to explain how the defendants’ actions, or failures to act, have harmed you or are very likely to harm you in the near future. This post attempts to lis…

Having said that, DHS being DHS, everyone should be aware of many other Harms of NYC Homeless Shelters.
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I've seen a male-to-female transgender individual being harassed verbally pretty badly in the "male" part of a religious shelter. Was moved later to the "female" part. Hopefully no such harassment will take place in this new shelter.

New York opens first-in-nation homeless shelter for transgender people The shelter will offer services to 150 residents.

#NYCDHS is opening the first homeless shelter for transgender people in the US, in Long Island City, with 150 beds, @gothamist.com #KarenYi reports.
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This book should also be on the desk of every #HUD Secretary, #POTUS, #VP, every state governor, mayor, City Council speaker and Housing committee chair, and their spouses. #RequiredReading, at least in my opinion.

Three Deaths in Central Harlem Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak Sixty-four other people have been sickened, and anyone who lives or works in Central Harlem and has flu-like symptoms is urged to seek medical care.

There have been 67 cases reported in the #LegionnairesDisease outbreak in #CentralHarlem, including 3 deaths. Most people don't get sick, but among those who do, the mortality rate is 10-15%.
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Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak Hits Harlem, Killing One Legionnaires’ disease, a severe form of pneumonia named after the Legionella bacteria, has struck Manhattan. An outbreak affecting five ZIP codes in Harlem–1002...

There's a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Harlem, one person dead. It grows in rooftop water tanks and spreads through showers. There was a large outbreak in Melrose, the Bronx, in 2015. Read on.
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Through his words and leadership, writer James Baldwin exposed and explored issues of race, sexual orientation and class in America. A self-professed "witness to the truth," he forced the country to confront its own painful truths.

He was born #OTD in 1924.

#TheMarchContinues

On This Date: July 29, 1993 (McCain) #OnThisDate in 1993, in McCain v. Dinkins (renamed from McCain v. Koch), the NY Appellate Division, 1st Dept. upheld fines imposed in November on four NYC government officials, vacated the order fo…

Also #OnThisDate in 1993, in McCain v. Dinkins aka #McCainVKoch, the #NYAppDiv upheld fines imposed in November on 4 NYC government officials, vacated the order for them to spend nights in #EAUs, and remanded to the Sup.Ct. for sanctions.
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On This Date: July 29, 1993 #OnThisDate in 1993, the US Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit decided Loper v. New York City Police Department, 999 F.2d 699 (2nd Cir. 1993), in which it upheld the Southern District’s rul…

#OnThisDate in 1993, in #LoperVNYPD, the #2dCircuit upheld #SDNY's judgment declaring statute prohibiting "loitering for the purpose of begging" unconstitutional on #FirstAmendment ground.
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#OnThisDate in 1932, Gen. MacArthur, under Pres. Hoover, led troops with tanks, fixed bayonets, and tear gas in evicting thousands of WWI veterans from encampments and abandoned buildings in Washington, DC. Two vets were shot dead by a DC policeman.
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The Harms of NYC Homeless Shelters In every lawsuit, it's important to explain how the defendants' actions, or failures to act, have harmed you or are very likely to harm you in the near future. This post attempts to list and explain the harms of homeless shelters in NYC and elsewhere. It is also a response to those who want to couple the right to shelter…

It's important to explain how shelter operators' actions or failures to act have harmed you or are likely to harm you. This post lists & explains the #HarmsOfHomelessShelters. Want to couple #RightToShelter w/ #ObligationToAccept? Explain how to prevent.

He was referring to people who preferred to be unsheltered to sheltered, homeless either way:
"But it is a fact that some of the pitiful "street people"--no one knows how many--are in fact sleeping on steam grates because they would rather be there than in city-run shelters."

#PresReagan was quoted as saying that some people are homeless "by choice". Conventional wisdom is that he meant that they prefer to be homeless rather than housed. Not so. ...
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On This Date: July 26, 1990 #OnThisDate in 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law by Pres. George H.W. Bush. It’s a federal civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on a permanen…

#OnThisDate in 1990, the #AmericansWithDisabilitiesAct (#ADA) was signed into law.
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Bingo. They should also all be asked what they *really* want to do with homeless people, if not house them.

Then remind people that trans people are also persons within the United States, and, as such, are entitled to equal protection of the laws.

Rights aren't bought with taxes. All *persons within the United States* are entitled to *equal protection of the laws*. #FourteenthAmendment.

On This Date: July 25, 1984 #OnThisDate in 1984, the Franklin Avenue Armory opened with 400 beds for single men, by agreement with Borough President Scott Simon and the state, in return for closing the Kingsbridge Armory shelter. It was later expanded, ordered reduced, and converted to a women's intake and assessment shelter. Sources: Todd S. Purdum, "A Judge Blocks Closing of Shelter in an Armory", …

#OnThisDate in 1984, the #FranklinAvenueShelter opened with 400 beds for single men, by agreement with Borough President Scott Simon and the state, in return for closing the #KingsbridgeArmoryShelter.

American Identity in Crisis: Notes from an Accidental Activist A trailblazing activist’s passionate and incisive look at why she started a movement to ensure that 26 million Americans have access to the IDs they need to...

26 million Americans, presumably US citizens, have no government issued identification documents. (Kat Calvin, "American identity in crisis : notes from an accidental activist".) "Undocumented" citizens would make quite a formidable uncompensated labor force.
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To get shelter in NYC, under #CallahanVCarey, you have to be poor enough, show up at an intake shelter (open 24/7), and ask for it. This is how it should be.

Families also have to show proof of a "family-type relationship" and document where they stayed for the last 2 years. This is too much.

Cc @brian-goldstone.bsky.social @roof.bsky.social @robwipond.com @carlynzwaren.bsky.social.

The order proposes pushing states to keep the homeless in jail even if there's nowhere to discharge them to; increase #InvoluntaryCommitment; deny shelter to men; end #HousingFirst, safe drug #ConsumptionSites and #NeedleExchanges; and does nothing to increase housing. 👎

Ending Crime and Disorder on America's Streets By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose and

@homeless-law.bsky.social's press release doesn't link to it. Here's the Executive Order, "ENDING CRIME AND DISORDER ON AMERICA’S STREETS".
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Trump’s new Executive Order directs states to treat homelessness and mental illness as crimes - National Homelessness Law Center National Homelessness Law Center condemns Trump’s misguided Executive Order on homelessness Order directs states to treat homelessness and mental illness as a crime, will make homelessness worse (WASHINGTON, D.C - July

@homeless-law.bsky.social condemns #PresTrump’s misguided Exec Order on homelessness. One would think that the president tries to create new criminal offenses (an action reserved to the legislative branch) with an administrative pronouncement. Iit's not as simple.
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In NYC, in theory, the @nychra.bsky.social will pay homeless people's storage fees. In practice, you have to have government-issued ID and prove eligibility for #CashAssistance. 26 million Americans have no government-issued ID.
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Here's How to Know Your Rights Nationwide Under the #McKinneyVentoAct:
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On This Date: July 22, 1987 #OnThisDate in 1987, President Reagan reluctantly signed into law the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (PL 100-77, 101 Stat. 482), the first significant federal legislative response to h…

#OnThisDate in 1987, #PresReagan reluctantly signed into law the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act, later renamed to the #McKinneyVentoAct, the first significant federal legislative response to homelessness.
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70% of homeless people in the US have neither mental-health nor substance-abuse problems.